Differentiation of Meat Samples from Domestic Horses ( Equus caballus ) and Asiatic Wild Asses ( Equus hemionus ) Using a Species-Speci fi c Restriction Site in the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Region

Recent studies suggest that Asiatic wild asses ( Equus hemionus ) are being increasingly poached in a commercial fashion. Part of the meat is believed to reach the meat markets in the capital Ulaanbaatar. To test this hypothesis, we collected 500 meat samples between February and May 2006. To...

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Published in:	Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
Main Authors:	Ralph Kuehn, Petra Kaczensky, Davaa Lkhagvasuren, Stephanie Pietsch, Chris Walzer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National University of Mongolia 2006-12-01
Subjects:	Asiatic wild ass domestic horse illegal meat market Mongolia
Online Access:	http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%204%20Number%202%20December%202006/pdf/mjbs004-02-08.pdf