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Assessing the impact of draught load pulling on welfare in equids
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 About 112 million working equids are the source of income for 600 million people globally. Many equids are used for pulling loads (up to 15,000 kg per day) to transport goods.
Syed S. U. H. Bukhari +3 more
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Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Editorial (January 2023) Vol. 55 Nº 1 Special Issue of Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences gathers several studies regarding the critical contribution working equids have made through our history developing societies, which leads us to encourage ...
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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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Animal Welfare, 2023 Slavery, in the form of ‘debt-bondage’, is rife in Indian brick kilns, where the enforcement of labour laws is poor. Working equids support brick-kiln workers by transporting raw bricks into the kilns, but the situation of equids and their owners within ...
Laura M Kubasiewicz +8 more
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Working Equids: Their Conditions, Invisible Earning and Challenges- A Review
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2021 Working equids play vital role in pastoral economy nationally as well as globally and their role is very significant in providing livelihood to households of their owners through direct and indirect financial contribution. This review aims to analyze their conditions, constrains and their invisible income.
Singh, Ajmer +5 more
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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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Working equids: linking human and animal welfare
Veterinary Record, 2020 Working equids continue to be an essential component of the livelihoods of millions of families worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.1 These animals provide a critical support system to the households that rely on them, with a central pillar of this support system being the money they generate – both directly and indirectly – and
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The Relationship Between Working Equids and Women in Developing Countries [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journal, 2014 Reasons for performing study There are approximately 100 million working equids in developing countries worldwide. These animals’ role in impoverished communities is generally unrecognised by national and international policy makers and their needs are overlooked in national animal health systems.
M. Upjohn, D. Valette
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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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Animals, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic was declared on 11 March 2020. The working equid community includes some of the world’s most marginalised people, who rely on animals for their daily lives and livelihoods.
Isabella Wild +3 more
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