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Spatial distribution of Gasterophilus pecorum (Diptera) eggs in the desert steppe of the Kalamaili Nature Reserve (Xinjiang, China)

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Background The dominant Gasterophilus species in the desert steppe (Xinjiang, China) Gasterophilus pecorum poses a serious threat to the reintroduced Przewalski’s horses. We investigated the distribution pattern of G. pecorum eggs in June 2017.
Heqing Huang, Ke Zhang, Changliang Shao, Chen Wang, Make Ente, Zhenbiao Wang, Dong Zhang, Kai Li   +7 more
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Parasites of Przewalski's horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) in Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine) and Orenburg State Nature Reserve (Russia)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
The results of multi-year parasitological studies of the Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii from Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine (1972–2018) and from Orenburg State Nature Reserve, Russia (2015–2018) are presented. Multi-year coprological
Natalya S. Zvegintsova, Tatjana L. Zharkikh, Тetiana А. Kuzmina   +2 more
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Origin and spread of Thoroughbred racehorses inferred from complete mitochondrial genome sequences: Phylogenomic and Bayesian coalescent perspectives. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The Thoroughbred horse breed was developed primarily for racing, and has a significant contribution to the qualitative improvement of many other horse breeds.
Sook Hee Yoon, Wonseok Lee, Hyeonju Ahn, Kelsey Caetano-Anolles, Kyoung-Do Park, Heebal Kim   +5 more
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Programme on establishing a semi-free population of Przewalski's horse in Orenburg State Nature Reserve: the first successful project on the reintroduction of the species in Russia

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
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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Assessment of Adaptation Status of Reintroduced Equus Przewalskii Based on Comparative Analysis of Fecal Bacteria with Those of Captive E. Przewalskii, Domestic Horse and Mongolian Wild Ass

Animals, 2022
Intestinal microbiota play an important role in the survival of the host. However, no study to date has elucidated the adjustment of intestinal microbiota of the host during rewilding.
Dini Hu, Chen Wang, Make Ente, Ke Zhang, Dong Zhang, Xuefeng Li, Kai Li, Hongjun Chu   +7 more
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Reintroduction of the Przewalski's horse in China: status quo and outlook

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
The Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii was extinct in the wild in the middle of the XX century. Since 1985, the Chinese government has formulated a three-step plan of «the introduction of captive breeding horses – establishing a semi-free ...
Zhigang Jiang, Hao Zong
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Effects of Gasterophilus pecorum infestation on the intestinal microbiota of the rewilded Przewalski's horses in China.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Horse botflies have been a threat to the Przewalski's horses in the Kalamaili Nature Reserve in Xinjiang of China since their reintroduction to the original range.
Dini Hu, Yuzhu Chao, Boru Zhang, Chen Wang, Yingjie Qi, Make Ente, Dong Zhang, Kai Li, Kai Meng Mok   +8 more
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Mitochondrial DNA lineages of Italian Giara and Sarcidano horses [PDF]

, 2014
Giara and Sarcidano are 2 of the 15 extant native Italian horse breeds with limited dispersal capability that originated from a larger number of individuals. The 2 breeds live in two distinct isolated locations on the island of Sardinia. To determine the
Cancedda, M., Cancedda M, Francalacci, P., Pala, Maria, Contu D, Pala, M., Morelli, L., Contu, D., Useli A, Barbato, M., Useli, A., FRANCALACCI, Paolo, Francalacci P, Sanna D, Morelli L, Sanna, D., Pala M, Barbato M   +17 more
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Imputed genomes of historical horses provide insights into modern breeding

iScience, 2023
Summary: Historical genomes can provide important insights into recent genomic changes in horses, especially the development of modern breeds. In this study, we characterized 8.7 million genomic variants from a panel of 430 horses from 73 breeds ...
Evelyn T. Todd, Aurore Fromentier, Richard Sutcliffe, Yvette Running Horse Collin, Aude Perdereau, Jean-Marc Aury, Camille Èche, Olivier Bouchez, Cécile Donnadieu, Patrick Wincker, Ted Kalbfleisch, Jessica L. Petersen, Ludovic Orlando   +12 more
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Indexes of pasturable ecology of Equus ferus przewalskii (Equidae) in steppes of the Western Manych Valley (south-east of the Rostov Region, Russia)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
In 2015–2016, we studied the species composition, above-ground phytomass and feeding habits of semi-free Przewalski's horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) in a natural pasture of the steppe valley of the Western Manych. The above-ground mass of plants on the
Vladimir D. Kazmin, Boris D. Abaturov, Raisa R. Dzhapova, Elena Ch. Ayusheva, Vita V. Dzhapova, Delger V. Nokhayeva, Victor A. Minoranskiy, Ivan N. Medyanikov   +7 more
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