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Chapter on the parasitology of ruminants in Kazakhstan and how
spatial variation in climate and host presence affects parasite
transmission.
The Stepnoy State Nature Reserve was established in 2000 and covers an area of 109,000 hectares. An area of natural importance, the sanctuary is home to the critically endangered saiga antelope.
The International workshop on captive breeding for saiga conservation was co-hosted by the Saiga Conservation Alliance, San Diego Zoo Global and the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and took place over 28th-29th August 2017
You can download all the documents here:
Workshop report
Participant list
An overview of the saiga antelope in captivity in Europe and the US
This review is a summary of Russian sources on suspected outbreaks of pasteurellosis in the saiga antelope prior to 2015. This literature consists of translations of the relevant sections of the annual saiga expedition and aerial count reports; reports of government commissions investigating the larger mortality events; and published articles.
Footnotes by the reviewer provide additional or contextual information to support interpretation of the summarised articles. In many of the reviewed reports, authors do not distinguish between haemorrhagic septicaemia (the proximate cause of the 2015 die-off) and pneumonic pasteurellosis, which has a different pathology and aetiology. In such cases…
A two-day workshop was held at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia, to discuss the practicalities of captive breeding for the Critically Endangered saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica). A total of 30 participants attended representing each of the saiga range states and from across the globe. The workshop was interactive, with plenaries, working groups and knowledge-exchange sessions.
The primary objectives of the workshop were to determine how captive breeding can contribute to saiga conservation and how to improve captive breeding.