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Veterinary Senior Manager
Veterinary Wildlife Services, Kruger National Park, South African National Parks, South Africa
Email: Peter.buss@sanparks.org
VALIDATE Role:
Network Affiliate
Research Keywords:
TB, Wildlife Diseases, Wildlife Physiology, One Health, Conservation
Biography:
Dr Buss currently works as a Veterinary Senior Manager for South African National Parks (SANParks) and is based in Kruger National Park (KNP). His duties include managing the Veterinary Unit, providing veterinary clinical support of SANParks conservation objectives, and facilitating veterinary research within KNP. Dr Buss was awarded a PhD from Wits University which investigated the physiological effects of immobilization in white rhinoceros. He is currently involved in research projects investigating the pharmacophysiology of immobilizing drugs in multiple species, and KNP ecosystem diseases including Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus and Bovine Tuberculosis.
Key Publications:
- Miller, A.M., Buss, P., Parsons, S.D.C., Roos, E., Chileshe, J., Goosen, W.J., Van Schalkwyk, L. De Klerk-Lorist, L-M., Hofmeyr, M., Hausler, G., Rossouw, L., Manamela, T., Mitchell, E.P., Warren, R. & Van Helden, P., 2018, Bovine tuberculosis in wild white rhinoceros, South Africa - a threat to conservation. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(12), 2373. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180293
- Miller, M.A., Buss, P., Roos, E.O., Hausler, G., Dippenaar, A., Mitchell, E., Van Schalkwyk, L., Robbe-Austerman, S., Waters, W.R., Sikar-Gang, A., Lyashchenko, K.P., Parsons, S.D.C., Warren, R. & Van Helden, P., 2019, Fatal tuberculosis in a free-ranging African elephant and one health implications of human pathogens in wildlife. Pathogens in Wildlife, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6(18), http://doi.10.3389/fvets.2019.00018
- Meiring, C., Higgitt, R., Goosen, W., Van Schalkwyk, L., De Klerk-Lorist, L-M., Buss, P., Van Helden, P.D., Parsons, S.D.C., Möller, M. & Miller M., 2021, Shedding of Mycobacterium bovis in respiratory secretions of free-ranging wild dogs (Lycaon pictus): Implications for intraspecies transmission, Transboundary Emerging Diseases, 68, 2581-2588, https://doi:10.1111/tbed.14125
- Dwyer, R., Goosen, W., Buss, P., Kedward, S., Manamela, T., Hausler, G., Chileshe, J., Rossouw, L., Fowler, J.H., Miller, M. & Witte, C., 2022, Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in free-ranging rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, South Africa, PNAS, 119(24), 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120656119
- Roos, E.O., Loubser, J., Kerr, T.J., Dippenaar, A., Streicher, E., Olea-Popelka, F., Robbe-Austerman, S., Stuber, T., Buss, P., De Klerk-Lorist, L-M., Warren, R.M., Van Helden, P.D., Parsons, S.D.C. & Miller, M.A., 2023, Whole genome sequencing improves the discrimination between Mycobacterium bovis strains on the southern border of Kruger National Park, South Africa. One Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100654
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