Breeding and Genetics of Forages for Semi-Arid and Arid Rangelands
Agronomy, 2021 Rangelands are the Earth’s largest land type and provide the feed source for the extensive grazing of beef and dairy cattle (Bos taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), horse (Equus ferus caballus), camel (Camelus spp [...]
Joseph G. Robins
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Long-term storage of feces at −80 °C versus −20 °C is negligible for 16S rRNA amplicon profiling of the equine bacterial microbiome [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The development of next-generation sequencing technologies has spurred a surge of research on bacterial microbiome diversity and function. But despite the rapid growth of the field, many uncertainties remain regarding the impact of differing ...
Stefan Gavriliuc +3 more
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Heat tolerance in Pantaneiro horses subjected to different exercise regimes
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2022 The objective of this work was to determine how different types of gait affect the physiological and thermographic responses of Pantaneiro horses (Equus ferus caballus) subjected to field conditions under high environmental temperatures.
Sandra Aparecida Santos +5 more
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Differentiation of Meat Samples from Domestic Horses ( Equus caballus ) and Asiatic Wild Asses ( Equus hemionus ) Using a Species-Speci fi c Restriction Site in the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Region [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2006 Recent studies suggest that Asiatic wild asses ( Equus hemionus ) are being increasingly poached in a commercial fashion. Part of the meat is believed to reach the meat markets in the capital Ulaanbaatar.
Ralph Kuehn +4 more
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Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses—A Review
Animals, 2023 Horses constantly face several challenges inherent to the domestic environment, and it is common for the expression of their natural behavior to be drastically limited.
Ana Caroline Bini de Lima +3 more
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Obesity prevalence and associated risk factors in outdoor living domestic horses and ponies [PDF]
, 2014 Reasons for performing study. The prevalence of obesity in companion animals, including horses and ponies has risen drastically in recent years and risk factors have been little investigated.
Sean A. Rands +7 more
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A Review of Contemporary Contraceptives and Sterilization Techniques for Feral Horses
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 This commentary provides a brief review of the history of contraceptive research eff orts for feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the contraceptives and sterilization techniques currently available for feral horses. Porcine zona pellucida (PZP)
Albert J. Kane
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Consequences of Porcine Zona Pellucida Immunocontraception to Feral Horses
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 Porcine zona pellucida (PZP) immunocontraception was developed to provide a more humane, effective, and inexpensive method of population regulation for wildlife species.
Cassandra M.V. Nuñez
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Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 Legally defined “wild” horse (Equus ferus caballus ) and burro (E. asinus ; WHB) populations in the United States exceed established population objectives.
Keith A. Norris
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