Open AccessTransferrin and Haemoglobin types in the African Elephant (<i>Loxodonta Africana</i>)
Author(s) -
D. R. Osterhoff,
E. Young,
I. S. Ward-Cox
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v15i1.669
Subject(s) - national park , african elephant , biology , transferrin , zoology , ecology , endocrinology
In a random sample of 84 elephants from the Kruger National Park and five elephants from the Addo Elephant National Park, biochemical polymorphism in the serum transferrins could be established. It seems that elephants in the Kruger and Addo Parks are genetically similar but further studies are indicated to confirm these preliminary findings. For the haemo- globin investigations 109 blood samples were available, all originating from the Kruger National Park and all revealing only one type of haemoglobin