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Who is who? Identification of livestock predators using forensic genetic approaches.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 May 2013
Caniglia Romolo, Fabbri Elena, Mastrogiuseppe Luigi, Randi Ettore
Abstract excerpt
Molecular identifications of salivary DNA are increasingly applied in wildlife forensic investigations, and are successfully used to identify unknown livestock predators, or elucidate cases of large carnivore attacks to humans. In Europe most of livestock predations are attributed to wolves (Canis lupus), thought free-ranging dogs are sometime the responsible, and false predations are declared by breeders to...
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