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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Working donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) are vital to the development and support of people's livelihoods in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas of Ethiopia. However, despite their critical role in providing transport, food security, and income generation
Martha Geiger +7 more
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Animals, 2020 Donkeys are a cornerstone in human existence, having played an important role throughout history in different economic activities, such as working in brick kilns in Egypt.
Shaaban F. Farhat +2 more
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Animals, 2023 Simple Summary This review article highlights the significance of donkeys as valuable livestock, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, and underscores the importance of implementing breed conservation programs to safeguard genetic diversity among ...
Bingjian Huang +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Introduction The Dezhou donkey, a prominent Chinese breed, is known for its remarkable size, rapid growth, and resilience to tough feeding conditions, and disease resistance.
Bingjian Huang +8 more
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Means of Livelihood, Clean Environment to Women Empowerment: The Multi-Faceted Role of Donkeys
Animals, 2023 Simple Summary Donkeys are resilient species and exhibit functional adaptation in a wide range of climatic conditions. However, in comparison to other livestock species, their inclusion in agricultural or livestock health and nutrition policy, education,
T. Ravichandran +6 more
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PeerJ, 2023 Working donkeys (Equus asinus) support human living standards globally. However, there is little information on the effect of human perceptions of emotion and pain on the welfare of working donkeys.
S. H. Bukhari +3 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2021 Due to the diversity and limitation of determination methods, published data on the fatty acid (FA) compositions of different milk samples have contributed to inaccurate comparisons.
Fengen Wang +7 more
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A novel trophic cascade between cougars and feral donkeys shapes desert wetlands
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 Introduced large herbivores have partly filled ecological gaps formed in the late Pleistocene, when many of the Earth's megafauna were driven extinct.
Erick J. Lundgren +10 more
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BMC Genomics, 2022 Donkey meat has low fat and high protein contents and is rich in various unsaturated fatty acids and trace elements that are beneficial to human digestion and absorption.
Wufeng Li +5 more
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Origin, Evolution, and Research Development of Donkeys
Genes, 2022 Lack of archaeological and whole-genome diversity data has restricted current knowledge of the evolutionary history of donkeys. With the advancement of science and technology, the discovery of archaeological evidence, the development of molecular ...
Yonghui Wang +3 more
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