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The Potential for New Donkey Farming Systems to Supply the Growing Demand for Hides [PDF]

Animals, 2020
The demand for donkey hides for ejiao, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has resulted in rapidly increasing prices for donkey hides and donkeys. This has put pressure on donkey populations globally and has implications for donkey welfare and the ...
Richard Bennett, Simone Pfuderer
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Anaplasmosis in Donkeys [PDF]

Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, 1911
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Andrew Balfour
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A New Framework for Assessing Equid Welfare: A Case Study of Working Equids in Nepalese Brick Kilns

Animals, 2020
Equids fulfil many different roles within communities. In low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), in addition to providing a source of income, equids also provide essential transport of food, water, and goods to resource-limited and/or isolated ...
Stuart L. Norris, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin L. Watson, Holly A. Little, Atish K. Yadav, Sajana Thapa, Zoe Raw, Faith A. Burden   +7 more
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Multi-Thoracolumbar Variations and NR6A1 Gene Polymorphisms Potentially Associated with Body Size and Carcass Traits of Dezhou Donkey

Animals, 2022
The number of thoracolumbar vertebrae is a quantitative trait positively correlated with the economic traits of livestock. More thoracolumbar vertebrae individuals could genetically be used to improve the livestock population, as more thoracolumbar ...
Ziwen Liu, Qican Gao, Tianqi Wang, Wenqiong Chai, Yandong Zhan, Faheem Akhtar, Zhenwei Zhang, Yuhua Li, Xiaoyuan Shi, Changfa Wang   +9 more
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Effects of Concentrate Feeding Sequence on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, VFA Production, and Fecal Microbiota of Weaned Donkeys

Animals, 2023
In this study, effects on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, volatile fatty acids (VFA) production, and fecal microbiota of weaned donkeys were observed using different concentrate feeding sequences.
Lan Xie, Jingya Xing, Xingzhen Qi, Ting Lu, Yaqian Jin, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Lanjie Li, Guiqin Liu   +7 more
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No Prescription, No Problem! A Mixed-Methods Study of Antimicrobial Stewardship Relating to Working Equines in Drug Retail Outlets of Northern India

Antibiotics, 2020
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is already occurring among some equids in India. Donkeys and mules are a mobile species moving between regions and international borders, often populating areas of India where private community pharmacies, or medical stores ...
Caroline Nye, Tamlin Watson, Laura Kubasiewicz, Zoe Raw, Faith Burden   +4 more
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Genetic and Population Structure of Croatian Local Donkey Breeds

Diversity, 2022
The two native Croatian donkey breeds (Littoral-Dinaric donkey and Istrian donkey) were marginalized in the second half of the 20th century and were on the verge of biological extinction.
Ante Ivanković, Giovanni Bittante, Gordan Šubara, Edmondo Šuran, Zdenko Ivkić, Mateja Pećina, Miljenko Konjačić, Ivica Kos, Nikolina Kelava Ugarković, Jelena Ramljak   +9 more
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First detection and phylogenetic analysis of porcine circovirus 3 in female donkeys with reproductive disorders

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background PCV3 is a pathogen associated with porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS)-like clinical signs, reproductive failure, and cardiac and multiorgan inflammation, which was newly identified in 2016 in sows in USA.
Tongtong Wang, Wenqiong Chai, Yonghui Wang, Wenqiang Liu, Zetong Huang, Li Chen, Ruihong Guo, Yuting Dong, Mengyuan Liu, Qiankun Zheng, Guiqin Liu, Changfa Wang, Wen-Ping Guo, Sidang Liu, Liangliang Li   +14 more
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Yeast polysaccharide supplementation: impact on lactation, growth, immunity, and gut microbiota in Dezhou donkeys

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionThe Dezhou donkey, a prominent Chinese breed, is known for its remarkable size, rapid growth, and resilience to tough feeding conditions, and disease resistance. These traits are crucial in meeting the growing demand for Ejiao and donkey meat.
Bingjian Huang, Bingjian Huang, Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Yinghui Chen, Yinghui Chen, Huili Liang, Xiyan Kou, Xinrui Wang, Wei Ren, Changfa Wang, Zhenwei Zhang   +11 more
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Biblical Donkey [PDF]

, 2016
The donkey is charged with a rich, important biblical symbolism. Usually the kings choose a strong and combatant animal for ceremonies – a thoroughbred horse, an imposing elephant or even a camel. David has a “royal she-mule”, Solomon is anointed as king
Almalech, Mony
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