Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
The Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is the largest herbivore in the Neotropics classified as “endangered.” It has been proposed that Equine Infectious Anemia virus (EIA) is a disease of horses with potential to lead to further decline of T. bairdii populations. In this study, we used domest...
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| author | Manuel Lepe-López Rony García-Anleu Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones Gabriela Ponce Mariano Gonzalez Luis E. Escobar |
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| description | The Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is the largest herbivore in the Neotropics classified as “endangered.” It has been proposed that Equine Infectious Anemia virus (EIA) is a disease of horses with potential to lead to further decline of T. bairdii populations. In this study, we used domestic horses as sentinels for EIA in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. In total, 40 % (13) horses tested were seropositive to EIA. This study may inform wildlife management strategies inside protected areas by considering the threat from incursions of domestic animals inside core areas of natural reserves. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc582b727cc64097b7dac3465de8e3df2025-08-20T02:34:01ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52322357-37592018-01-0140118819110.15446/caldasia.v40n1.6365448240Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii)Manuel Lepe-López0Rony García-Anleu1Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones2Gabriela Ponce3Mariano Gonzalez4Luis E. Escobar5PhD Program in Conservation Medicine, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello. Santiago, Chile.Wildlife Conservation Society, Flores Island, Petén, Guatemala.Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.Wildlife Conservation Society, Flores Island, Petén, Guatemala.Wildlife Conservation Society, Flores Island, Petén, Guatemala.Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA.The Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is the largest herbivore in the Neotropics classified as “endangered.” It has been proposed that Equine Infectious Anemia virus (EIA) is a disease of horses with potential to lead to further decline of T. bairdii populations. In this study, we used domestic horses as sentinels for EIA in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. In total, 40 % (13) horses tested were seropositive to EIA. This study may inform wildlife management strategies inside protected areas by considering the threat from incursions of domestic animals inside core areas of natural reserves.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/63654Equine Infectious Anemia diseaseLentivirusSpilloverWildlife diseases. |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Lepe-López Rony García-Anleu Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones Gabriela Ponce Mariano Gonzalez Luis E. Escobar Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) Caldasia Equine Infectious Anemia disease Lentivirus Spillover Wildlife diseases. |
| title | Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
| title_full | Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
| title_fullStr | Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
| title_short | Domestic horses within the Maya biosphere reserve: A possible threat to the Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) |
| title_sort | domestic horses within the maya biosphere reserve a possible threat to the central american tapir tapirus bairdii |
| topic | Equine Infectious Anemia disease Lentivirus Spillover Wildlife diseases. |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/63654 |
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