Saving the Rhino : Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the forefront of the fight against rhino poaching
| 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 |
| dc.relation.requires | Adobe Acrobat to open files | en |
| 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 |
| dc.type | Still Image | en |
| dc.type | Text | en |