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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“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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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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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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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 ...
Robert Christley +2 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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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 ScienceIntroductionExposure rates to Histoplasma species, the causative agent of equine epizootic lymphangitis (EL), are unknown amongst working equids in The Gambia.
Tessa Rose Cornell +9 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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Working horse welfare in Senegal is linked to owner's socioeconomic status, their attitudes and belief in horse sentience. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe role that working equids play in both rural and urban communities in low and middle-income countries is invaluable. They contribute to daily tasks such as carrying food, water and people, support income generation, and are of social and cultural ...
Mactar Seck +5 more
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