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Population, distribution, biomass, and economic value of Equids in Ethiopia. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundEquids 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 +6 more
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Forum theatre as a tool to promote positive donkey welfare on Lamu Island, Kenya [PDF]
Animal WelfareWhen 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 +4 more
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Preliminary Evaluation of Muscle Fiber Composition in the Middle Gluteal Muscle in Race Mules and Mammoth Donkeys [PDF]
AnimalsResearch on mule and donkey muscle composition remains limited despite their global importance as working equids. The objective of this study is to identify Mammoth donkey jacks with higher percentage of fast twitch fibers for racing mule production.
Raja Zabeeh Ullah Khan +3 more
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Common Radiographic Findings in Moroccan Working Equids: A Retrospective Study (2015-2022). [PDF]
Vet SciWorking equids are at high risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to strenuous labor, repetitive tasks, and harsh environmental conditions. This retrospective study describes the distribution of radiographically detected musculoskeletal findings in working equids presented to four Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) centers in Morocco ...
El Brini Z +5 more
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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, 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 +6 more
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Use of thermography and pressure sensors to evaluate the effect of load on pack mules
Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Mules performing pack work can develop skin wounds and lesions on harness related areas of the body, but also muscular and bone damage that are not always visible during clinical examination. Thermographic imaging and pressure sensors have emerged as non-
Tamara Tadich +2 more
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Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Working equid populations are mainly present in low to middle-income countries, their work directly contributing to the lives of people reliant on their presence.
Tamlin Watson +5 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) work across the globe to improve the welfare of working equids. Despite decades of veterinary and other interventions, welfare issues persist with equids working in brick kilns.
Tamlin L. Watson +6 more
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