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- Title
Genetic investigations and pedigree analysis in captive barbary sheep ( Ammotragus lervia pallas 1777).
- Authors
Schreiber, Arnd; Matern, Bernd
- Abstract
The electrophoretic variation of blood proteins (hemoglobin, transferrin, adenylatekinase, and phosphoglucomutase) was studied in a population of 21 barbary sheep ( Ammotragus lervia) living at Frankfurt Zoological Gardens. A polymorphism in hemoglobin was sufficient for pedigree analysis in most cases. It could be demonstrated that one female Barbary sheep cared for a lamb that genetically was not its own descendant. 'Mismothering' has also been reported from domestic sheep. We suggest this to be critical when basing pedigree assumptions for stud-book purposes merely on behavioral evidence. Biochemical pedigree control is recommended for the genetic management of endangered social caprines during bottleneck phases of population recovery.
- Publication
Zoo Biology, 1989, Vol 8, Issue 3, p253
- ISSN
0733-3188
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/zoo.1430080306