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Documenting the Welfare and Role of Working Equids in Rural Communities of Portugal and Spain [PDF]

Animals, 2020
Recently, the need for a more holistic approach to welfare assessment has been highlighted. This is particularly pertinent in the case of working equids who provide vital support for human livelihoods, often in low- to middle-income countries, yet suffer
Emily Haddy, Joao B. Rodrigues, Zoe Raw, Faith Burden, Leanne Proops   +4 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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Scoping Review of the Socioeconomic Value of Working Equids, and the Impact of Educational Interventions Aimed at Improving Their Welfare [PDF]

Animals
Working equids support millions of people globally, especially in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries. However, they commonly suffer from poor welfare and are typically overlooked in policy and funding decisions.
Amelia Cameron, Sarah L. Freeman, Isabella Wild, Jessica Burridge, Katie Burrell   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Sustainability in NGO Programming: A Case Study of Working Equid Welfare Organizations

SAGE Open, 2023
The sustainability of NGO initiatives has become a criterion by which to judge the success of programming. This study explores the conditions needed in order to achieve sustainable change by focusing on a sector that has recently experienced this shift ...
Emily Haddy, Julia Brown, Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Juliane Kaminski, Leanne Proops   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): The Development and Implementation of a New Equid Welfare Assessment and Monitoring Tool

Animals, 2020
The assessment of animal welfare poses numerous challenges, yet an emerging approach is the consolidation of existing knowledge into new frameworks which can offer standardised approaches to welfare assessment across a variety of contexts. Multiple tools
Zoe Raw, Joao B. Rodrigues, Karen Rickards, Joe Ryding, Stuart L. Norris, Andrew Judge, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin L. Watson, Holly Little, Ben Hart, Rebekah Sullivan, Chris Garrett, Faith A. Burden   +12 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
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

“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
doaj   +2 more sources