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Buchanan CE, Galla SJ, Muscarella ME, Forbey JS, Reinking AK, Beck JL. Relating gut microbiome composition and life history metrics for pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the Red Desert, Wyoming. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0306722. [PMID: 38985706 PMCID: PMC11236126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Host microbial communities (hereafter, the 'microbiome') are recognized as an important aspect of host health and are gaining attention as a useful biomarker to understand the ecology and demographics of wildlife populations. Several studies indicate that the microbiome may contribute to the adaptive capacity of animals to changing environments associated with increasing habitat fragmentation and rapid climate change. To this end, we investigated the gut microbiome of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), an iconic species in an environment that is undergoing both climatic and anthropogenic change. The bacterial composition of the pronghorn gut microbiome has yet to be described in the literature, and thus our study provides important baseline information about this species. We used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of fecal samples to characterize the gut microbiome of pronghorn-a facultative sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) specialist in many regions where they occur in western North America. We collected fecal pellets from 159 captured female pronghorn from four herds in the Red Desert of Wyoming during winters of 2013 and 2014. We found small, but significant differences in diversity of the gut microbiome relative to study area, capture period, and body fat measurements. In addition, we found a difference in gut microbiome composition in pronghorn across two regions separated by Interstate 80. Results indicated that the fecal microbiome may be a potential biomarker for the spatial ecology of free-ranging ungulates. The core gut microbiome of these animals-including bacteria in the phyla Firmicutes (now Bacillota) and Bacteroidota-remained relatively stable across populations and biological metrics. These findings provide a baseline for the gut microbiome of pronghorn that could potentially be used as a target in monitoring health and population structure of pronghorn relative to habitat fragmentation, climate change, and management practices.
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- Courtney E Buchanan
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, United States of America
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- Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, United States of America
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
- Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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Vercammen F, Rutjens S, Chiers K. Interstitial nephritis of unknown aetiology in captive slender‐horned gazelles (
Gazella leptoceros
). VETERINARY RECORD CASE REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/vrc2.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Francis Vercammen
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation Antwerpen Belgium
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- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University Ghent Belgium
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- Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University Ghent Belgium
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Characterization of a Polymicrobial Dermal Infection in a Peninsular Pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana peninsularis) in Baja California, Mexico. J Wildl Dis 2017; 54:410-413. [PMID: 29148882 DOI: 10.7589/2017-07-156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In situ conservation efforts are assisting the recovery of free-ranging populations of the endangered peninsular pronghorns ( Antilocapra americana peninsularis) at the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Sur, Mexico. We detected a polymicrobial dermal infection. Etiologic agents were identified as a keratinophilic dermatomycete and opportunistic pathogenic bacteria.
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Sub-lethal effects of energy development on a migratory mammal—The enigma of North American pronghorn. Glob Ecol Conserv 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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VALUES OF TRACE ELEMENTS SELENIUM, COPPER, ZINC, AND IODINE AND OF VITAMIN E IN CAPTIVE LESSER KUDUS (TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBIS). J Zoo Wildl Med 2015; 46:850-7. [PMID: 26667542 DOI: 10.1638/2014-0151.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Lesser kudus (Tragelaphus imberbis) have been kept in Zoo Basel since 1956. Juvenile mortality used to be high, and a recent study to reveal pathologic findings identified white muscle disease as a major contributor to this problem. Therefore, a retrospective study was initiated using 16 stored serum samples from lesser kudus from 2000 to 2013 to determine the concentration of selected trace elements, including selenium, copper, zinc, and iodine. Additionally, three serum samples were used to measure serum vitamin E values. Serum analysis revealed that copper, zinc, and iodine values were within reference ranges for domestic ruminants, and the supplementation status of these trace elements was assumed to be adequate. In contrast, vitamin E levels were low and selenium levels were scarce in several animals, indicating a deficiency of these essential micronutrients. The results of the analyses are compared with literature references.
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Characterization of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus from a bovine with clinical disease with high nucleotide sequence identity to white-tailed deer isolates. Arch Virol 2014; 159:2737-40. [PMID: 24852073 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) was isolated from a pregnant cow in Indiana, USA, exhibiting excessive salivation, pyrexia and abortion. VP2, VP5, and VP7 sequences of the isolated bovine EHDV showed 97.7, 97.4, and 97.9 % identity to a serotype 2 reference virus. Bovine EHDV was closely related (>99.9 %) to white tailed deer (WTD) EHDV collected from Iowa in 2013 and showed less than 2.1 % divergence from EHDV collected from WTD across the USA in 2013. The high degree of sequence identity between bovine and WTD EHDV isolates demonstrates that similar viruses concurrently circulate in both species and suggests possible further incursions into bovines.
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Van Vuren DH, Bray MP, Heltzel JM. Differential investment in twin offspring by female pronghorns (Antilocapra americana). J Mammal 2013. [DOI: 10.1644/12-mamm-a-107.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Flueck WT, Smith-Flueck JM, Mionczynski J, Mincher BJ. The implications of selenium deficiency for wild herbivore conservation: a review. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0645-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Savini G, Afonso A, Mellor P, Aradaib I, Yadin H, Sanaa M, Wilson W, Monaco F, Domingo M. Epizootic heamorragic disease. Res Vet Sci 2011; 91:1-17. [PMID: 21665237 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Revised: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an infectious non-contagious viral disease transmitted by insects of the genus Culicoides which affects wild and domestic ruminants. The causative agent, the epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), belongs to the family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus and shares many morphological and structural characteristics with the other members of the genus such as bluetongue, African horse sickness and equine encephalosis viruses. In recent years EHD outbreaks have been reported in countries bordering the European Union. They caused disease in cattle and severe repercussion on the livestock industry of the affected countries. In the light of recent European bluetongue epizootic these events pose an increasing threat to the European Union. This review includes the most recent information regarding the virus and the disease as well as tools for its diagnosis and control. It is our conviction that more attention should be drawn to both EHDV and the disease itself in order to fulfil all these gaps and not to be unprepared in case future possible incursions.
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- G Savini
- Istituto G. Caporale, Teramo, Italy.
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Hormone changes indicate that winter is a critical period for food shortages in Steller sea lions. J Comp Physiol B 2008; 178:573-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0247-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Revised: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Takahashi H, Matsuura Y, Ueno M, Shima E, Tanaka Y, Tanaka J, Kaji K. Dystocia in free-ranging sika deer Cervus nippon under food limitation. MAMMAL STUDY 2005. [DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160(2005)30[77:difsdc]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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