Until fairly recently there was little incentive to speculate on the evolutionary history of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) because the parasite had not been encountered occurring naturally in animals other than cattle. The recent discovety of Besnoitia cysts occurring mainly in the cardiovascular system of blue wildebeest [Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)], impala [Aepyceros melampus...

Abstract Background Brucellosis is a bacterial zoonosis of public health and economic importance worldwide. It affects number domestic animals, wild animals humans. Human brucellosis originates from either livestock or wildlife. The species Brucella circulating in Tanzania largely unknown due to insufficient surveillance. This study was carried out identify found selected wildlife hosts the Ser...

The sanitary control of threatened wild animals is of pivotal interest for their conservation. This task, however, is highly complex in wildlife/livestock systems. In this paper we report findings from a 2-year cross-sectional study of the epidemiology and attempted control of a Sarcoptes mite infestation in the threatened cheetah population in Masai Mara (Kenya), and discuss its interaction wi...

Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease of cattle and other ungulates caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) ovine 2 (OvHV-2), the main causative agents wildebeest-associated MCF (WA-MCF) sheep-associated (SA-MCF), respectively. The virus mainly spread aerosols from pregnant or newborn sheep, goats, wildebeest to susceptible animals. This case report present...

Movement is a key mean for mobile species to cope with heterogeneous environments. While in herbivorous mammals large-scale migration has been widely investigated, fine-scale movement responses to local variations in resources and predation risk remain much less studied, especially in savannah environments. We developed a novel approach based on complementary movement metrics (residence time, f...