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Disease constraints for utilization of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) on game ranches in Zambia
2006
Munag'andu, H.M.(University of Zambia, Lusaka) | Siamudaala, V.M. | Nambota, A. | Bwalya, J.M. | Munyeme, M. | Mweene, A.S. | Takada, A. | Kida, H.
Eco-tourism depending on wildlife is becoming increasingly profitable and landowners are beginning to favor game farming and ecotourism. In these areas, large-scale translocation of wildlife involves a diversity of species and large populations. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is one of the major tourist attractions in Zambia. It accounts for 8.7% and 12.4% of the total animal species hunted in the Game Management Areas and the total hunting revenue earned in Zambia, respectively. It is ecologically an important animal species essential for the purpose of habitat control and facilitating the provision of suitable grazing pastures. However, the rearing of the African buffalo on game ranches has been hampered by its carrier state of the Southern Africa Terroritory (SAT) serotypes of foot and mouth disease virus (FMD). The African buffalo is also known to be a carrier of Theileria parva lawrencei, the causative agent of corridor disease (CD) that continues to have devastating effects on the livestock industry in Zambia. In addition, the importation of buffaloes from countries with populations endemic to bovine tuberculosis is highly restricted. Veterinary regulations in Zambia, strongly advocate against the translocation of buffaloes from protected areas to private ranches for disease control purposes thereby mounting a considerable constraint on the economic and ecological viability of the industry. It is hoped that this review will motivate the relevant government authorities in exploiting ways in which this animal species play a central role in eco-tourism.
Show more [+] Less [-]Exposure to cattle immunized with different stocks of Theileria parva to buffalo-associated Theileria challenge on two game parks in Zimbabwe
2001
Latif, A.A. (Midrand Univ., Halfway House (South Africa). Faculty of Science) | Hove, T. | Kanhai, G.K. | Masaka, S.
The epidemiology of tuberculosis in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
2001
De Vos, V. (South African National Parks, Skukuza (South Africa). Kruger National Park) | Bengis, R.G. | Kriek, N.P.J. | Michel, A. | Keet, D.F. | Raath, J.P. | Huchzermeyer, H.F.K.A.
Parafilariosis in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)
1997
Keet, D.F. (Kruger National Park, Skukuza (South Africa). Office of the State Veterinarian) | Boomker, J. | Kriek, N.P.J. | Zakrisson, G. | Meltzer, D.G.A.
Tuberculosis in buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park [South Africa] : Spread of the disease to other species
1996
Keet, D.F. (Kruger National Park, Skukuza (South Africa). State Veterinarian) | Kriek, N.P.J. | Penrith, M.-L. | Michel, A. | Huchzermeyer, H.
An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in a free-living African buffalo (Syncerus caffer-Sparrman) population in the Kruger National Park [South Africa]: a preliminary report
1996
Bengis, R.G. (Department of Agriculture, Skukuza (South Africa). Directorate of Animal Health) | Kriek, N.P.J. | Keet, D.F. | Raath, J.P. | De Vos, V. | Huchzermeyer, H.F.A.K.
A preliminary investigation of tuberculosis and other diseases in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Kalema-Zikusoka, G. | Bengis, R.G. | Michel, A.L. | Woodford, M.H.
Comparison of three different media for freezing of epididymal sperm from the African buffalo (Synerus caffer) and influence of equilibration time on the post-thaw sperm quality
2004
Herold, F.C. | De Haas, K. (Pretoria Univ., Onderstepoort (South Africa). Reproduction Section) | Cooper, D. | Colenbrander, B. | Nothling, J.O. | Theunisen, W. | Spillings, B. | Gerber, D.
The gamma-interferon test: its usefulness in a bovine tuberculosis survey in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park [South Africa]
2002
Grobler, D.G. | Michel, A.L. | De Klerk, L-M. | Bengis, R.G.
The occurence of Theileria and Cowdria parasites in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and their associated Amblyomma hebraeum ticks
1999
Allsopp, M.T.E.P. (Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort (South Africa). Onderstepoort Veterianry Inst.) | Theron, J. | Coetzee, M.L. | Dunsterville, M.T. | Allsopp, B.A.
