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Title: Suspected calcium oxalate raphide irritation in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) due to ingestion of Xanthosoma mafaffa
Author(s): Wood, P.A.; Foggin, D.C.; Naude, T.W.
Year published: 1997
Journal: Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
Volume: 68 (1)
Pages: 2
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Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis. We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhinoceros was approximately 12 months old and weighed 385 kg.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
South Africa. The black rhinoceros is known to browse extensively on several of the highly irritant, latex-containing Euphorbia spp. such as E. virosa in Namibia and E. ingens and E. grandicornuta in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (G Hughes and D Cooper, Natal Parks Board, pers. com 1996) without a...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
South Africa. The black rhinoceros is known to browse extensively on several of the highly irritant, latex-containing Euphorbia spp. such as E. virosa in Namibia and E. ingens and E. grandicornuta in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (G Hughes and D Cooper, Natal Parks Board, pers. com 1996) without a...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
Irritation caused by eating of foreign plant, Xanthosoma mafaffa in Diceros bicornis. We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhin...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhinoceros was approximately 12 months old and weighed 385 kg.
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