Evaluating the effects of giraffe skin disease and wire snare wounds on the gaits of free-ranging Nubian giraffe

LM Bernstein-Kurtycz, NT Dunham, J Evenhuis… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Giraffe skin disease (GSD), a condition that results in superficial lesions in certain giraffe
(Giraffa spp.) populations, has emerged as a potential conservation threat. Preliminary …

Reassessing Stephanofilaria stilesi dermatitis in cattle, with characterization of molecular markers for confirming diagnosis

CC Lui, M Kulpa, GG Verocai, AG Armién… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Stephanofilaria stilesi is a vector-borne filarioid nematode of cattle in North
America that is transmitted via the hematophagous horn fly (Haematobia irritans) …

Mammalian responses to climate change: From organisms to communities

JT Du Toit, RS Hetem, MD Dearing - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mammals have displayed spectacular evolutionary success ever since an asteroid impact
caused the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event∼ 66 million years ago, when the non-avian …

[HTML][HTML] Feeding ecology and interactions with mammal hosts in a symbiotic genus of birds (Buphagus spp.) in Namibia

MS Lukubwe, D Velarde-Garcéz, F Sequeira, S Lopes… - Avian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
As the sole obligate symbiotic birds in Africa, oxpeckers offer a unique model for studying
symbiotic relationships. Due to the multitrophic level they occupy and the context dependent …

PHARMACOKINETICS AND EFFICACY OF A SINGLE TOPICAL DOSE OF EPRINOMECTIN IN GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA SPP.)

A Richardson, L Dadone, M Johnston… - Journal of Zoo and …, 2024 - BioOne
Growing resistance to current antiparasitic medications, both in livestock and in zoological
species under human care, makes it imperative to evaluate available drugs on the market …