African antelopes

Maloiy, G.M.O. 1973 The water metabolism of a small East African antelope the dik-dik. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 184 167-178. 

The fossil record of African antelopes (Mammalia, Bovidae) in relation to human evolution. In Vrba, E.S., Denton, G.H., Partridge, T.C. and Burekle, L.H., eds., Paleoclimate and Evolution. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press 385-424. 

Chemical work on the exocrine secretions of African antelope has concentrated on the interdigital secretions of members of the subfamily Alcelaphinae and the preorbital secretions of members of the subfamilies Antilopinae and Cephalo-phinae. 

An adaptive association of Flehmen with fluid-sampling is shown where related modifications to the stimulus-access system, such as anatomical and behavioural anomalies, appear. The F. sequence is inconspicuous and ducts reduced in two African Alcephaline antelopes the Topi (Damaliscus iunatus) and Coke s Hartebeest (Alcephalus... 

Very many animals that carry horns are protected, as they have been overhunted. An example is the Saiga antelope, which lives in northern Asia and has horns that are popular for use in oriental medicine. Many of the African homed animals are nowadays also protected. However, the types used today by the horn industry are plentiful and are freely available. Most of the material comes from domesticated animals, bred in captivity. The importation of horn into Europe is very strictly controlled and the material that arrives is cleansed and disinfected. Occasionally, horn from a particular source cannot be obtained because of a changing political situation in the country of export, or because of illness, such as foot and mouth, which stops all movement of animal products. 

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