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dc.contributor.author | Mwase, M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Almli, B.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Sivertsen, T.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Musonda, M.M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Flaoyen, A.![]() |
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dc.contributor.editor | Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-28T08:13:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-28T08:13:05Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012 | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Hepatic and renal concentrations of the elements arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, selenium and zinc were studied in samples collected from hippopotami from the Kafue River in the Kafue National Park and the Luangwa River in the Southern Luangwa National Park in Zambia. There were no significant differences between trace element concentrations in the tissues of the hippopotami taken in the Kafue River and the Luangwa River. The concentrations of copper and other essential elements were similar to those reported in normal domestic and wild ruminants. Judging by the results obtained in this study, pollution from the mining activity around the Kafue River drainage area in the Copperbelt region has not led to any accumulation of elements in tissues of the hippopotami in the Kafue National Park. The trace element concentrations observed may serve as reference for similar future studies on hippopotami. | en |
dc.description.librarian | mn2012 | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | NUFU (Norwegian Council for Higher Education's program for development research and education). | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Mwase, M, Almli, B, Sivertsen, T, Musonda, MM & Flaoyen, A 2002, 'Hepatic and renal concentrations of copper and other trace elements in hippopotami ( Hippopotamus amphibius L.) living in and adjacent to the Kafue and Luangwa Rivers in Zambia’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 207-214. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18262 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. | en |
dc.rights | © ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
dc.subject | Hippopotami | en |
dc.subject | Pollution | en |
dc.subject | Trace elements | en |
dc.subject | Zambia | en |
dc.subject | Kafue river | en |
dc.subject | Luangwa river | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hippopotamidae -- Zambia | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Trace elements -- Analysis | en |
dc.title | Hepatic and renal concentrations of copper and other trace elements in hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius L.) living in and adjacent to the Kafue and Luangwa Rivers in Zambia | en |
dc.type | Article | en |