 | Bigalke, R.D.; Keep, M.E.; Keep, P.J.; Schoeman, J.H. 1970 A large Babesia sp. and a Theileria-like piroplasm of the square-lipped rhinoceros. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 41 (4): 292-294, figs. 1-2, table 1 |
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| Babesia and Theileria. During routine immobilization of rhinoceroses ( Ceratotherium simum Burchell, 1817) for the purpose of translocation, between 5th July, 1967 and 7th March, 1969, thin blood films were prepared from apparently healthy animals, stained with Giemsa and examined rnicroscopical... |
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| McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
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| Tanzania - Diceros bicornis.
In the second group (7 rhinoceroses: diminazine aceturate 6.0 g; pyrithidium bromide 3.0 g) there were three deaths in late captivity. 3470 died 50 days after capture. Post-mortem examination showed a massive load of gut nematodes, including Strongylus tremletti and ... |
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 | Roth, H.H. 1968 Das Helminthen Vorkommen in Saugetieren Zoologischer Garten und seine Abhangigkeit von okologischen Faktoren (I). Zoologische Beitraege 14: 61-123, figs. 1-5 |
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| 5 specimens of Diceros bicornis in zoos. Strongylidae, in wild found in great numbers (genera Kiluluma, Paraquilonia, Khalilia, Buissonia, Murshidia, Quilonia, total 23 species) - in zoos 4 species found.
Oxyuri, found in one animal.
Spiruridae (?), found in one animal, characterized by thick-... |
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| Sachs, R.; Sachs, C. 1968 A survey of parasitic infestation of wild herbivores in the Serengeti region in Northern Tanzania and the Lake Rukwa region in southern Tanzania. Bulletin of Epizootic Diseases of Africa 16: 455-472, fig. 1, tables 1-2 |
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| Egg count of worms in feces, Serengeti, Tanzania, 4 examined
number of nematode eggs excreted per 1 gr of faeces:
mean 2625
range 267 to 4067
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| Round, M.C. 1968 Check list of the helminth parasites of African mammals of the orders carnivora, tubulidentata, proboscoidea, hyracoidea, artiodactyla and perissodactyla. St. Albans, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology. Technical Communication No. 38, pp. i-vi, 1-252 |
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| Helminths in Diceros bicornis. Species recorded:
Brumptia bicaudatum (Poirier, 1909) Stunkard 1926 (Echinostomatidae: Brumptinae)
Anoplocephala diminuta Sandground, 1933 (Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae)
Anoplocephala gigantea (Peters, 1856) R. Blanchard, 1891 (Cyclophy... |
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| Round, M.C. 1968 Check list of the helminth parasites of African mammals of the orders carnivora, tubulidentata, proboscoidea, hyracoidea, artiodactyla and perissodactyla. St. Albans, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology. Technical Communication No. 38, pp. i-vi, 1-252 |
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| Helminths recorded from Ceratotherium simum:
Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus (Cobbold, 1876) Railliet, 1893 (Gastrodiscidae: Gastrodiscinae)
Anoplocephala gigantea (Peters, 1856) R. Blanchard, 1891 (Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae)
Anoplocephala magna (Abildgaard, 1789) Spenge... |
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| Round, M.C. 1968 Check list of the helminth parasites of African mammals of the orders carnivora, tubulidentata, proboscoidea, hyracoidea, artiodactyla and perissodactyla. St. Albans, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology. Technical Communication No. 38, pp. i-vi, 1-252 |
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| Helminth recorded from Diceros = Rhinoceros sp.
Brumptia bicaudatum (Echinostomatidae: Brumptinae) |
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| Brocklesby, D.W. 1967 A Babesia species of the black rhinoceros. Veterinary Record 80 (15): 484, fig. 1 |
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| The paper by G. M. Mugera and J. G. Wandera, 'Degenerative Polymyopathies in East African domestic and Wild Animals' (Vet. Rec. 80. 410), is interesting to me for two reasons. Firstly it confirms but ignores earlier work, carried out in the same department, which was first reported in 1964 by J... |
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| Brocklesby, D.W.; Vidler, B.O. 1965 Some parasites of East African wild animals. East African Wildlife Journal 3: 120-122, fig. 1 |
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| Observed in Diceros bicornis in East Africa
Babesia sp.; Theileria sp.; Trypanosoma sp. |
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| Zumpt, F. 1964 Parasites of the white and black rhinoceroses. Lammergeyer 3 (1): 59-70, figs. 1-12 |
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| Parasites of white and black rhinoceros
We shall now discuss three groups of parasites associated with rhinoceroses, namely flies (Diptera), ticks (Ixodoidea) and worms (Trematodes, Cestodes and Nematodes).
FLIES
Gyrostigma pavesii
In Zululand when the stomach of a dead rhinoceros is ope... |
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