BIGALKE, R. D ., SCHOEMAN, J. H . & McCULLY, R. M ., 1974. Immunization against bovine besnoitiosis with a live vaccine prepared from a blue wildebeest strain of Besnoitia besnoiti grown in cell cultures. 1. Studies on rabbits. Onderstepoort J. vet. Res. 41, 16 (1974). The immunizing potency of a live vaccine prepared from a strain of Besnoitia besnoiti isolated from blue wildebeest and stored ...

RATIONALE Nutritional bottlenecks often limit the abundance of animal populations and alter individual behaviours; however, establishing animal condition over extended periods of time using non-invasive techniques has been a major limitation in population ecology. We test if the sequential measurement of δ(15) N values in a continually growing tissue, such as hair, can be used as a natural bio-...

This study examines destination attributes through tourist reviews in the Maasai Mara ecosystem using Kano model. Overall, positive were dominant, and most tourists satisfied with wildlife tourism experiences. However, some led to dissatisfaction. The highest contribution satisfaction was due excitement such as witnessing great migration of wildebeest. Attributes safety service-related aspects ...

Malignant Catarhal Fever (MCF), caused by a virus transmitted from asymptomatic wildebeest, is lethal disease in cattle that threatens livestock-based livelihoods and food security many areas of Africa. Many herd owners reduce transmission risks moving away infection hot-spots, but this imposes considerable economic burdens on their households. The advent partially-protective vaccine for opens ...

The disease is caused by members of the gammaherpesviruses group. Alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AHV-1), carried asymptomatically by the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in Africa, has been diagnosed in disease outbreaks in zoos in North America. Ovine herpesvirus-2 (OHV-2) is carried asymptomatically by sheep (117). A third, as yet unnamed virus, has been detected in an outbreak of MCF in white-...

The annual migration of ∼1.2 million wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) through the Serengeti Mara Ecosystem is the largest remaining overland migration in the world. One of the most iconic portions of their migration is crossing of the Mara River, during which thousands drown annually. These mass drownings have been noted, but their frequency, size, and impact on aquatic ecosystems have not be...

Comparative investigations were made between wild and domestic ruminants from arid and semi-arid regions and those species from non-arid areas in an attempt to evaluate the adaptations of these ruminants in terms of the effects of heat stress and dehydration on food intake and digestibility. The effect of (a) an intermittent heat load (a daily light cycle of 12 h at 22 degrees C and 12 h at 40 ...

Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) is carried by wildebeest asymptomatically. It causes a fatal lymphoproliferative disease named wildebeest-derived malignant catarrhal fever (WD-MCF) when cross-species transmitted to a variety of susceptible species of the Artiodactyla order. WD-MCF can be reproduced experimentally in rabbits. In a previous report, we demonstrated that WD-MCF induced by AlHV-1...