These instructional videos provide guidelines for field sample collection for DNA analysis. The information contained in these videos is only a guideline. Pilot studies on storage and extraction of DNA are recommended before anyone initiates the collection of samples for genetic based projects.
Full Version: It indicates how dry and fresh samples should be collected. It also gives details on collection of scats and swabs from carcasses.
Solid samples: Guidelines for the collection of hairs, feathers, eggshells, processed products and fresh tissue.
Carcasses: Guidelines for collection of swabs from carcasses in predator identification cases.
Scats: This segment concentrates on the different methods of preserving and collecting DNA from scats.
