Greyling, Barend JacobusKryger, PerDu Plessis, S.Van Hooft, W.F.Van Helden, Paul DavidGetz, Wayne MarcusBastos, Armanda D.S.2009-02-132009-02-132008Greyling, BJ, Kryger, P, Du Plessis, S, Van Hooft, WF, Van Helden, P, Getz, WM & Bastos, ADS 2008, ‘African Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 655-660. [http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/]1684-5315http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8903Conservation management and forensic traceability of African buffalo and cattle rely on the timely provision of unbiased and accurate genetic information. An approach in which 17 cattle microsatellite markers are co-electrophoresed, following amplification in three core multiplex reactions was established for this purpose. Mean allelic richness per locus was 8.24 and 6.47, for buffalo and Bonsmara cattle, respectively, whilst an unbiased match probability of 6.5x10-17 and 1.03 x 10-16 was obtained for each. These results confirm the usefulness of this rapid, cost-effective typing approach for forensic, paternity and fine-scale genetic analyses of wild and domestic African Bovini tribe members.enAcademic JournalsAfrican buffaloMicrosatelliteForensicTraceabilityTypingBoviniAfricaBonsmara cattleAfrican buffalo -- Sub-Saharan AfricaAnimal diversity conservation -- Sub-Saharan AfricaMicrosatellites (Genetics) -- Southern AfricaBos -- Southern AfricaFoot-and-mouth disease -- Southern AfricaTuberculosis in cattle -- Southern AfricaArticle