Noninvasive saliva collection techniques for free-ranging mountain gorillas and captive eastern gorillas

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Smiley, Tierra ^a   Spelman, Lucy ^c   Lukasik Braum, Magdalena ^c   Mukherjee, Jean ^b   Kaufman, Gretchen ^f   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^b   Cranfield, Michael ^c,d,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project   (Rwanda)

^d Baltimore Zoo   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorilla beringei beringei; Gorilla beringei graueri; Grauer's gorilla; Mountain gorilla; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Saliva

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GORILLA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; TIME; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; DNA; GORILLA GORILLA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GRAUERI; PEUCEDANUM;

EID: 77953563456     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0015R.1     Document Type: Article

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