Australia has had two historical incidents of animal TSEs. In 1952 an imported herd of sheep was found to have scrapie. The herd was quarantined without any further spread of the infectious agent. In 1991, a cheetah in a zoo in Broome was discovered to have feline spongiform encephalopathy. This incident was attributed to exposure to infected meat and bone meal (MBM), before the animal was impo...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast-like organism associated with pulmonary, meningoencephalitic, or systemic disease. This case report documents 2 cases of cryptococcosis with central nervous system involvement in captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). In both cases the predominant post mortal lesions were pulmonary cryptococcomas and extensive meningoencephalomyelitis. Both cheetahs tested negati...

The cheetah is capable of incredible feats of maneuverability [1] and these maneuvers generally involve rapid swinging of the animal’s lengthy tail. Very little is understood about the cheetah’s use of its tail and the common view is that it is “heavy” and possibly used as a “counter balance” or as a “rudder”. Ultimately, a deeper understanding of this specialized animal will inspire future hig...

Management of self-sustaining populations of cheetahs has been problematic, as evidenced by continuing poor health and declining numbers. Infectious disease agents, including feline coronavirus (FCoV), continue to be causes of concern for these populations because of potential health problems and restrictions on moving breeding animals. The 2005 international meeting of the Association of Zoos ...

The historical distribution of the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus extended from Africa through the Arabian Peninsula into Iran and Afghanistan. From there, the range continued eastwards to Pakistan and India, and northeast through Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (Nowell & Jackson 1996). During the Middle Ages, cheetahs also occurred to the west of the Caspian Sea, in Transcaucas...

Experimentation and evaluation in scenario E3: learning by interaction In this scenario, the ability to learn new skills is focused, in particular the challenge of learning new skills under human supervision, see scenarios E3. The caretaker's supervision will take different forms ranging from providing reward signals, providing a kinesthetic demonstration, and/or giving physical support to prev...

The purpose of this article is to discuss the influence of creative personality on process redesign. Building on creativity theories stemming from the field of cognitive psychology, we identify important individual factors during process redesign, and hypothesize their contributions to creative process design using a modelling tool. We present an integrated research model and illustrate how we ...

Given the global popularity and ubiquity of electronic media coverage wildlife conservation, frame analysis is widely used to help conservation decision-makers understand public opinion, differing goals priorities, arguments in conflict. Nonetheless, has only been on occasion elucidate how different stakeholders management plans. We applied case critically endangered Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx j...

We describe for the first time the diagnosis of Schizophyllum commune infection in a captive cheetah. Eosinophilic plasmacytic conjunctivitis was detected histopathologically in a biopsy specimen. Both a second surgical specimen and drainage fluid from a gingival mass and fistula contained fungal hyphae in giant cells with granulomatous inflammation. Allergic S. commune mycosis was suspected at...