Essays about: "african buffalo"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words african buffalo.

1. 1. Activity patterns of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the transmission of East Coast Fever (ECF) to domestic cattle in Laikipia County, Kenya

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Alva Sellgren Molander; [2022]
   Keywords : Buffalo; Syncerus caffer; East coast fever; ECF; Theileria parva; Corridor disease; CD; Kenya; Laikipia;

   Abstract : In this study we examined the potential connection between East Coast Fever (ECF) and the local activity pattern of African buffalo in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC), in Laikipia county, Kenya. Buffalo activity was examined at OPC’s wildlife corridors, which work as the only gates for the animals to pass in and out of the area, by looking at approximately 32 000 pictures taken by infra-red cameras during the year 2019. READ MORE

3. 2. Smittspridning och förebyggande åtgärder för East Coast Fever : påverkande faktorer i boskapens miljö

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Johanna Börs; [2022]
   Keywords : East Coast Fever; ECF; Theileria parva; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Bos indicus; Bos taurus; nötkreatur; Syncerus caffer; afrikansk buffel;

   Abstract : East Coast Fever orsakas av den encelliga parasiten Theileria parva och är en av de viktigaste sjukdomarna hos nötkreatur i Afrika då många djur smittas och dör genom kliniska symptom. Utöver att sjukdomen är plågsam påverkas även djurvälfärden negativt. READ MORE

4. 3. Risky places and risky times : vegetation cover and carnivore olfactory cues influence patch selection and antipredator behavior of African ungulates

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Noé Müller-Rowold; [2017]
   Keywords : predation risk; African ungulates; savanna; visibility; scats; Hluhluwe-iMfolozi; patch selection; large carnivore; hunting modes; vigilance; group size;

   Abstract : Foraging behaviour and vigilance of African ungulates are considered to be influenced by their perception of predation risk. In this experiment, I tried to obtain a better understanding of the relative importance of spatial and temporal drivers of perceived predation risk for African ungulates of various sizes. READ MORE

5. 4. Micro habitat selection of herbivores in response to perceived predation risk and forage quality in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Edvin Rapp; [2017]
   Keywords : habitat selection; trade-off; predation risk; forage quality; Hluhluwe-iMfolozi;

   Abstract : Predators can affect prey in many ways both through direct predation and by altering their prey’s behavior and spatial distribution. Habitat selection for prey animals is therefore a trade-off between resource availability and predation risk. READ MORE

6. 5. The repulsive shrub : impact of an invasive shrub on habitat selection by African large herbivores

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : David Rozen-Rechels; [2015]
   Keywords : invasive plants; large herbivores; savanna; habitat selection; clearing;

   Abstract : Invasive plants, growing and spreading outside of their native range, can severely modify ecosystems. Herbivory has often been seen as a potential control of invasions, but has rarely been considered as a potential impacted trophic level. READ MORE