Table 3.

List of primers used for RT-PCR. For each fragment, forward and reverse primers were used

Sample ID	Forward Primers (5' to 3')	Reverse primers (5' to 3')
BUF 10	CAGTACTCCGGCAGCCTG	GGTGTTGTAATTGCACTCTCC
	CAGTGGTGTTCTCGCACAAC	GCCATDGGMGGGATGAACCC
BUF 6	GACCGTATTCTCACCACGAG	AAGTTGGACCTGACGTCGG
BUF 17	CAAAXAGGGAATTTTXCCCGTXGC	GACGACXGGXTTGTCGCC
	CTGGTXGGCGCAATCCTXCGT	CGGTTRAAGTCGGGWCCGTG

The sequences obtained from samples BUF 10, BUF 6 and BUF 17 were subsequently named SAT 2/UGA/1/07, SAT 2/UGA/2/07 and SAT 1/UGA/1/07, respectively. These samples were all collected on the same day (17/1/07) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, but BUF 17 was from a different herd.