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SUMMARY:Overview of long-term health\, reproduction and genetic research o
 n Namibia cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - Dr Laurie Marker\, Cheetah Conserva
 tion Fund\, Namibia
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CONTACT:Suzy Blows
DESCRIPTION:Conflict between humans and large carnivores is well documente
 d in Africa\, and is one of the chief causes of cheetah\, Acinonyx jubatus
 \, population declines (Marker\, 2002). The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF
 )\, with its international base in Namibia\, has been conducting long-term
  research since 1991 on cheetah and their farmland ecosystem. Surveys cond
 ucted by CCF with Namibian farmers indicated the majority (90%) of cheetah
 s were removed as a preventative measure by livestock and game farmers\, n
 ot in response to actual losses caused by “conflict animals” (Marker\,
  2002).  From these removals\, CCF has opportunistically conducted biomedi
 cal studies on over 1600 collections from over 800 cheetahs.  This talk su
 mmarizes an over-view of CCF’s published findings to-date on disease\, r
 eproduction and genetics of the Namibian cheetah (Marker\, 2002).
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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