One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India – ERRATUM [PDF]
Animal Welfare, 2023 LM Kubasiewicz +8 more
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A systematic review of equid welfare at slaughter
Livestock Science, 2022 Guidance surrounding equine slaughter varies globally and lacks published evidence, limiting practical application,causing industry confusion and potentially compromised welfare at all stages of the slaughter process,both ante- and post-mortem.
Katharine A Fletcher +2 more
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What Is a Working Equid? Analysis of Current Terminology and a Suggested Definition [PDF]
AnimalsEquids are engaged in myriad types of work across the world, with contexts and industries varying widely between high-, middle- and low-income countries as classified by the World Bank.
Zoe Raw +2 more
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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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Pasture Heterogeneity Improves Donkey Welfare: Effects of Structural Variation, Species Diversity, and Sward Height on Herd Emotional States [PDF]
AnimalsGrazing environment plays a key role in the welfare of domestic herbivores. In the UK, donkeys are typically kept on species-poor, agriculturally improved grasslands that offer limited dietary and behavioural opportunities.
Jessie Fitts +7 more
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Animals, 2022 Equids in general experience transient lives where ownership may change multiple times, for working equids this can be more extreme where ownership changes are not only numerous but abrupt, and situations encountered prove difficult, diverse and tough ...
Tamlin Watson +2 more
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Studying longitudinal neutralising antibody levels against Equid herpesvirus 1 in experimentally infected horses using a novel pseudotype based assay [PDF]
Virus Research, 2023 Infection with equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), a DNA virus of the Herpesviridae family represents a significant welfare issue in horses and a great impact on the equine industry.
Cecilia Di Genova +2 more
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Comparison of working equid welfare across three regions of Mexico [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journal, 2021 Abstract Background Factors 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.
Emily Haddy, Faith Burden, Zoe Raw
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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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Animals, 2021 This paper challenges assumptions that the health management of working equids among some of India’s poorest communities is mainly dependent upon income, economic influence, or access to veterinary services. Using a mixed-methods approach, hierarchies of
Caroline Nye +4 more
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