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Westhuizen, E. van der, 2004. Reintroducing black rhinos to Zambia. International Zoo News 51 (1): 38

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Location: Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Subject: Diseases - Parasites
Species: Black Rhino


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During their time in the bomas in NLNP, they were outfitted with radio transmitters in their horns, and received a trypanosomiasis inoculation, active for three months, to ease their introduction into a tsetse fly area. Tsetse targets and traps were also deployed at a low density throughout the sanctuary area, and at a high density around the boma site, to initially reduce the tsetse population and allow the rhinos time to develop resistance to the Trypanosoma parasite.

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