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Saiga (Saiga tatarica) conservation strategy in Kazakhstan
Abstract The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is a living symbol of the Eurasian steppes. Even in the recent past, its total number exceeded a million heads. As a commercial species, it was a source of inexpensive meat and skins for suede. The natural world range of saiga in Eurasia covers the steppe and desert ecosystems of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan ...
A. T. Serikbayeva +6 more
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A survey of the parasites of Ural saiga antelopes and Turkmenian kulans of Kazakhstan [PDF]
Saiga antelope and Turkmenian kulans are considered critically endangered and near threatened, respectively, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
A M Abdybekova +2 more
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Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus, 1766). Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:97. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.S. R., W. Kazakhstan, "Ural Steppes." DISTRIBUTION: N. Caucasus (Kalmyk Steppe), Kazakhstan (U.S.S.R.); S.W. Mongolia; Sinkiang (China). Formerly west to Poland. COMMENT: Reviewed by Sokolov, 1974, Mamm. Species, 28:1-4. PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as S.
James H. Honacki +2 more
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Mongolian Saiga in Sharga Nature Reserve: Are Domestic Dogs a Threat to Saiga? [PDF]
Dogs ( Canis familiaris ) are recognized as one of the most numerous carnivores in the world. They have direct and indirect impacts on a diverse range of animal species. In Mongolia, there are shepherd families within Mongolia saiga ( Saiga tatarica mongolica ) range and shepherd dogs are suspected to cause saiga mortalities.
Buuveibaatar, B. +2 more
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Seroprevalence of infectious diseases in saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica tatarica) in Kazakhstan 2012–2014 [PDF]
286 serum samples were collected from three sub-populations of saiga in Kazakhstan (Betpakdala, Ustyurt and Volga-Ural) between 2012 and 2014, and were tested for the presence of antibodies to Brucella spp., bluetongue virus, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus, Akabane virus, Schmallenberg virus, Chlamydophila, Toxoplasma, Mycobacterium avium ...
Mukhit Orynbayev +2 more
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The Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) in the Quaternary of Ukraine: distribution and morphology
The article analyses the findings of fossils, archaeological sites, and historical literature on the distribution of saigas in Ukraine during the Quaternary period. Most findings of saiga fossils are concentrated in the Crimea and the Northern Black Sea region.
Viktoria Smagol +3 more
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Missing saiga on the taiga [PDF]
Conservation biologists understand that linking demographic histories of species at risk with causal biotic and abiotic events should help us predict the effects of ongoing biotic and abiotic change. In parallel, researchers have started to use ancient genetic information (aDNA) to explore the demographic histories of a number of species present in the
Tyler S, Kuhn, Arne Ø, Mooers
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The prospect of game-farming or game-cropping is very much in the news in parts of Africa to-day, as a means of conserving wild life and at the same time managing it so as to provide a supply of meat and other animal products. It is, therefore, very interesting to see how the Russians have succeeded in rescuing from extermination an animal only ...
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Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 688, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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9. On the Saiga Autelope, Saiga tartarica (Pall.)
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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