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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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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Social referencing in the domestic horse [PDF]
, 2020 Dogs and cats use human emotional information directed to an unfamiliar situation to guide their behavior, known as social referencing. It is not clear whether other domestic species show similar socio-cognitive abilities in interacting with humans.
Nawroth , C., Schrimpf, A., Single , M.
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The road home for Przewalski's horse in China
Oryx, 2022 In March , the Chinese government announced that it will continue to carry out the rewilding of rare and threatened wildlife species, including Przewalski’s horse Equus ferus, as part of China’s th -Year Plan (–). The population of this
Shengnan Ji +4 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
Barbato, M. +7 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]
, 2022 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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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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The role of the ethogram in equitation science [PDF]
, 2017 The development of a comprehensive ethogram that could be used to record the behaviour of the ridden horse in a range of different scenarios would provide a valuable resource for researchers within equitation science.
Hall, C, Heleski, C
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