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Hanspeter Steinmetz

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Ackermann M, Hatt J, Schetle N, Steinmetz H
PLoS One . 2017 May; 12(5):e0176891. PMID: 28467495
Elephants, particularly Asian (Elephas maximus), are threatened by lethal elephant hemorrhagic disease (EHD) due to elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV). At least five of seven known EEHV types have been associated...
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Weingrill T, Willems E, Zimmermann N, Steinmetz H, Heistermann M
Gen Comp Endocrinol . 2011 Apr; 172(3):446-57. PMID: 21524655
In contrast to most primate species, including the other great apes, orangutans maintain a fission-fusion social system in the wild without being part of a stable community. In zoos, however,...
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Wenger S, Gull J, Glaus T, Blumer S, Wimmershoff J, Kranjc A, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med . 2010 Jul; 41(2):359-62. PMID: 20597235
A 20-mo-old, female, 9-kg European beaver (Castor fiber) presented with apathy, reduced appetite of 3-day duration and a grade 5/6 systolic heart murmur. Thoracic radiographs revealed a diffuse broncho-interstitial pattern...
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Gull J, Steinmetz H, Clauss M, Besselmann D, Ossent P, Wenker C, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med . 2010 Jan; 40(4):652-8. PMID: 20063810
An increased incidence of cataract and fatty liver in plains viscachas (Lagostomus maximus) was noted for many years at the Zurich Zoo (Switzerland). Based on elevated serum fructosamine and glucose,...
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Furger M, Hoop R, Steinmetz H, Eulenberger U, Hatt J
Avian Dis . 2008 Jul; 52(2):222-8. PMID: 18646450
In December 2005, the four major Swiss zoos carried out the vaccination of selected zoo birds with the adjuvant inactivated vaccine H5N2 Nobilis influenza. Pre- and post-vaccination antibody titers were...
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Besselmann D, Schaub D, Wenker C, Vollm J, Robert N, Schelling C, et al.
J Zoo Wildl Med . 2008 Apr; 39(1):86-91. PMID: 18432100
Since 1956, when the Basle Zoo (Switzerland) initiated the breeding of lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), 43% of the lesser kudu juveniles died before reaching an age of 6 mo. In...
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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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Staebler S, Steinmetz H, Keller S, Deplazes P
Parasitol Res . 2007 Sep; 101(6):1725-7. PMID: 17768640
This report describes for the first time the occurrence of alveolar echinococcosis in two exotic rodent species in Europe. A pet chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) was euthanized due to a painful...