Prevalence and Factors Associated with Working Equid Lameness in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Lameness is an important concern in working equids of low- and middle-income communities (LMICs) with significant One Welfare implications. This study aims to determine the prevalence and influencing factors of lameness in working equids of LMICs.
Mathilde S. Merridale-Punter +3 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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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 +12 more
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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 +5 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 +6 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 +7 more
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From Human Perception of Good Practices to Horse (Equus Caballus) Welfare: Example of Equine-Assisted Activities [PDF]
AnimalsEquine-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 +3 more
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“What can we do to actually reach all these animals?” Evaluating approaches to improving working equid welfare [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 NGOs utilise a range of programming to bring about desired changes. This study examines the advantages and limitations of the range of approaches used by one particular NGO sector: working equid welfare organisations, from the perspective of NGO staff ...
Emily Haddy +5 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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A cluster-randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of different knowledge-transfer interventions for rural working equid users in Ethiopia [PDF]
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2011 There have been few studies evaluating the efficacy of knowledge-transfer methods for livestock owners in developing countries, and to the authors' knowledge no published work is available that evaluates the effect of knowledge-transfer interventions on ...
R M Christley, G L Pinchbeck
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