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Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens
Mini-dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46210 Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens Schwan, Ernst Volker Ramos, Cassandra Athalie UCTD Mini-dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014. This study was conducted to determine the occurrence of intestinal parasites found in captive wild carnivores at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens. Faecal samples were collected from the enclosures of 22 different carnivore species from the families Canidae (Canis adustus, Lycaon pictus, Vulpes zerda, Otocyon megalotis); Felidae (Acinonyx jubatus, Caracal caracal, Felis silvestris lybica, Leopardus wiedii, Leptailurus serval, Panthera leo, Panthera tigris altaica, Puma concolor, Uncia uncial); Hyaenidae (Hyaena hyaena); Mustelidae (Lutra maculicollis, Mellivora capensis); Procyonidae (Nasua nasua); Ursidae (Tremarctos ornatus, Ursus arctos, Ursus martimus) and Viverridae (Civettictis civetta, Genetta genetta). The samples were collected during routine cage cleaning. Faecal samples collected from 7 carnivore species, namely, cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), caracal (Caracal caracal), African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica), small spotted genet (Genetta genetta), margay (Leopardus wiedii), honey badger (Mellivora capensis) and fennec fox (Vulpes zerda), tested positive for cysts of Giardia sp. All infections were clinically inapparent. Two strobilar stages of a tapeworm recovered from a cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) during necropsy at Johannesburg Zoological Gardens were identified as Hydatigera taeniaeformis. tm2015 Veterinary Tropical Diseases MSc Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:07:13Z 2015-07-02T11:07:13Z 2015/04/22 2014 Mini Dissertation Ramos, CA 2014, Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens, MSc Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46210> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46210 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title | Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title_full | Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title_fullStr | Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title_short | Endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens |
| title_sort | endoparasitism of carnivores kept at the johannesburg zoological gardens |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46210 |