Table of Contents:
  • Human-wildlife conflicts
  • Extinction shadows over Persian leopards (Panthera pardus saxicolor) due to human-animal conflict
  • Decompression sickness: a new pathological entity in marine turtles
  • GNRH vaccination of African elephant bulls for contraception and behavioural management
  • Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from wildlife animals in Poland
  • Isospora spp. causing simultaneous visceral ("atoxoplasmosis") and enteric coccidiosis in superb glossy starlings, and visceral coccidiosis in black throated laughing thrushes
  • Serum prevalence of antibodies to common field pathogens in Pallas's cats (Otocolobus manul) from the Daurian steppes, Eastern Russia
  • Genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from Pallas's cats with fatal toxoplasmosis
  • Fatal toxoplasmosis in two juvenile slender-tailed meerkats (Suricata suricata) in a German zoo - clinical, pathological and serological findings
  • Challenges in oral administration of clioquinol dispersed in gel to pair-housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
  • Investigating parasite spread through a lemur population
  • An overview of the threats facing wildlife in the Middle East and the contribution of veterinarians to conservation programmes - Wildlife conservation breeding and reintroduction programmes at the Jerusalem (biblical) zoo, Israel
  • Management implications and eradication of Brucella melitensis in two different gazelle species (Gazella erlangeri, Gazella marica) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Outbreak of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in captive dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas)
  • Computer assisted and flow cytometric sperm analysis in the captive Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)
  • Using non-invasive methods for the detection of systemic infection in wildlife
  • Zebra-borne equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) infection in non-African captive mammals
  • The first case of Mycobacterium bovis ssp. caprae isolation from wolves (Canis lupus) in Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
  • Acid fast rods in an ecological hay stack: multiple strain infections and high genotypic diversity amoung Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolated from diseased wild ruminants
  • Histologic characterisation of dark spot lesions in madracis corals
  • The role of the veterinary advisor: back to basics, it's not just medicine
  • Ape moves - translocation of the Wilhelma bonobos and gorillas into the new Menschen.Affen.Haus!
  • The masoala rainforest exhibit at Zurich zoo - 10 years of experience from a veterinary perspective
  • Density-dependent effects on mortality in 42 zoo animal species at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
  • Mortality and diseases in greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) kept at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
  • On the euthanasia of surplus animals, and the role of zoos in alleviating biological illiteracy - lessons learned
  • Veterinary management of two primiparous pregnancies, birth and post partum in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with the same prediction dates
  • Implantable loop recorders for the diagnosis of cardiac disease in chimpanzees
  • Biomechanics of the normal gait in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
  • Retrospective pathology review of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) captively-housed in North America
  • ISIS and ZIMS: what can we learn from globally shared data?
  • Echocardiographic evaluation of clinically healthy captive large felids
  • Severe aortic regurgitation and systemic hypertension in a North-chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis)
  • Retrospective review of the global prevalence of myelolipomas in Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii) and implications for future study
  • Successful chemotherapy of an oral anaplastic sarcoma in a pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
  • The net solution: positioning of an African elephant for anaesthesia under field conditions
  • Comparing etorphine-acepromazine and medetomdine-ketamine anaesthetic protocols in impala (Aepyceros melampus)
  • A new approach to the safe anaesthesia of antelopes and gazelles: considerations of the individual patient rather than the species by means of a jumpiness index and a mathematical factor
  • Poor agreement between applanation and rebound tonometry to measure intraocular pressure in anaesthetised rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
  • Nutritional diseases: from bottle feeding to geriatric issues
  • The Achilles' heel of breeding cheetahs
  • Correlations of diet composition and diet-related disorders in a collection of captive wild ruminants at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
  • No country for old crocodile - fatal lead toxicity in captive Nile crocodiles: clinical syndrome and attempted chelation therapy with oral d-penicillamine
  • Neurochemical characteristic of galanin-expressing enteric neurons supplying small intestine of wild boar. ENS - new possibilities in zoo and wild animal research?
