Application of the Hands-On Donkey Tool for Assessing the Welfare of Working Equids at Tuliman, Mexico

Authors: F. Galindo, A. de Aluja, R. Cagigas, L. A. Huerta, T. A. Tadich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, hands-on donkey tool, welfare, working equid welfare

2018

A functional approach to the body condition assessment of lactating donkeys as a tool for welfare evaluation

Authors: E. Valle, F. Raspa, M. Giribaldi, R. Barbero, S. Bergagna, S. Antoniazzi, A. K. Mc Lean, M. Minero, L. Cavallarin

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: adiposity, body condition, condition score, disorders, domestic horses, donkey, equus-asinus, fatty neck score, milk, morphometric measurements, multidisciplinary sciences, ponies, prevalence, risk-factors, welfare

2017

Use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment as an indicator of welfare in donkeys

Authors: Michela Minero, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Francesca Dai, Leigh Anne Margaret Murray, Elisabetta Canali, Francoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkeys, qualitative behaviour assessment, welfare assessment

2016

Animal performativity: Exploring the lives of donkeys in Botswana

Authors: M. Geiger, A. J. Hovorka

Publication/Journal: Environment and Planning D-Society & Space

Keywords: africa, animals, developing-countries, elephants, environmental studies, geography, health, mules, performativity, posthumanist feminism, welfare, working horses

2015

Donkeys in development: welfare assessments and knowledge mobilisation

Authors: M. Geiger, A. Hovorka

Publication/Journal: Development in Practice

Keywords: animal welfare, environment (built and natural), horses, methods, planning & development, sub-saharan africa, working

2015

A study on validity and reliability of on-farm tests to measure human–animal relationship in horses and donkeys

Authors: Emanuela Dalla Costa, Francesca Dai, Leigh Anne Margaret Murray, Stefano Guazzetti, Elisabetta Canali, Michela Minero

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkeys, horses, human-animal relationship, on-farm welfare assessment

2015

Equine on-farm welfare assessment: a review of animal-based indicators

Authors: E. Dalla Costa, L. Murray, F. Dai, E. Canali, M. Minero

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based indicator, donkey welfare, equine welfare, horse welfare, on-farm welfare assessment protocol

2014

Male isolation: A behavioral representation of the pheromonal ‘female effect’ in donkey (Equus asinus)

Authors: Augusto Carluccio, Alberto Contri, Sonia Amendola, Elisabetta De Angelis, Ippolito De Amicis, Andrea Mazzatenta

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chemosexual communication, donkey, female effect, flehmen, male isolation, pheromone

2013

Pair-bonding and companion recognition in domestic donkeys, Equus asinus

Authors: Leigh M. A. Murray, Katharine Byrne, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: companion recognition, donkeys, pair-bonding, welfare, y-maze

2013

Non-economic incentives to improve animal welfare: positive competition as a driver for change among owners of draught and pack animals in India

Authors: J. C. Pritchard, L. van Dijk, M. Ali, S. K. Pradhan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, competition, donkey, horse, incentive, working animal

2012