Analysis of Crop Consumption Using Scatological Samples from the Red-Crowned Crane <i>Grus japonensis</i> in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Analysis of Crop Consumption Using Scatological Samples from the Red-Crowned Crane <i>Grus japonensis</i> in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Total DNA extracts from the intestinal contents of 60 flying red-crowned cranes (juveniles, subadults and adults) found dead in 2006–2021, and the feces of 25 chicks collected in June and July of 2016–2018, were used for PCR reactions with primers specific for 16 crops, followed by high-throughput s...

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Main Authors: Ayaka Yokokawa, Wenjing Dong, Kunikazu Momose, Hiroko Iima, Tomoo Yoshino, Kenichi Izumi, Yusuke Kawai, Tomoko Amano, Tatsuro Nakamura, Akira Sawada, Daiji Endoh, Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Hiroki Teraoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
amplicon sequencing
crop consumption
<i>Grus japonensis</i>
Japan
scatological samples
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/20/3167

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