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1 Dr Ali Halajian

2 Area: 1,221,037 sq km (9 provinces)(25 th ) Birds: 865 spp (Avibase) Frogs: 110 spp Mammals: 300 spp (Bats 56)

3 With nearly 8% of all known species of Birds 6% of the World`s Mammal species, 5% of the World`s Reptile species, (Driver et al. 2012) Currently animal species are known from South Africa, vast majority Insects (more than 44000) (Scholtz 1999, Hamer 2013) thought to represent less than half of the actual faunal richness (80000 animal spp with more than insects) It has taken 250 years to reach the current level of taxonomic knowledge, lack of taxonomists! South Africa is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.

4 All the Current gaps in Biodiversity info Public Health Eating Traditional medicines (Moti, Burning Hyena tail ) Role of Diseases in causing animals to get killed easier than normal

5 Public Health Importance

6 Different studies in World In South Africa: Wendy (EWT: Wildlife and Transport) Important in Wildlife Management Socioeconomic impacts Effect on some endangered species Evaluate geographic distribution Economic cost I add: Diseases survey

7 Example Study in Spain Police Data in 7 years (29 pd), Wild Boar and Roe Deer most prevalent (79% cases) Carnivores (Red Fox.) Annual economic cost 105 mil euros Study in SA Efficient Police!?! Different fauna UL Team: ( , ongoing) 27 Birds spp, 5 Domestic spp, 11 Carnivores spp, 2 Primates spp, 3 Rodents, 1 Hedgehog, 1 Hyrax, 2 Tortoise, 3 Snakes, Frog (Bullfrog)

8 A parasite: a living organism that acquires some of its basic nutritional requirements through its intimate contact with another living organism. Parasites may be simple unicellular protozoa or complex multicellular metazoan Although parasitic infections occur globally, the majority occur in tropical regions, where there is poverty, poor sanitation and personal hygiene

9 Parasites Categories Ectoparasites Flies: Hippoboscidae (Birds, Bats..) Lice: Chewing (Birds), Sucking (Mammals) Mites: Feather (Birds), Quill(Birds), Chiggers (Birds, Mammals) Ticks: Hard, Soft Ecto but not parasitic (Hitchhiking!) -Earwigs -Pseudoscorpions: (Birds: body, nest), not really parasites

10 Helminths Parasites Categories Endoparasites Acanthocephalans Cestodes Nematodes Trematodes Protozoa Blood (Plasmodium..), GI Tract (Cryptosporidium..), Tissues (Hepatozoon, Toxoplasma, Neospora)

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12 White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus burchellii) Matlala road, Close to Mohlonong, 13 ticks on head

13 Scrub Hare Jackal Samango Monkey (Male, Road kill)

14 Earwig Hemimerus on Giant Rat (Cricetomys gambianus) Michael Rampedi

15 Earwigs Class: Insecta Order: Dermaptera -Nearly 2000 extant described species -Unsegmented forceps-like cerci in adults, assist in predation, mating, and wing folding South Africa: 48 species of Iran: 13 spp

16 Filariidae: Filaria, Striped Polecat One animal in 5 years! Ali Halajian

17 Chacma Baboon: Painful Stomach Ali Halajian

18 Bushbaby: Stomach For those who say parasites are not important for conservation programs Michael Rampedi

19 First locality records in Limpopo of Moniliformis kalahariensis, in two road-killed Southern African Hedgehogs Hedgehog Stomach: Physaloptera Ali Halajian A Male Adult Road killed animal: 4 Fleas, 46 Ticks, 53 Stomach Nematodes, 3 Acanthocephalans in Small Intestine and 8 Cestodes and 3 Nematodes in Large Intestine

20 Angulate Tortoise Niche Leopard Tortoise Ali Halajian Speke's hinge-back Tortoise Katlego David Kunutu Ali Halajian 2015

21 Ticks and Vector-borne pathogens

22 Acuariidae Acuaria Cosmocephalus Desportesius Dispharynx Pelecanema Paracuaria

23 Hadjelia

24 Trypanosoma Plasmodium Microfilaria

25 Chiggers on Elephant Shrew Ali Halajian 2014

26 Neotrombicula larvae

27 Metacestode in Rodents David Katlego Kunutu

28 Gerbil: Metacestode cyst in Liver Ali Halajian

29 Conservation importance: Polycephalic metacestode David Katlego Kunutu

30 Domestic animals-life cycle Domestic vs Wild animals David Kunutu 2014

31 Acknowledgements -University of Limpopo -So many collaborators Thanks for your Attention

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