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Post-weaning changes in the digestive physiology and caecal fermentative activity in the greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Y.M. Yapi --- National Polytechnic Institute Houphouët-Boigny of Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast T. Gidenne --- INRA, UMR1289 Tissus Animaux Nutrition Digestion Ecosystème et Métabolisme, France Y. Farizon --- Université de Toulouse INPT ENVT, UMR1289 Tissus Animaux Nutrition Digestion Ecosystème et Métabolisme, France M. Segura --- INRA, UMR1289 Tissus Animaux Nutrition Digestion Ecosystème et Métabolisme, France D. Zongo --- National Polytechnic Institute Houphouët-Boigny of Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast F. Enjalbert --- Université de Toulouse INPT ENVT, UMR1289 Tissus Animaux Nutrition Digestion Ecosystème et Métabolisme, FranceThe greater cane rat is a recently domesticated monogastric herbivore, and the importance of the caecum in the functioning of its digestive tract has frequently been mentioned. However, no data are available on caecal fermentative activity of this animal and... -
Parasites of fishes in the recently inundated ephemeral Lake Liambezi, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: KJ McHugh --- Water Research Group (Ecology), Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa OLF Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa NJ Smit --- Water Research Group (Ecology), Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaLake Liambezi forms the periodic connection between the upper Zambezi, Kwando and Okavango rivers. A full parasitological assessment was conducted on 86 fish, representing 14 species in six families sampled in August 2011. Parasite diversity was low and dominated by... -
Xenopus laevis as UberXL for nematodes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anneke L Schoeman --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Tracy-Lee Joubert --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Roman Svitin --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaThe effect of invasive species on local parasite dynamics is often overlooked. The African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) (Anura: Pipidae) is a global invader, with established populations on four continents and is a domestic exotic in southern Africa... -
Are there long-term temporal trends of size composition and the length– weight relationship? Results for chokka squid Loligo reynaudii during the peak spawning season off the south coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MR Lipiński --- , South Africa MA Mmethi --- , South Africa D Yemane --- , South Africa J Githaiga-Mwicigi --- , South Africa WHH Sauer --- , South AfricaTemporal trends in the size composition (length frequency) and length–weight (L–W) relationship of chokka squid Loligo reynaudii on the south coast of South Africa were assessed over periods spanning 22 years: length frequencies from 1996 to 2017 (with 15 years... -
Endohelminth parasites of male and female tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau, 1861), from the Sanyati basin in Lake Kariba
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nyasha Mabika --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Maxwell Barson --- University of Botswana, Botswana Cobus Van Dyk --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaTigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861) is of considerable importance in both the commercial and recreational fishery activities of Lake Kariba. In our previous paper (Mabika et al. 2019) we provided information on the seasonal occurrence of metazoan parasites of H...