Assessment of the welfare of working horses, mules and donkeys, using health and behaviour parameters

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 265-283

  Pritchard, J C ^a,b   Lindberg, A C ^a   Main, D C J ^a   Whay, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Brooke Hospital for Animals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Donkey; Horse; Mule; Welfare assessment; Working equine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HORSE; MALE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 19544369146     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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