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Wildlife Research Theme: Wildlife and Environmental Health

Research focus areas:

1. Theileriosis in roan (Hippotragus equinus) and sable (Hippotragus niger) antelope - Prof L Prozesky leon.prozesky@up.ac.za

Control of theileriosis by immunization, and investigations of various other aspects of the disease including identification of the various tick vectors and natural resistance of the animals against various infectious agents

2. NSAID (diclofenac) poisoning in vultures - Dr Vinny Naidoo

This research is a joint venture between the Faculty, the De Wildt Cheetah, and Wildlife Research Centre (http://www.dewildt.org.za/,
and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (file://www.rspb.org.uk/ ). More information is available at the following sites: www.vulturerescue.org and www.vulturedeclines.org

3. New and improved wildlife manipulating agents and procedures - Dr Leon Venter leon.venter@up.ac.za

The establishment of new and safer drug combinations for capture and immobilization to facilitate the handling of free-ranging African wildlife

4. Comparative disposition and pharmacodynamic studies in wildlife - Dr V Naidoo vinny.naidoo@up.ac.za and Dr Leon Venter leon.venter@up.ac.za

This programme is linked to the above programme and is designed to establish the mechanism of action and to describe the specific pharmacokinetics of these drugs and combinations of drugs

5. The use of biomarkers as an indication of pollution in aquatic ecosystems - Dr Jan Myburgh jan.myburgh@up.ac.za

6. Effect of airborne pollution on the health of wildlife and domestic stock - Prof Christo Botha christo.botha@up.ac.za

7. Risk assessment of the practice of vulture restaurants - Dr Vinny Naidoo vinny.naidoo@up.ac.za

Characterization of the risks to vultures of frequenting vulture restaurants, and to limit their exposure to toxic substances at these sites. The project is a joint venture between the University of Pretoria, The Lion and Rhino Nature Reserve (http://www.rhinolion.co.za/ ) and the Wildlife Biological Resource Centre (WBRC) of the National Zoological Gardens (http://www.zoo.ac.za )

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