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First reports of nasal and traumatic myiasis infection in endangered Przewalski's horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019
Myiasis has great economic and medical importance. However, myiasis in wildlife that is caused by oestroid flies is relatively rarely recorded compared with that in humans and domestic animals.
Liping Yan, Ming Zhang, Liping Tang, Make Ente, Xinping Ma, Hongjun Chu, Kai Li, Defu Hu, Dong Zhang   +8 more
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Reproductive technologies for conservation of genetic resources of endangered Equidae: a review

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
This review presents data on the use of assisted reproductive techniques to obtain offspring and preserve the genetic resources of wild Equidae including the Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii. Some results and applied techniques in obtaining and
George Yu. Maksudov, Ksenia I. Egorova
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The danger of having all your eggs in one basket--winter crash of the re-introduced Przewalski's horses in the Mongolian Gobi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Large mammals re-introduced into harsh and unpredictable environments are vulnerable to stochastic effects, particularly in times of global climate change.
Petra Kaczensky, Oyunsaikhan Ganbataar, Nanjid Altansukh, Namtar Enkhsaikhan, Christian Stauffer, Chris Walzer   +5 more
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Trends in demography, genetics, and social structure of Przewalski’s horses in the Hortobagy National Park, Hungary over the last 22 years

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
The world population of Przewalski’s horses has recovered from very few survivors, and is still categorized as “Endangered” in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Viola Kerekes, István Sándor, Dorina Nagy, Katalin Ozogány, Loránd Göczi, Benjamin Ibler, Lajos Széles, Zoltán Barta   +7 more
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The role of zoos in repatriation of Equidae

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
The author considers possible approaches to the reintroduction into the wild of three taxa of equids (Przewalski's horse, Turkmenian kulan, and eastern kiang) kept in zoos and breeding centres in Russia and neighbouring countries.
Vladimir A. Ostapenko
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Genetic diversity of the free-living population of Przewalski's horses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Theriologia Ukrainica, 2020
The present study is aimed at evaluating the genetic diversity, genetic status and the extent of hybridization with the domestic horse for the Przhevalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii Poliakov 1881) population free-ranging in the territory of the ...
Ekaterina E. Kheidorova, Kanstantsin V. Homel, Mikhail E. Nikiforov, Aliaksei V. Shpak, Valery Ch. Dombrovski, Marina S. Shkvyrya, Peter E. Schlichting, James C. Beasley, Denis A. Vishnevsky, Yegor B. Yakovlev   +9 more
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Genome-wide copy number variation detection in a large cohort of diverse horse breeds by whole-genome sequencing

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Understanding how genetic variants alter phenotypes is an essential aspect of genetic research. Copy number variations (CNVs), a type of prevalent genetic variation in the genome, have been the subject of extensive study for decades.
Xiangwei Tang, Bo Zhu, Ruimin Ren, Bin Chen, Sheng Li, Jingjing Gu   +5 more
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Modern Northern domestic horses carry mitochondrial DNA similar to Przewalski’s horse

, 2021
Several recent studies have suggested past gene flow between the Przewalski’s horse and modern domestic horse and questioned the wild origin of the Przewalski’s horse.
Kvist, L. (Laura), Niskanen, M. (Markku)
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The initial stage of the development of the semi-free population of the Przewalski's horse in the Orenburg State Nature Reserve (Russia)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
The Joint Directorate of the State Nature Reserves «Orenburg» and «Shaitan-Tau» (later – FSFI «Orenburg Reserves») elaborated the Programme on establishing a semi-free population of the Przewalski's horse in the Orenburg State Nature Reserve (Russia). It
Rafilia T. Bakirova, Tatjana L. Zharkikh, Evgeniy A. Bulgakov   +2 more
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Integrating Biobanking Into Conservation Practice: The Development and Impact of the EAZA Biobank

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Overview of the structural setup and terms of service of the EAZA Biobank, Left panel illustrates for samples stored at ‐80ºC sampling (1), submission (2), storage (3) in one of the four hubs hosted at: Antwerp Zoo (Belgium), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) (United Kingdom), Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) (Germany ...
Christina Hvilsom, Philippe Helsen, Alexander Ball, Andrew Mooney, Susan Lorene Walker, Imke Wiemann, Andrew C. Kitchener, Baptiste Mulot, Louise Gibson, Jörns Fickel, Anna Mekarska, Elmar Fienieg, Zjef J. J. M. Pereboom   +12 more
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