WildLife Group
of the SAVA
Blue Wildebeest
Chemical Immobilization & Tranquilization
Dr Luis Amaral DVM
DD Vet Services – Eastern Cape
Wildebeest Blue or Brindled Gnu
(Connochaetes taurinus taurinus)
There are 5 subspecies (IUCN, 2008)
Family: Alcelaphinae
Distribution
Found in Southern Africa. Its range extends from
Namibia and South Africa to Mozambique (north
of the Orange River) and from southwestern
Zambia (south of the Zambezi river) to southern
Angola.
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