Some morphological characteristics and neonatal weights of reintroduced gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in Turkey

Abstract

Today their number was assumed to be approximately 120,000-140,000 by Mallon and Kingswood (2001), but populations throughout the range have decreased since then and are subject to continuing illegal hunting and habitat loss (IUCN, 2013). Until the 20th century, the distribution of Gazella in Turkey included a large area extending from Çukurova-Adana to Eastern Anatolia. However, they were restricted to several isolated locations in Şanlıurfa, Hatay, and Adana during the last century due to overhunting, live-trapping of juveniles for trade, heavy pesticide use, and habitat degradation (Turan, 1977;Demirsoy, 2003). Due to their rapidly decreasing number, gazelles were classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as lower risk, near threatened, and vulnerable in , 2003in , and 2006in , respectively (IUCN, 2013. Therefore, gazelles are considered to be under a high risk of extinction (Baillie and Groombridge, 1996;IUCN, 2013).The first attempt to protect the existence of gazelles in Turkey was a hunting prohibition put into law in 1957 (Turan, 1984). In spite of the prohibition, the decline in the number of gazelles continued and the Turkish General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks started another conservation program in 1968 in order to reintroduce gazelles to the wild. In 1977, a 26-ha fenced captive breeding station was established in Ceylanpınar-Şanlıurfa with 3 females from Şanlıurfa and 1 male and female from the Tarsus district of Mersin Province. The gazelles reared in this station were later used to establish 3 further captive breeding stations in Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep,

Morphometric measurements and the relationship with body weight in the Sudanese Dorcas Gazelle and Bohor Reedbuck

“…Many attempts have been made to estimate body weight from of morphometric measurements in different livestock species 24 – 28 . By contrast, research work on estimation of body weight from morphometric measurements in deer species is very scarce 29 – 31 . Herein, we estimated the relation between body weight and several morphometric measurements of Dorcas Gazelle and Bohor Reedbuck, utilizing body length [x 1 ], head length [x 2 ], neck length [x 3 ], ear length [x 4 ], tail length [x 5 ], chest girth [x 6 ], belly girth [x 7 ], chest height [x 8 ], pelvic height [x 9 ] and belly depth [x 10 ].…”

Türkiye'de Ceylanda (Gazella subgutturosa) ilk Teladorsagiozis Vakası

“…8 Today their number is assumed to be about 120,000-140,000; however, it has been classified precisely by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 7,12 The genuses Ostertagia, Teladorsagia and Marshallagia are included in the family Trichostrongyloidae, which settle in the abomasum of domestic and wild small ruminants. 28 These parasites has a worldwide distribution, occurring in both tropical and subtropical areas of the world, and they are important cause of economic loss.…”

Three‐dimensional modelling of computed tomography images of limb bones in gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa)

“…is gradually decreasing. Similarly, its numbers have decreased and verged on extinction in Turkey (Gürler, Bozkaya, Özüt, & Durmuş, 2015; Mallon & Kindgswood, 2001). Gazella spp.…”