The author's personal experience of the management of wild animal injuries in the southern African bush over a period of 4 years is presented. Injuries were sustained from attacks by hippopotamus in 4 cases, buffalo in 2 cases and a lion in one case. The types of injuries and their management are presented. Causative factors, prevention and possible complications are reviewed. Twenty-one cases ...

Between 1991 and 1993, the intestinal contents and feces of wild animals in Japan were examined for the presence of Listeria. The wild animals examined included 623 mammals (11 species) and 996 birds (18 species). Listeria species were isolated from 38 (6.1%) of the 623 mammalian samples and 133 (13.4%) of 996 bird samples. The highest incidence of Listeria in the mammals was found in Japanese ...

The present study determined the occurrence of Trichinella spp. in captured and some perished wildlife animals which included 70 hedgehogs, 19 red foxes, 13 common jackals and 8 crested porcupines in northwestern Libya. Muscle samples of these animals were examined by trichinoscopy. Trichinella larvae were detected only in 4 (5.7%) of the hedgehogs (Erinaceus algirus) and 2 (10.5%) of the red f...

Brucella spp. is the aetiological agent of brucellosis, a serious contagious disease that results in reproductive failure and that has profound public health significance be‐ cause of its zoonotic characteristics. This disease also is responsible for a high eco‐ nomic impact associated with the application of prevention, surveillance and test-andslaughter programmes in animals by national autho...

visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is an emerging zoonosis disease in countries of the mediterranean basin caused by leishmania infantum. although domestic dogs are the main vertebrate hosts, many wild carnivores have been considered playing a role in the spreading of vl. sporadic numbers of dog and human vl have been reported in golestan province in north iran. the present study was performed to dete...