Copper deficiency in Blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserve

dc.contributor.advisorMeltzer, David George Anton
dc.contributor.postgraduateQuan, Melvyn
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T14:19:27Z
dc.date.available2005-03-09en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T14:19:27Z
dc.date.created2001-09-10en
dc.date.issued2006-03-09en
dc.date.submitted2005-03-08en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2001.en
dc.description.abstractThe copper status of blesbok was evaluated by measuring the hepatic and plasma copper concentrations, and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity. The copper status of blesbok from the Karoo Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape was shown to be significantly lower than blesbok from the Willem Pretorius and Gariep Dam Game Reserves, Free State. Analysis of soil and water in the Karoo Nature Reserve suggests that alkaline soil, associated with organic matter, may be responsible for decreased availability of copper to plants. It was shown that leaching of copper could take place when liver samples are stored in 10% buffered formalin. Storage of samples in liquid nitrogen was found to be the only reliable method of maintaining erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity for extended periods of time.en
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dc.description.degreeMSc
dc.description.departmentCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Studiesen
dc.identifier.citationQuan, M 2006-03-09, Copper deficiency in Blesbok (aliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserve, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23009>en
dc.identifier.otherN-9316-2014
dc.identifier.other0000-0003-3352-8488
dc.identifier.other24338988000
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082005-142910/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/23009
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2001, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleCopper deficiency in Blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) from the Karoo Nature Reserveen
dc.typeDissertationen

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