Saving the Rhino : Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the forefront of the fight against rhino poaching

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dc.contributor.author Van Blerk, Chris
dc.contributor.other University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.contributor.upauthor Harper, Cindy Kim
dc.date.accessioned 2011-10-24T07:32:15Z
dc.date.available 2011-10-24T07:32:15Z
dc.date.created 2010-10-12
dc.date.issued 2011-10-24
dc.description Originally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0. en
dc.description.abstract The poaching of rhinos has reached alarming levels in 2010. With the specific aim of providing a tool to support the forensic investigation of the poaching cases, the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty at the Onderstepoort Campus established a method to successfully extract nuclear DNA from rhinoceros horn and genotype it using a set of DNA markers. en
dc.format.extent 1 p. : col. photo en
dc.format.medium PDF file en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17462
dc.language.iso en en
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dc.rights ©Chris van Blerk, University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science. Provided for educational and preservation purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. en
dc.subject Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of en
dc.subject Rhino poaching en
dc.subject DNA forensics en
dc.subject Veterinary Genetics Laboratory en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- Press coverage en
dc.title Saving the Rhino : Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the forefront of the fight against rhino poaching en
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