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Feral horses at the city gate: ecological insights and rewilding opportunity

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 4, May 2025.
Using motion‐sensitive cameras, we monitored the spatial and temporal distribution of the feral horse population in the La Calvana Natura 2000 site in central Italy. We estimated that the population was growing and horses were present in 40% of the sampled area.
Ilaria Greco, Alberto Masoni, Valeria Avetta, Agnese Santi, Emilio Berti, Giulia Pini, Roberto Bartoli, Gloria Padovan, Giovanni Argenti, Camilla Dibari, Francesco Rovero, Giacomo Santini   +11 more
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RNA expression of TLR10 in normal equine tissues [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Toll like receptors are one of the major innate immune system pathogen recognition systems. There is little data on the expression of the TLR10 member of this family in the horse.
A Mortazavi, AH Werners, AM Quintana, BS Leise, CM Seabury, CM Wade, D Schneberger, Grazieli Maboni, H Shinkai, J Moreton, JC Roach, JM Senior, Joanna Moreton, JS Chang, K Brown, L Frellstedt, Lauren Alder, M Oosting, MA Laat de, MA Opsal, MD Figueiredo, MH Kogut, MJ Mulla, N Fitzner, NM Astakhova, Rachael E. Tarlinton, RG Govindaraj, Richard D. Emes, S Fleige, S Kwon, SA Bustin, Sabine Tötemeyer, SM Kanzok, T Chuang, T Regan, T Requena, U Hasan, V Hornung, Y Guan, YW Zhang   +39 more
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Coexistence between Przewalski's horse and Asiatic wild ass in the desert: The importance of people

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 5, Page 1078-1090, May 2025.
Our findings highlight the importance of people in permitting sympatric coexistence during resource scarcity. However, human involvement requires careful management. Increased human presence may benefit horses but restrict wild asses' access to some quality waters, potentially weakening their climate resilience. Abstract Przewalski's horses and Asiatic
Qing L. Cao, Yongjun Zhang, Melissa Songer, Peter Leimgruber, Defu Hu, Jicai Li, Chen Wang, Daniel I. Rubenstein   +7 more
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You lick me, I like you: understanding the function of allogrooming in ungulates

Mammal Review, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 373-386, October 2024.
Allogrooming has hygienic, physiological, and social consequences, including exchanging benefits in a biological market, post‐conflict reconciliation, and long‐term social bond formation. The relevant importance of these functions is largely undetermined in many non‐primate taxa, including ungulates.
George M. W. Hodgson, Kate J. Flay, Tania A. Perroux, Alan G. McElligott   +3 more
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A 'long-fuse domestication' of the horse? Tooth shape suggests explosive change in modern breeds compared with extinct populations and living Przewalski's horses [PDF]

, 2016
Archaeological and molecular data suggest that horses were domesticated comparatively recently, the genetic evidence indicating that this was from several maternal haplotypes but only a single paternal one. However, although central to our understanding
Barker, Graeme, Cardini, Andrea, Seetah, Krish   +2 more
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Advanced assisted reproduction technologies in endangered mammalian species

Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Volume 59, Issue S3, October 2024.
Abstract A new synergistic approach of classical conservation strategies combined with advanced assisted reproduction technologies (aART) allows for protection and rescue of endangered keystone species at the brink of extinction, which can help to safeguard complex ecosystems.
Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt, Susanne Holtze
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of Spatial Habitat Diversity on Diet Selection of European Bison and Przewalski’s Horses in a Rewilding Area

Diversity, 2019
In Europe, the interest in introducing megaherbivores to achieve ambitious habitat restoration goals is increasing. In this study, we present the results of a one-year monitoring program in a rewilding project in Germany (Doeberitzer Heide), where ...
Luisa Zielke, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, Jürgen Müller, Carsten Neumann   +3 more
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Age-dependent dynamics of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in southwest Mongolia based on IFAT and/or PCR prevalence data from domestic horses and ticks [PDF]

, 2017
Epidemiological factors of tick-borne equine piroplasmoses, caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, were investigated using logistic regression (GLM) and general additive models (GAM) based on the prevalences determined in 510 domestic horses and ...
DEPLAZES, P., MATHIS, A., RÜEGG, S.R., TORGERSON, P.   +3 more
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Management lessons from a long‐term captive‐breeding program for a critically endangered species, Leadbeater's possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 6, Issue 9, September 2024.
We found that there is no difference in longevity between genetic subgroups, origin, institution, or sex in the captive Leadbeater's possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri. When fecundity was analyzed, the historic population had a small subset of successful males and females.
Chloe Steventon, Leanne Wicker, Elizabeth Dobson, Alistair Legione, Joanne Devlin, Dan Harley   +5 more
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Transitions between foot postures are associated with elevated rates of body size evolution in mammals [PDF]

, 2019
Terrestrial mammals have evolved various foot postures: flat-footed (plantigrady), tiptoed (digitigrady), and hooved (unguligrady) postures. Although the importance of foot posture on ecology and body size of mammalian species has been widely recognized,
Kubo, Tai, Meade, Andrew, Sakamoto, Manabu, Venditti, Chris   +3 more
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