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Community Composition and Diversity of Intestinal Microbiota in Captive and Reintroduced Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Large and complex intestinal microbiota communities in hosts have profound effects on digestion and metabolism. To better understand the community structure of intestinal microbiota in Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) under different feeding ...
Yimeng Li, Ke Zhang, Yang Liu, Kai Li, Defu Hu, Torsten Wronski   +5 more
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An Update on Status and Conservation of the Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii): Captive Breeding and Reintroduction Projects [PDF]

Animals, 2022
This review summarizes studies on Przewalski’s horse since its extinction in the wild in the 1960s, with a focus on the reintroduction projects in Mongolia and China, with current population status. Historical and present distribution, population trends,
Mardan Aghabey Turghan, Zhigang Jiang, Zhongze Niu   +2 more
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First report of four rare strongylid species infecting endangered Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) in Xinjiang, China [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background The Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is the only surviving wild horse species in the world. A significant population of Przewalski's horses resides in Xinjiang, China.
Huiping Jia, Sijia Gao, Liping Tang, Yajun Fu, Yu Xiong, Make Ente, Shalitanati Mubalake, Changliang Shao, Kai Li, Defu Hu, Dong Zhang   +10 more
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Assessing Fecal Microbial Diversity and Hormone Levels as Indicators of Gastrointestinal Health in Reintroduced Przewalski’s Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) [PDF]

Animals
Diarrhea serves as a vital health indicator for assessing wildlife populations post-reintroduction. Upon release into the wild, wild animals undergo adaptation to diverse habitats and dietary patterns.
Zhenghao Li, Zhengwei Luo, Defu Hu
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Drug efficacy of ivermectin against primary nematodes parasitizing captive Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) after ten years of annually treatment [PDF]

Helminthologia, 2020
Reintroduction of endangered species to natural habitat is considered as an important tool for conservation. The effect of drug management on captive population of reintroduced species is largely neglected.
Tang L., Xiu Y., Yan L., Cui Y., Ma X., Ente M., Zhang Y., Li K., Zhang D.   +8 more
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Investigating determinants of yawning in the domestic (Equus caballus) and Przewalski (Equus ferus przewalskii) horses. [PDF]

Naturwissenschaften, 2016
Yawning is rare in herbivores which therefore may be an interesting group to disentangle the potential function(s) of yawning behaviour. Horses provide the opportunity to compare not only animals living in different conditions but also wild versus ...
Górecka-Bruzda A, Fureix C, Ouvrard A, Bourjade M, Hausberger M.   +4 more
europepmc   +10 more sources

Przewalski’s Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) Responses to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Flights under Semireserve Conditions: Conservation Implication [PDF]

International Journal of Zoology, 2021
Recent technological innovations have led to an upsurge in the availability of unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones and hereafter referred to as UAVs)—aircraft remotely operated from the ground—which are increasingly popular tools for ...
Vanessa Lu, Feng Xu, Mardan Aghabey Turghan   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Case Report: Suppression of Harem Stallion Behavior and Fertility Following Anti-Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Vaccination of a Captive Wild Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
This report describes an option to modulate the testicular function of wild horses and field methods to assess it. Non-surgical castration of a captive wild Przewalski's stallion with anti-gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) immunization was performed ...
Jérôme Ponthier, Goulven Rigaux, Sonia Parrilla-Hernandez, Sophie Egyptien, Carine Gatez, Carla Carrasco Leroy, Stéfan Deleuze, Stéfan Deleuze   +7 more
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The effects of seasonality and group size on fecal egg counts in wild Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii, Poljakov, 1881) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine during 2014 – 2018 [PDF]

Helminthologia, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in Fecal Egg Counts (FEC) with regard to group size, age, sex and body condition of wild free-roaming Przewalski’s horses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine), across different seasons, over a ...
Slivinska K., Klich D., Yasynetska N., Żygowska M.   +3 more
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The genome of Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii). [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
The Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is an endangered equid native to the steppes of central Asia. After becoming extinct in the wild multiple conservation efforts convened to preserve the species, including captive breeding programs ...
Flack N, Hughes L, Cassens J, Enriquez M, Gebeyehu S, Alshagawi M, Hatfield J, Kauffman A, Brown B, Klaeui C, Mabrouk IF, Walls C, Yeater T, Rivas A, Faulk C.   +14 more
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