Modeling the emergence of modular leadership hierarchy during the collective motion of herds made of harems [PDF]
Gregarious animals need to make collective decisions in order to keep their cohesiveness. Several species of them live in multilevel societies, and form herds composed of smaller communities.
Ozogány, Katalin, Vicsek, Tamás
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Andrological and cytogenetic investigations of an infertile Przewalski's stallion [PDF]
The case of an 8-year-old, sexually active but infertile Przewalski's stallion (Equus ferus przewalskii) was studied. Besides the infertility, the stallion also showed permanent problems with its body condition, being obviously weaker than all the other ...
Andersson, Magnus +9 more
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Associative behaviour in Przewalski's horses reintroduced into Mongolia
Allogrooming is an important associative behaviour in social mammals that has hygienic and/or social functions and may be mediated by kin selection or reciprocity.
Sarah R. B. King, John Gurnell
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Detomidine and butorphanol for standing sedation in a range of zoo-kept ungulate species [PDF]
General anesthesia poses risks for larger zoo species, like cardiorespiratory depression, myopathy, and hyperthermia. In ruminants, ruminal bloat and regurgitation of rumen contents with potential aspiration pneumonia are added risks.
Arif, Abdi +6 more
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Thyroid hormones correlate with field metabolic rate in ponies, Equus ferus caballus [PDF]
Acknowledgments The authors thank Jürgen Dörl for technical help and for taking care of the animals and Peter Thompson for technical assistance with the doubly labelled water analysis.
Brinkmann, Lea +4 more
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A randomized clinical trial to compare ketamine butorphanol azaperone medetomidine and detomidine-etorphine-acepromazine for anesthesia of captive Przewalski horses (Equus przewalskii) [PDF]
OBJECTIVETo compare ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (KBAM) to detomidine-etorphine-acepromazine (DEA) for field anesthesia in captive Przewalski horses (Equus przewalskii).ANIMALS10 adult Przewalski horses.PROCEDURESA prospective randomized ...
Anderson, Neil +6 more
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The Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii is the only wild representative of the subgenus true horses left in the world. This article discusses the history of projects on the reintroduction of the Przewalski's horse in Russia and compares two ...
Rafilia T. Bakirova, Tatjana L. Zharkikh
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Use of bioinformatic tools for the evolutionary analysis of horses [PDF]
27 páginas, ilustraciones[ES] Los caballos han sido esenciales en la historia del ser humano y su evolución sigue siendo discutida. En este trabajo se realizan tres filogenias moleculares, dos de ellas para obtener un filograma de los perisodáctilos ...
Loyarte Madoz, Nerea
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Modelling mammalian energetics: the heterothermy problem [PDF]
Global climate change is expected to have strong effects on the world’s flora and fauna. As a result, there has been a recent increase in the number of meta-analyses and mechanistic models that attempt to predict potential responses of mammals to ...
A Bondarenco +163 more
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First Experience with a Camera Collar in a Free-Ranging Przewalski’s Horse Group in the Mongolian Gobi [PDF]
Remote sensing and satellite telemetry have allowed to greatly expanding the understanding of how species use various landscapes, even in remote settings.
Altansukh, Nanjid +6 more
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