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Global prevalence and risk factors of Cryptosporidium infection in Equus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
IntoductionCryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Cryptosporidium infection with the main symptom of diarrhea. The present study performed a metaanalysis to determine the global prevalence of Cryptosporidium in Equus animals.MethodsData ...
Xiao-Man Li   +9 more
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Evolution of Old World Equus and origin of the zebra-ass clade

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Evolution of the genus Equus has been a matter of long debate with a multitude of hypotheses. Currently, there is no consensus on either the taxonomic content nor phylogeny of Equus.
Omar Cirilli   +3 more
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What Does the “Elephant-Equus” Event Mean Today? Reflections on Mammal Dispersal Events around the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary and the Flexible Ambiguity of Biochronology

open access: yesQuaternary, 2023
The dispersal of primitive elephantines and monodactyl equids in Eurasia has long been regarded as representative of a substantial turnover in mammal faunas, denoting the spread of open environments linked to the onset of cold and dry conditions in the ...
Alessio Iannucci, Raffaele Sardella
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Testing Equid Body Mass Estimate Equations on Modern Zebras—With Implications to Understanding the Relationship of Body Size, Diet, and Habitats of Equus in the Pleistocene of Europe

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The monodactyl horses of the genus Equus originated in North America during the Pliocene, and from the beginning of the Pleistocene, they have been an essential part of the large ungulate communities of Europe, North America and Africa. Understanding how
Juha Saarinen   +6 more
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Equus in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA). [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
Simple Summary Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) is a freely available online resource for information on inherited traits/diseases (called phenes) in animals, including Equus caballus (horse) and eight other Equus subgroups.
Tammen I   +3 more
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Radiocarbon and genomic evidence for the survival of Equus Sussemionus until the late Holocene

open access: yeseLife, 2022
The exceptionally rich fossil record available for the equid family has provided textbook examples of macroevolutionary changes. Horses, asses, and zebras represent three extant subgenera of Equus lineage, while the Sussemionus subgenus is another ...
Dawei Cai   +21 more
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Effect of Alternative Splicing Euchromatic Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 2 (EHMT2/G9A) on Spermatogenesis in Mongolian Horses [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
The epigenetic regulation of gene expression through the covalent modification of histones is crucial for developing germline cells. To study the regulatory role of alternative splicing (AS) of euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2 (EHMT2/G9A ...
Tergel Baatar   +7 more
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Evolution of Early Equus in Italy, Georgia, the Indian Subcontinent, East Africa, and the Origins of African Zebras

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
We report here ecological and morphological characterization of the main Old World Equus in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa, by comparing the studied fossil forms with the living Equus grevyi zebra.
Raymond L. Bernor   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Monitoring Acute Pain in Donkeys with the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkeys Composite Pain Assessment (EQUUS-DONKEY-COMPASS) and the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkey Facial Assessment of Pain (EQUUS-DONKEY-FAP)

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Objective pain assessment in donkeys is of vital importance for improving welfare in a species that is considered stoic. This study presents the construction and testing of two pain scales, the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkey Composite Pain ...
Machteld C. van Dierendonck   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

DNA Methylation of Igf2r Promoter CpG Island 2 Governs Cis-Acting Inheritance and Gene Dosage in Equine Hybrids [PDF]

open access: yesBiology
Genomic imprinting is critical for mammalian development, but its regulation varies across species. The insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF2R), which is a maternally expressed imprinted gene critical for cell proliferation and differentiation, as ...
Xisheng Wang   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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