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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 +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 +5 more
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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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Decline of genetic diversity in ancient domestic stallions in Europe. [PDF]
, 2018 Present-day domestic horses are immensely diverse in their maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA, yet they show very little variation on their paternally inherited Y chromosome.
Benecke, N. +14 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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Evaluating the impact of domestication and captivity on the horse gut microbiome. [PDF]
, 2017 The mammal gut microbiome, which includes host microbes and their respective genes, is now recognized as an essential second genome that provides critical functions to the host.
Amir, Amnon +13 more
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Assessing the efficacy of medetomidine and tiletamine-zolazepam for remote immobilisation of feral horses (Equus caballus) [PDF]
, 2014 Context The study of any wild animal's home range requires the collection of spatiotemporal data, obtained independently of climatic conditions or time of day. This can be achieved by the attachment of global positioning system (GPS) data loggers, which,
Berman, David M. +4 more
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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 +8 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 +12 more
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Stable isotopes reveal diet shift from pre-extinction to reintroduced Przewalski’s horses
Scientific Reports, 2017 The Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), the only remaining wild horse within the equid family, is one of only a handful of species worldwide that went extinct in the wild, was saved by captive breeding, and has been successfully returned to the
Petra Kaczensky +8 more
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