Copper deficiency in Blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserve

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dc.contributor.advisor Meltzer, David George Anton
dc.contributor.postgraduate Quan, Melvyn
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-06T14:19:27Z
dc.date.available 2005-03-09 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-06T14:19:27Z
dc.date.created 2001-09-10 en
dc.date.issued 2006-03-09 en
dc.date.submitted 2005-03-08 en
dc.description Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2001. en
dc.description.abstract The copper status of blesbok was evaluated by measuring the hepatic and plasma copper concentrations, and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity. The copper status of blesbok from the Karoo Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape was shown to be significantly lower than blesbok from the Willem Pretorius and Gariep Dam Game Reserves, Free State. Analysis of soil and water in the Karoo Nature Reserve suggests that alkaline soil, associated with organic matter, may be responsible for decreased availability of copper to plants. It was shown that leaching of copper could take place when liver samples are stored in 10% buffered formalin. Storage of samples in liquid nitrogen was found to be the only reliable method of maintaining erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity for extended periods of time. en
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dc.description.degree MSc
dc.description.department Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies en
dc.identifier.citation Quan, M 2006-03-09, Copper deficiency in Blesbok (aliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserve, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23009> en
dc.identifier.other N-9316-2014
dc.identifier.other 0000-0003-3352-8488
dc.identifier.other 24338988000
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082005-142910/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23009
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title Copper deficiency in Blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserve en
dc.type Dissertation en


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