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Research Articles (Veterinary Genetics Laboratory): Recent submissions

  • Comparative genetics of sarcoid tumour-affected and non-affected mountain zebra (Equus zebra) populations 
    Sasidharan, Sooryakanth P.; Ludwig, Anette; Harper, Cindy Kim; Moodley, Yoshan; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Guthrie, Alan John; Somers, Michael J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)
    In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of sarcoid tumour-like growths in Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) populations. In domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), a genetic ...
  • Molecular sexing of African rhinoceros 
    Peppin, Lindsay; McEwing, Ross; Ogden, Rob; Hermes, Robert; Harper, Cindy Kim; Guthrie, Alan John; Carvalho, Gary R. (Springer, 2009-04)
    We report the development of a fast and reliable PCR-based method for sex identification of African Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum and Diceros bicornis) that could easily be incorporated into fluorescent short tandem ...
  • The occurrence of dermatosparaxis in a commercial Drakensberger cattle herd in South Africa 
    Holm, Dietmar Erik; Van Wilpe, Erna; Harper, Cindy Kim; Duncan, N.M. (Neil) (South African Veterinary Association, 2008-03)
    Dermatosparaxis is a heritable collagen dysplasia causing skin extensibility and fragility. In Belgian Blue cattle this mutation has been described as a 3 base pair (bp) change followed by a 17 bp deletion in the gene ...