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Deem, S.L.  2001. “Jaguar (Panthera onca) health evaluation results.”  Report submitted to 

the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Simon Bolivar Zoological Park, Costa Rica.   

 

Fransen, D.R.  1972-1973.  Feline infectious peritonitis in an infant jaguar.  In: Proc. Am. Assoc. 

Zoo Vet. Houston, TX, 1972 and Columbus, OH, 1973.  p 261-264. 

 

Hoogesteijn R., and E. Mondolfi. 1992.  The Jaguar. Caracas: Armitano Publishers. 

 

Patton, S., A. Rabinowitz, S. Randolph, and S. Strawbridge.  1986.  A coprological survey of 

parasites of wild neotropical felidae.  J. Parasit.  72: 517-520

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General Bibliography 

 

Almeida, A. de. 1974. Jaguar hunting in the Mato Grosso and Bolivia. Long Beach:  

Woodbine-Safari Press. 1990. 

 

Brown, D. E., and C. A. Lopez Gonzales. 2001. Borderland Jaguars. Salt Lake City: University 

of Utah Press.  

 

Carmony, N. B.1989. Onza !: The hunt for a legendary cat. Silver City: High-Lonesome Books. 

1995. 

 

Eisenberg J. F. 1989. Mammals of the neotropics: The northern neotropics. Volume 1. Chicago: 

The University of Chicago Press.  

 

Guggisberg, C. 1975. Wild Cats of the World.  New York:  Taplinger Press.  

 

Hall, E. R., and W. W. Dalquest. 1963. The mammals of Veracruz. University of Kansas: 

Museum of Natural History Publication. p 165-362. 

 

Hoogesteijn, R., and E. Mondolfi. 1992. The Jaguar. Caracas: Armitano Publishers.  

 

Nowell, K., and P. Jackson. 1996. IUCN Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action 

Plan. Gland: IUCN.  

 

Perry, R. 1970. The World of the Jaguar. Newton Abbot: David and Charles Ltd.  

 

Quigley, H. B. 1987. Ecology and Conservation of the Jaguar in the Pantanal Region, Mato 

Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Moscow: Ph.D. dissertation. University of Idaho, Moscow.  

 

Rabinowitz, A. 1986. Jaguar. New York: Arbor House.  

 

Watt, E. M. 1989. Jaguar Women. Toronto: Key Porter Books.  

 

(For more resources on the jaguar we recommend An Extensive Bibliography on the Jaguar 

published by E. Lee Fitzhugh which includes over 866 citations. For a disk copy of the entire 

bibliography please e-mail Robert Wiese at [e-mail] and indicate MS WORD or 

WordPerfect format). 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acknowledgement and thanks go out to all those who contributed to this work.  The Jaguar 

Species Survival Plan is indebted to them for written chapters, financial and development 

support, and time spent on review, editing and comments. 

 

Christopher Law, Editor, Philadelphia Zoo; telephone:  [phone],  

e-mail: [e-mail] 

 

William K. Baker, Jr., Little Rock Zoo; telephone: [phone] x102,  

e-mail: [e-mail]  

 

Sharon Deem DVM, National Zoological Park; telephone: [phone],  

e-mail: [e-mail] 

Amy Hunt, MS, Fort Worth Zoo; telephone: [phone]; [e-mail]  

Linda Munson DVM, University of California; telephone: [phone],  

e-mail: [e-mail] 

Stacey Johnson, Fort Worth Zoo; telephone [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] 

Rebecca Spindler, Ph.D., National Zoological Park; telephone: [phone] 

e-mail: [e-mail]  

Ann Ward, MS, Fort Worth Zoo; telephone: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] 

 

 

Dominic Calderisi, Lincoln Park Zoo 

Stephanie Crowson, Fort Worth Zoo 

Brent Day, Little Rock Zoo 

Marie Greene, Little Rock Zoo 

Stacey Johnson, Fort Worth Zoo 

Gray Lang, Dallas World Aquarium 

Gwen Lovett, Palm Beach Zoo 

Keith Lovett, Palm Beach Zoo 

Stephanie Lubianski, Houston Zoo 

Danny Morris, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo 

Jim Schnormeier, Sacramento Zoo 

Alan Shoemaker, Columbia, SC 

Rebecca Spindler, National Zoo 

Becky Volk, Fort Worth Zoo 

Chris Waldron, Philadelphia Zoo 

John Ward, Fort Worth Zoo 

Diana Weinhardt, Houston Zoo 

Robert Wiese, Fort Worth Zoo

 

Patti Hainley, Panthera Research 

Debbie Thompson, Little Rock Zoo 

 

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A Field Manual for the Collection, Storage, and Transportation of Biomaterials for 

Genetic Studies on Jaguars (

Panthera onca) 

 

George Amato, Ph.D. 

Cathi Lehn, Ph.D. 

Wildlife Conservation Society 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

I. 

Introduction 

II. 

Biomaterial Sampling for Genetic Studies 

III. 

Literature Cited 

IV. 

Appendices 

 

The following guidelines are intended for field biologists with previous wildlife 

experience whom are working in association with the Wildlife Conservation Society 

(WCS) Jaguar Conservation Program (JCP).  They have been developed by the WCS 

Science Resource Center (SRC) and personnel working with JCP.  Training sessions and 

consultation on biomaterial sampling, genetic analyses, and specific research issues 

related to genetic investigations of jaguars can be arranged through consultation with 

the SRC and JCP staff (see Appendix I for contact information).   

 

The main objectives for the conservation genetics component of the JCP are: 1) to 

provide standardized methods for the collection of biomaterials from jaguars; 2) to 

provide assistance in the experimental design of genetic research projects; 3) to 

recommend the application of genetic techniques to questions of concern in the 

management and conservation of the jaguar; 4) to assist in the interpretation of genetic 

results; and; 5) to provide recommendations, based on genetic findings, for the long-

term management and conservation of the jaguar.   

 

I.  INTRODUCTION

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The application of molecular techniques to the management of endangered animals has 

become an invaluable tool to the conservation biologist (Moritz 1994; Avise 1996; Smith 

and Wayne, 1996; Ashley 1999).  Blood and tissue samples (liver, heart, kidney, spleen, 

muscle and brain) are the preferred biomaterial for genetic studies.  Deoxyribonucleic 

acid (DNA) extractions from tissue recover high molecular weight DNA and produce a 

high yield from a small portion of the sample.  Although blood is a good source of high 

quality DNA, the ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear DNA in blood samples is extremely 

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