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Mule trains to mountain roads: the role of working mules in supporting resilient communities in the Himalayas

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Working equids play a central role in mountainous communities, but their work often goes unnoticed by the wider world, with sparse documentation of their role, value, or welfare – a state which often extends to their human counterparts.
Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin Watson, Sajana Thapa, Caroline Nye, Natasha Chamberlain   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

World Horse Welfare online collection of research on working equids [PDF]

Equine Veterinary Journal, 2014
R, Owers, C, Marr
openaire   +2 more sources

DNA metabarcoding reveals wolf dietary patterns in the northern Alps and Jura Mountains

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding predator–prey interactions is crucial for wildlife management and human–wildlife coexistence, particularly in multi‐use landscapes such as western Europe. As wolves Canis lupus recolonize their former habitats, knowledge of their diet is essential for conservation, management and public acceptance.
Florin Kunz, Eduard Mas‐Carrió, Philippine Surer, Fridolin Zimmermann, Philippe Christe, Luca Fumagalli, Nina Gerber   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pickin' up good vibrations: a systematic review of footfall detection and analysis in the realm of wildlife surveying

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge, Luigi La Spada, Robert A. Briers, Niamh M. McHugh, Patrick J. C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heart Rate as an Indicator of Stress in Gotland's Russ Horses

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Animal welfare concerns both the physical and mental wellbeing of animals so the assessment of animals kept in captivity, for example zoos, is important and necessary both legally and ethically. Good welfare is especially vital when breeding endangered species as stress impairs reproductive investment.
Isidora Dundjerovic, Lynne U. Sneddon
wiley   +1 more source

Veterinary Science in Catalonia: 1996-2002 [PDF]

, 2006
La investigació de la veterinària a Catalunya pot considerar-se una activitat relativament recent perquè els principals organismes públics que s'hi dediquen s'han creat en les últimes dècades.
Paramio Nieto, Maria Teresa
core  

‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective cohort study evaluating risk factors for the development of pasture-associated laminitis in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2016
Arita, Asplin, Bailey, Bailey, Beltowski, Blakesley, Borer, Bremer, Brooks, Carter, Cywinska, Dallmeier, Efstathiou, El-Mesallamy, Fesus, Finding, Firshman, Frank, Frank, Giles, Giordano, Greiner, Heinrichs, Henneke, Hinckley, Holbrook, Hotta, Huang, Ingelsson, Johnson, Kearns, Kim, Kullmann, Laat, Lam, Lavoie-Lamoureux, Lim, Luszczynski, Lygren, Macieira, Maleki, Mattu, Morgan, Orth, Ouchi, Pischon, Pleasant, Pollock, Popot, Pratt, Ragab, Reimers, Robin, Rosen, Ruan, Ruan, Ryu, Salazar-Ortiz, Salonen, Sandhu, Schultz, Smith, Stephenson, Takiguchi, Torres, Treiber, Treiber, Treiber, Treiber, Troncoso, Trujillo, Wannamethee, Wray, Wyse, Yang   +74 more
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