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Putting the cart before the horse: mixed-methods participatory investigation of working equid harnessing practices in three selected towns of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Millions of working equids provide socio-economic support for many low-income communities worldwide. With the prevalence of harness-related wounds reported as higher than 60%, this study aims to describe the equipment used by working equids in
Mathilde S. Merridale-Punter, Belay Elias, Abel L. Wodajo, Charles M. El-Hage, Hanna Zewdu, Reta Tesfaye, Gizachew Hailegebreal, Teshale Sori, Anke K. Wiethoelter, Peta L. Hitchens   +9 more
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Owners’ Knowledge and Approaches to Colic in Working Equids in Honduras [PDF]

Animals, 2021
In Honduras, many families are reliant on working equids in their daily life. The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge about, and approaches to colic used by owners of working equids in Choluteca, Honduras using a phenomenological approach.
Isabella Wild, Sarah Freeman, Daniela Robles, Dennis Matamoros, Maverick Ortiz, Jonathan Rodriguez, John Burford   +6 more
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“Not All Who Wander Are Lost”: The Life Transitions and Associated Welfare of Pack Mules Walking the Trails in the Mountainous Gorkha Region, Nepal [PDF]

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, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Caroline Nye, Sajana Thapa, Stuart L. Norris, Natasha Chamberlain, Faith A. Burden   +6 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, Ruth Jobling, Ashleigh F. Brown   +2 more
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From Human Perception of Good Practices to Horse (Equus Caballus) Welfare: Example of Equine-Assisted Activities [PDF]

Animals
Equine-assisted intervention (EAI) studies deal with clients, whereas very few studies focused on the effects on animals. EAI equids are also submitted to management, which influences their welfare.
Marine Grandgeorge, Noémie Lerch, Alizée Delarue, Martine Hausberger   +3 more
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Knowledge-Transfer Interventions on Animal Health Knowledge of Rural Working Equid Owners in Central Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of several knowledge-transfer interventions about donkey health, utilizing a cluster-randomized controlled trial (c-RCT), on the long-term knowledge change (~6 months post intervention) of ...
Andrew P. Stringer, Rob M. Christley, Catriona E. Bell, Feseha Gebreab, Gebre Tefera, Karen Reed, Andrew Trawford, Gina L. Pinchbeck   +7 more
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Exploring Histoplasma species seroprevalence and risk factors for seropositivity in The Gambia’s working equid population: Baseline analysis of the Tackling Histoplasmosis project dataset [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionExposure rates to Histoplasma species, the causative agent of equine epizootic lymphangitis (EL), are unknown amongst working equids in The Gambia.
Tessa Rose Cornell, Biram Laity Fye, Edrisa Nyassi, Fatou Ceesay, Mahmud Jallow, R. Frèdi Langendonk, Dan G. Wootton, Dan G. Wootton, Gina Pinchbeck, Claire Elizabeth Scantlebury   +9 more
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“We forgot about the donkeys!” An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming [PDF]

Animal Welfare
Shifts from direct implementation to advocacy-based programming have been documented across many non-governmental organisation (NGO) sectors, including animal welfare.
Emily Haddy, Leanne Proops, Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Juliane Kaminski, Julia Brown   +5 more
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Population, distribution, biomass, and economic value of Equids in Ethiopia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundEquids play a crucial role in the Ethiopian economy, transporting agricultural inputs and outputs in the dominant subsistence agricultural systems and the critical link for value chains throughout the country.
Girma Birhan Asteraye, Gina Pinchbeck, Theodore Knight-Jones, Klara Saville, Wudu Temesgen, Alemayehu Hailemariam, Jonathan Rushton   +6 more
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Forum theatre as a tool to promote positive donkey welfare on Lamu Island, Kenya [PDF]

Animal Welfare
When targeting human behaviour change for animal welfare improvement, engaging with communities is vital. Equid-reliant communities are often resource poor, geographically isolated and disparities in literacy rates are common, presenting challenges to ...
Emily Haddy, Leanne Proops, Tamsin Bradley, Cressida Bowyer, Obadiah Sing’Oei   +4 more
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