Guidelines for managing captive Iberian ibex herds for conservation purposes

Espinosa, J. Alberto; López‐Olvera, Jorge Ramón; Cano-Manuel, Francisco Javier; Fandós, Paulino; Pérez, Jesús M.; López-Graells, Clara; Ráez‐Bravo, Arián; Mentaberre, Gregorio; Romero, Diego; Soriguer, Ramón C.; Granados, José E.

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2017.09.002

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“…According to [49], eye contact of visitors and wild animals in captivity can result in stress and stereotypic behavior. Following [34], fences at CUI should be covered with raffia in order to avoid frequent eye contact between the animals and the public.…”

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“…We consider it important to add a medical training program (12.2) because, if properly practiced, it is a promising means of reducing the stress caused by veterinary techniques. For capture of animals, every facility must have the right material (capture enclosure, net, handling crush, and dart gun), coupled with an experienced team, in order to avoid trauma and other serious injuries [34]. During application of the proposed protocol, it was found that several animals had expired during capture and translocation.…”

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“…Each enclosure must have quarantine facilities, so that newly arrived animals can be held in isolation for observation, and sick or infected animals can be separated from other animals. Keeping in view the recommendations made in [34,35], four indicators, i.e., "fence structure" (6.1), "fence substratum" (6.2), "availability of quarantine" (6.3), and "number of quarantines" (6.4), were developed to assess enclosure standards.…”

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“…Husbandry guidelines suggest that in reproductive groups of captive ungulates, one adult male should be kept with 3-7 females and their young, while 3-7 adult males should be kept in bachelor groups [10]. In order to prevent inbreeding, reproductive males should be replaced or exchanged after every two years and females after three years [34].…”

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Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate—Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Khattak

Liu

Teng

2019

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To ensure that captive breeding and other associated programs are more robust and sustainable, it is of utmost importance to ensure optimum welfare. Although it is well known that standard welfare is crucial for successful captive breeding, there is still a lack of welfare assessment protocols for wild species. The current study aimed to develop a leading baseline welfare assessment protocol for assessing welfare in captive Punjab urial. This protocol is based on the welfare protocol for domestic sheep from the Welfare Quality® project, coupled with all the information obtained from the published literature on the species’ biology and ecology. This protocol consists of 4 principles, 12 criteria, and 31 animal- and resource-based indicators. The protocol was tested and applied to three different herds of Punjab urial at two different facilities. Initial results showed that some areas need to be improved for better captive breeding and management.

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Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate—Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

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Liu

Teng

2019

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“…In central to northern part Central Kalimantan, mainly dominated by acid tropical soils at sloping lands, unfavorable soils development process occurs since the lands were cultivated inappropriately for agriculture, plantation, mining, and transmigration as well (Angi & Wiati, 2017;Gay-des-Combes et al, 2017). Because of its susceptibility of erosion, many agricultural practices lead to land degradation and soil erosion especially at sloping areas (Espinosa et al, 2017;van Uexkull & Bosshart, 1989;Notohadiprawiro, 1989).…”

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Environmentally Sound Spatial Management Using Conservation and Land Evaluation Approach at Sloping Lands in Humid Tropic (A case study of Antang Kalang sub-district, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Bhermana

Susilawati

2019

Sains Tanah J. Soil Sci. Agroclimatology

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The main problem faced by sloping lands in the humid tropic includes land degradation influencing natural ecosystem damage broadly. Land conversion and improper land-use have been widely recognized as the main cause of environmental damage since the demands for agricultural lands become greater than land resource available. The objective of this study was to determine the concept of appropriate land-use planning through environmentally sound spatial management in order to prevent land and environmental degradation. The sub-district of Antang Kalang was chosen as study area representing sloping lands in humid tropic that have a susceptibility to erosion. Conservation approach by the use of USLE erosion risk prediction model and land evaluation through land suitability classification was used in this study. The geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technology were applied to generate spatial basic information and to assist in spatial analysis. Two crops, upland rice, and rubber, representing food crop and estate p have been selected based on the local resource that has been existed since a long time ago. The result of spatial analysis shown that the arable land for agricultural practices covers 9,039 hectares (23.19%) while for non-arable land, it is allocated for forest preservation with total areas 29,934 hectares (76.81%). Land-use planning and land resources management involving conservation aspect and land suitability evaluation should be taken into account for farming practice at sloping lands areas since the value of soil loss potential appears as an indicator of erosion risk. Permanent cultivation system and the intercropping farming system is the option of recommended agricultural practice at sloping lands in the humid tropic that have a susceptibility to erosion.

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Development of resistance to sarcoptic mange in ibex

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Sarcoptic mange affects mammal host species worldwide and, particularly, wild Caprinae throughout much of Eurasia. In the Iberian Peninsula, several outbreaks of sarcoptic mange in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) have been reported since the 1980s. Using data from a period of long‐term monitoring and a seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA)‐generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model approach, we performed a time‐series analysis of the monthly prevalence of sarcoptic mange in the Iberian ibex population in Sierra Nevada Natural Space in southern Spain. In January 2003–March 2021, we documented a significant negative trend in sarcoptic mange prevalence, albeit with some interannual peaks. These findings can only be explained if a certain level of resistance to sarcoptic mange exists in hosts that, along with other factors, could provoke this reduced prevalence. Prevalence values varied seasonally, with maximum values in spring and minimum values at the end of summer, which may be due to factors linked to climate, host behavior, and endocrine activity. Our model predicts that the prevalence of sarcoptic mange in the Iberian ibex will continue to decrease over the next 2 years. Despite the inherent challenges involved, diagnosing and monitoring of wildlife diseases are integral to obtaining reliable epidemiological data and designing appropriate management strategies.

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Guidelines for managing captive Iberian ibex herds for conservation purposes

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate—Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate—Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Environmentally Sound Spatial Management Using Conservation and Land Evaluation Approach at Sloping Lands in Humid Tropic (A case study of Antang Kalang sub-district, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Development of resistance to sarcoptic mange in ibex

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