Acknowledgements
This work was undertaken in the framework of the Research Platform
“Production and Conservation in Partnership”
(www.rp-pcp.org) and funded by the
Ministère Français des Affaires Etrangères through the FSP-RenCaRe
project (FSP n°2011/36). The University of Zimbabwe Research Board also
contributed financially to this study. The authors would also like to
thank the Hwange Lion Research Project/ Trans-Kalahari Predator
Programme based in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe who made available
blood sera samples from lions in their conservation research project and
Ms Jane Hunt for collection and facilitation of access to samples.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is gratefully
acknowledged for allowing this publication.