  • The use of external temperature loggers for optimisation of the temperature gradient in reptile enclosures
  • Histopathological analysis of viscera in teratogenic neotropical viperids
  • Diseases of the snake spectacle
  • Ultrasound under water - featuring the olm (Proteus anguinus)
  • Androgen-secreting adrenocortical tumor in a female Panthera leo
  • Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of dolphin paraotic sinuses
  • Veterinary work in a seal rehabilitation centre: motherless pups, lungworms and other diseases in seals
  • Reproductive seasonality and newborn mortality at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
  • A retrospective study of mortality in captive Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii)
  • Aortic valve commissures in the European bison (Bison bonasus)
  • Surgical repair of atresia ani and rectovaginal fistula in a cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)
  • Case report on welfare of captive tigers - ethological and physiological parameters
  • Effects of yogurt dietary supplementation on the intestinal ecosystem of a population of emperor tamarins (Saguinus imperator)
  • Hydrocephalus internus in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
  • Diagnosis of allergic dermatitis in a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)
  • Anaesthetic induction protocols in Arabian leopards (Panthera pardus nimr)
  • Corticosterone determination in shed skins from lizards and snakes: a potential tool for assessing chronic stress
  • Effect of deslorelin implants on the testicular function in male ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)
  • Health assessment of free-living mute swans (Cygnus olor)
  • Preliminary investigation of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in zoo veterinarians in France
  • Facial melanocytoma in an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
  • The importance of gastric cytology in bottlenose dolphins under human care
  • Bear watching for foot and spine osteopathology correlation in captive bears (Ursidae)
  • First catch your hare: vertebral morphology and pathology in Leporidae as revealed by high-resolution computed tomography
  • New clinical imaging tools: taxa-specific distal foot radiographic views in rhinoceroses
  • Quantitative computed tomographyc in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
  • High-resolution computed tomographics assessment of dental morphology in German wolves (Canis lupus)
  • Optimisation of platelet-rich plasma concentration protocol in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and in vitro validation testing
  • Adrenal mass as a retrospective indicator of health problems in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) at the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre, South Africa
  • Alpha-naphtyl acetate esterase activity in white blood cells of wild ruminants: preliminary results
  • Treatment of an injured wing in an Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) using a new wound-healing stimulant
  • Semi-free versus wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) - a meta-analysis of endocrine and demographic parameters
  • External temperature loggers as a non-invasive method of estimating body temperature in two agamid species
  • Experiences from in situ and ex situ training of Sumatran zoo and wildlife veterinarians
  • Evaluation of chemical immobilisation with medetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam-butorphanol and medetomidine-ketamine-butorphanol in red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)
  • Post mortem investigation of stranded seals (Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus) in the Southern Wadden Sea and North Holland province, the Netherlands, 2009-2013
  • General assessment of reintroduction programmes of Ara macao in Costa Rica
  • Evaluation of haemoparasites in a population of free-living sloth species (Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus variegatus) in Northern Costa Rica
  • Blood values of captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in the United Arab Emirates
  • The usual suspects: cases of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficile in captive elephants in European zoos
  • Bats roosting in prefab houses in Slovakia - a four year research and conservation effort
  • Epidemiology of Salmonella isolates from selected species of free-living birds in Poland
  • Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium as a cause of mortality and clinical symptoms in two free-living garden bird species in Poland
  • Septic polyarthritis in Chapman's zebra (Equus burchelli chapmanni) - case report
  • Retrospective study of cases of avian botulism in a French zoo (2005-2013)
  • Fatal encephalomyocarditis virus infection in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in a French zoo
  • Case report: intravascular lymphoma in a patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
  • Conservative management of a metacarpal fracture in a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): ups and downs throughout the therapy
  • Emerging infectious disease threats to European bison (Bison bonasus) in Poland
  • Multidrug therapy of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium infection in experimentally inoculated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
  • A fully reversible drug combination for the deep sedation of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Assisted reproduction in giraffes
  • Proteus anguinus project - first year bacteriological findings
  • The role of zoo in combating illegal wildlife trade: the last 10 years at Wildlife Reserves Singapore
  • A fatal case of intestinal intussusception in a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
  • Post and core dental restoration of Persian leopard's (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica) mandibular canine teeth
  • First report of malignant catarrhal fever in a captive pudu (Pudu puda)
  • Conjunctivitis of greater rhea (Rhea americana) in the Middle East
  • Investigating flavivirus infections in nonhuman primates
  • Anaesthesia protocol for captive brown bears (Ursus arctos) - quick induction, reliable maintenance and rapid recovery
  • A unique felid reproductive cycle - the longest corpus luteum lifespan among mammals leads to a mono-oestrous reproduction in lynx (Lynx lynx)
  • Wild birds and avian chlamydiosis
  • A new technique for helicobacter infection diagnosis in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
  • Electrolytes and venous blood gases in wild living barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) captured during autumn migration in Slovenia
  • Therapy-resistant endoparasitosis in a male aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
  • A retrospective study of reptile necropsy reports from 2002 to 2012 at Zoo Basel
  • Chemical immobilisation of Letea feral horses (Equus caballus) using ketamine and medetomidine
  • Infectious diseases in the context of human-wildlife conflict in Africa
  • Ovarian teratoma in a fallow deer (Dama dama)
  • Mycobacteria in German zoos - is there a risk of infection from animals to humans?
  • Helminthofauna of common reptiles of Armenia
  • Coronary artery lesions in the swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
  • Pathology of free-living loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) embryos on the island of Linosa (Italy)
  • Lethal herpesvirus simplex infection in two common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
  • Toxoplasma gondii in zoo animals
  • Evaluation of Arabian ungulate pathology at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • Multiple mycobacterial infections in a zoo aquarium
  • Multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae in imported reptiles
  • A survey on Francisella tularensis in Sondrio province after importation of infected hares
  • Neonatal mortality in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) at the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Research Centre, South Africa
  • Prevalence of Salmonella serovars in game animals from Poland
  • Intestinal displacements in phocids from German waters
  • Hepatozoonosis in a stone marten (Martes foina) in Vienna, Austria
  • Treatment of hypercortisolism with trilostane (Vetoryl®) in two golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
  • Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in subcutaneous abscesses in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)
  • Characterisation of Salmonella isolated from zoo and pet snakes in Poland