Comparison of working equid welfare across three regions of Mexico [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journal, 2020 AbstractBackgroundFactors affecting working equid welfare are wide‐ranging and reflect cultural, economic and climatic conditions, the type of work equids are used for, and individual differences in the practices of their handlers. In Mexico working equids are widely used for facilitating agricultural activities, however, welfare issues are common ...
Emily Haddy +5 more
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The Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases of Working Equids in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Review [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Working equids provide a crucial contribution to the livelihoods and food security of communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Nevertheless, they are a neglected category within animal health policies and interventions of governmental and
Marta Bonsi +2 more
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‘All My Animals Are Equal, but None Can Survive without the Horse’. The Contribution of Working Equids to the Livelihoods of Women across Six Communities in the Chimaltenango Region of Guatemala [PDF]
Animals, 2021 It is widely assumed that working equid husbandry is carried out by men, and women are often not recognised as facilitating equid welfare. The aim of this study is to investigate how working equids contribute to women’s livelihoods in six of the World ...
Molly A. Vasanthakumar +3 more
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Mammary gland physiology and farm management of dairy mares and jennies [PDF]
JDS Communications, 2022 Equid milk is arousing increasing interest in consumers and researchers because of its similarity in composition to human milk. The low and different protein content makes equid milk it suitable for children with cow milk protein allergy.
Pasquale De Palo +2 more
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Belief in Animal Sentience and Affective Owner Attitudes are linked to Positive Working Equid Welfare across Six Countries [PDF]
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2023 Belief in animal sentience and the quality of human-animal relationships play a significant role in animal welfare. However, the link between an individual animal's welfare and the beliefs and emotional connection of the owner to the animal is understudied and focussed on single cultures, limiting generalisability.
Emily Haddy +7 more
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Trialling Locally Made, Low-Cost Bits to Improve Bit-Related Welfare Problems in Cart Horses: Findings from a Study in Senegal [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Bits used for cart horses in Senegal are typically made of recovered construction iron and often have defects related to design, shape, fit and metal quality. Consequently, there is widespread presence of bit-related oral injury amongst these equids.
Mactar Seck +2 more
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Why Should Human-Animal Interactions Be Included in Research of Working Equids’ Welfare? [PDF]
Animals, 2019 The livelihood of working horses’ owners and their families is intimately linked to the welfare of their equids. A proper understanding of human-animal interactions, as well as the main factors that modulate them, is essential for establishing strategies oriented to improve the welfare of animals and their caretakers.
Daniela Luna, Tamara Tadich
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Working equids: linking human and animal welfare
Veterinary Record, 2020 Working equids continue to be an essential component of the livelihoods of millions of families worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.1 These animals provide a critical support system to the households that rely on them, with a central pillar of this support system being the money they generate – both directly and indirectly – and
Tamara Tadich
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The Behavioral Cost of Care: Changes in Maintenance Behavior during Equine-Assisted Interventions [PDF]
AnimalsThis study examined human–animal symbiosis in an animal-assisted intervention through observations of animal maintenance behaviors. The rise of psychotherapy, learning, and recreation incorporating animals warrants exploration of the welfare of the ...
Angela K. Fournier +5 more
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Shared work? Unravelling interspecies entanglements, agency, and the rhythms of equids at work [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceFocusing on donkeys, this paper examines the type and scope of ‘work’ undertaken by working equids in three very different contexts in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Global South (case studies).
Tamlin Watson, Cara Clancy
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