Catching and Carting White Rhino in Uganda

Use of Dna Technology in White Rhino (cerathotherium Simum) Identification and Its Applications in Conservation

South Africa plays a critical international role in white rhino, Cerathotherium simum conservation. The Mpumalanga Parks Board (MPB) is the statutory organization entrusted with conservation in the Province. The MPB hosts key populations of white rhino on some of its protected areas. None of these populations is currently or potentially large enough to be viable on its own. Challenges for an ex...

SNP discovery and characterisation in White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) with application to parentage assignment

The white rhino is one of the great success stories of modern wildlife conservation, growing from as few as 50-100 animals in the 1880s, to approximately 20,000 white rhinoceros remaining today. However, illegal trade in conservational rhinoceros horns is adding constant pressure on remaining populations. Captive management of ex situ populations of endangered species using molecular methods ca...

Evaluation of Schistosoma Mansoni Morbidity One Year After Praziquantel Treatment in Rhino Camp and Obongi in West Nile, Uganda

An evaluation study on reversibility of Schistosoma mansoni induced periportal fibrosis (PF) morbidity following treatment with praziquantel, 40mg/kg body weight after one year, was carried out in Rhino Camp and Obongi all are West Nile districts in northern Uganda. To assess the reversibility of Schistosoma (S) mansoni induced PFs morbidity following treatment with praziquantel, 40mg/kg body w...

Infertility in the Southern White Rhino: is diet the source of the problem?

As numerous species find themselves in peril due to human activity, the need to develop captive breeding strategies to save the most endangered among them has taken on an elevated sense of urgency. The Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) has made a remarkable comeback in the wild but is still considered threatened due to habitat loss and poaching. Unfortunately, females born i...

Elephant and Rhino Poaching in Africa