Abdi Arif
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Recent Articles
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Wolf T, Arif A, Bennett N, Ganswindt A
Reprod Domest Anim
. 2018 Sep;
54(2):275-279.
PMID: 30246895
As the natural habitat of more and more species becomes depleted, captive breeding programmes have become established to bring species back from the brink of extinction. Monitoring the reproductive status...
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Bouts T, Dodds J, Berry K, Arif A, Taylor P, Routh A, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med
. 2017 Sep;
48(3):616-626.
PMID: 28920785
General anesthesia poses risks for larger zoo species, like cardiorespiratory depression, myopathy, and hyperthermia. In ruminants, ruminal bloat and regurgitation of rumen contents with potential aspiration pneumonia are added risks....
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Dittmann M, Hummel J, Hammer S, Arif A, Hebel C, Muller D, et al.
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
. 2015 Feb;
185:58-68.
PMID: 25637787
Digesta flow plays an important role in ruminant digestive physiology. We measured the mean retention time (MRT) of a solute and a particle marker in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and...
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Gull J, Hebel C, Deb A, Arif A, Clauss M, Hatt J, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med
. 2015 Jan;
45(4):735-43.
PMID: 25632657
Currently the only captive population of beira antelope (Dorcatragus megalotis) is held at the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, Qatar. An outbreak of a severe respiratory disease--fibrinous pleuropneumonia syndrome, most likely...
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Dittmann M, Hebel C, Hammer S, Hummel J, Ortmann S, Arif A, et al.
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
. 2013 Oct;
167:45-51.
PMID: 24095724
Basal metabolic rates in mammals are mainly determined by body mass, but also by ecological factors. Some mammalian species inhabiting hot, dry environments were found to have lower metabolic rates...
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Fritz J, Hammer S, Hebel C, Arif A, Michalke B, Dittmann M, et al.
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
. 2012 May;
163(1):56-65.
PMID: 22609929
Ostriches (Struthio camelus) achieve digesta retention times, digesta particle size reduction and digestibilities equal to similar-sized herbivorous mammals, in contrast to some other avian herbivores. The sequence of digestive processes...
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Foldenauer U, Borjal R, Deb A, Arif A, Taha A, Watson R, et al.
J Avian Med Surg
. 2008 Mar;
21(4):275-82.
PMID: 18351006
The Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is considered the world's most endangered parrot, with the last wild bird disappearing in 2001 and only 74 birds in captivity. To establish hematologic and...
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Arif A, Schulz J, Thiaucourt F, Taha A, Hammer S
J Zoo Wildl Med
. 2007 May;
38(1):93-6.
PMID: 17469281
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is a highly contagious and serious respiratory disease of domestic goats, characterized by coughing, severe respiratory distress, and high mortality...