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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) work across the globe to improve the welfare of working equids. Despite decades of veterinary and other interventions, welfare issues persist with equids working in brick kilns.
Tamlin L. Watson +6 more
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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 +7 more
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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 +7 more
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The Emergence of Viral Encephalitis in Donkeys by Equid Herpesvirus 8 in China
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The equine herpesvirus type 8 (EHV-8) can cause significant economic losses in the global horses and donkey industry. The disease has been associated with abortion and respiratory symptoms.
Tongtong Wang +12 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +9 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 +9 more
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An investigation of genetic diversity in three Dezhou donkey original breeding farms
Scientific Reports, 2023 Dezhou donkey is one of the excellent large donkey breeds in China. In our study, eight microsatellite markers were used to genotype from each of three populations of Chinese Dezhou donkeys: 67 individuals in Liaocheng (pop1), 103 individuals in Binzhou ...
Tianqi Wang +9 more
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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 +11 more
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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 +14 more
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