ACADEMIC SPONSORSHIPS
PhD sponsorships
Dr Liesel Laubscher
Comparing the effects of tranquilisation with long-acting neuroleptics on blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) behaviour and physiology
Doctoral Thesis, University of Stellenbosch
Dr Silke Pfitzer
The respiratory physiology of opioid immobilisation in African antelope
Doctoral Thesis, Murdoch University
MSc sponsorships
Ms Kelsey Lee Brown
The effect of capture, confinement and immobilisation on acute phase proteins, and immune and haemostatic responses in the impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Masters Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand
Ms Dianca du Plessis
The potential of midazolam for use as a sedative for blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi)
Masters Thesis, University of Stellenbosch
Ms Thembeka Mtetwa
Effectiveness of pulse oximetry to detect hypoxaemia in immobilized impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Masters Thesis, University of Pretoria
Other research sponsorships
Dr Sonja Krista Marianne Kneckt
Ability of MyotonPro to detect changes in the muscle tone of immobilized blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) as diagnostic method of capture myopathy
Final Thesis Curriculum in Veterinary Medicine, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Dr Lynn Cathrine Bäckström
A novel protocol for anaesthesia of chacma baboons
Final Thesis Curriculum in Veterinary Medicine, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Dr Eugenio Gaudio
Investigating the cardiovascular and respiratory effects of azaperone and etorphine used for immobilization of blesbok (Damaliscus philipsi pygargus)
University of Padova
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