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Assessing the utility of DNA barcoding in wildlife forensic cases involving South African antelope

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2020
Poaching of South African wildlife is considered a threat to biodiversity. In the absence of diagnostic morphometric traits, DNA barcoding is considered as a method of choice for species identification. Here, we report on forensic case work involving the
Desiré Lee Dalton, Marli de Bruyn, Tia Thompson, Antoinette Kotzé   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anticipating the species jump: surveillance for emerging viral threats. [PDF]

, 2012
Zoonotic disease surveillance is typically triggered after animal pathogens have already infected humans. Are there ways to identify high-risk viruses before they emerge in humans? If so, then how and where can identifications be made and by what methods?
Bush, RM, Cobey, S, Flanagan, ML, Glass, GE, Leighton, TJ, Parrish, CR   +5 more
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Guano morphology has the potential to inform conservation strategies in British bats [PDF]

, 2020
Bats are primary consumers of nocturnal insects, disperse nutrients across landscapes, and are excellent bioindicators of an ecosystem’s health, however four of the seventeen Great British species are listed as declining.
Allaby, Robin G., Garrod, Benjamin, Macdonald, Hannah, Ware, Roselyn   +3 more
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Harnessing Deep Learning in Searching Wild Relatives of Domestic Animals. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Wild relatives of domestic animals are crucial reservoirs of genetic diversity, yet pervasive hybridization with domestic animals poses significant conservation challenges. Here, we developed a deep learning–based pipeline, consisting of a multi‐layer perceptron for SNP panel selection and a Deep & Cross Network for model training, to discern ...
Cai ZF, Liu B, Yin TT, Ma C, Han ZT, Gu LH, Zhang C, Wu F, Liu LS, Shi X, Wang XQ, Wu RN, Xie LZ, Bai Y, Zhang YC, Zhang SR, Gu LJ, Wang MS, Xie GL, Cheng WK, Lu JG, Luo Y, Li SB, Ashari H, Zein MSA, Han JL, Singchat W, Srikulnath K, Zhang YP, Peng MS.   +29 more
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Molecular surveillance of spotted fever group rickettsioses in wildlife and detection of Rickettsia sibirica in a Topi (Damaliscus lunatus ssp. jimela) in Kenya

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Spotted fever group rickettsioses are a group of tick-borne zoonotic diseases caused by intracellular bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. The diseases are widely reported amongst international travellers returning from most sub-Saharan Africa with fever ...
David Ndeereh, Andrew Thaiyah, Gerald Muchemi, Antoinette A. Miyunga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low-Cost Forensics Reveal High Rates of Non-lethal Snaring and Shotgun Injuries in Zambia's Large Carnivores

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
The impact of snaring and human-wildlife conflict (HWC) on large carnivore populations is of growing concern, and yet few empirical data are available.
Paula A. White, Blaire Van Valkenburgh
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Mammalian species identification using ISSR-HRM technique

Science Progress, 2021
Wildlife trading and the illegal hunting of wildlife are contributing factors to the biodiversity crisis that is presently unfolding across the world. The inability to control the trade of animal body parts or available biological materials is a major ...
Wannapimol Kriangwanich, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Kittisak Buddhachat, Puntita Siengdee, Siriwadee Chomdej, Siriluck Ponsuksili, Chatchote Thitaram   +6 more
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Hair histology as a tool for forensic identification of some domestic animal species

, 2018
Animal hair examination at a criminal scene may provide valuable information in forensic investigations. However, local reference databases for animal hair identification are rare.
Ahmed, Yasser A., Ali, Safwat, Ghallab, Ahmed   +2 more
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The role of forensic geoscience in wildlife crime detection [PDF]

Forensic Science International, 2006
The increase in both automation and precision in the analysis of geological materials has had significant impact upon forensic investigations in the last 10 years. There is however, a fundamental philosophical difference between forensic and geological enquiry.
Ruth M, Morgan, Patricia, Wiltshire, Adrian, Parker, Peter A, Bull   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A molecular genetic approach to roebuck individual identification in the case of poaching in Serbia [PDF]

, 2013
Application of the molecular genetic methods in forensic cases dealing with wild animals has significantly increased recently. These techniques are practically used in order to help solving four key problems : determination of kind of the wild ...
Dimitrijević Vladimir, Petrujkić Branko, Savić Mila, Simeunović Predrag, Stanimirović Zoran, Stevanović Jevrosima, Trailović Ruzica   +6 more
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