Notes on rumen contents of Cape Buffalo  Syncerus Caffer  in the Addo Elephant National Park

doi:10.4102/koedoe.v16i1.884

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Notes on rumen contents of Cape Buffalo Syncerus Caffer in the Addo Elephant National Park

G. de Graaf, K.C.A. Schultz, P.T. van der Waet

Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science; Vol 16, No 1 (1973), 45-58. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v16i1.884

Submitted: 27 July 1973
Published: 28 July 1973

Abstract

The oesophagus and rumen contents of 18 Capebuffalo that died during the 1969/70 drought in the Addo Elephant National Park near Port Elizabeth were analysedand are discussed as regards a description, based on quantitativedata, of the main vegetation types in the Park. Notes on plantspecies that were observed being utilised by buffalo are also given.

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G. de Graaf, , South Africa
K.C.A. Schultz, , South Africa
P.T. van der Waet, , South Africa

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