ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Quantifying the Impact of Mounted Load Carrying on Equids: A Review.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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- Impacts of Adiposity on Exercise Performance in Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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- Assessing the impact of draught load pulling on welfare in equids.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Review
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- Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Effects of packing on the diurnal rhythms of respiratory and heart rates in donkeys during the hot-dry season.Journal of equine science · 2022Article
- "Not All Who Wander Are Lost": The Life Transitions and Associated Welfare of Pack Mules Walking the Trails in the Mountainous Gorkha Region, Nepal.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Basal Reactivity Evaluated by Infrared Thermography in the "Caballo de Deporte Español" Horse Breed According to Its Coat Color.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Cross-Sectional Questionnaire of Donkey Owners and Farriers Regarding Farriery Practices in the Faisalabad Region of Pakistan.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
There are approximately 112 million working equids in developing countries, many of which are associated with brick kilns. Brick kilns and overloading are associated with welfare problems in working equids. Understanding equids' abilities and influencing factors are important for both effective performance and welfare. Traditionally, measurement of the amount of 'bone' was used, and more recently, gait symmetry has been identified as a potential marker for loading capacity. Assessment of stride parameters and gait kinematics provides insights into adaptations to loading and may help determine cut-off loads. Physiological factors such as the ability to regain normal heart rates shortly after work is an important tool for equine fitness assessment and a more accurate measure of load-carrying capacity than absolute heart rate. Oxidative stress, plasma lactate, and serum creatine kinase activity are reliable biochemical indicators of loading ability. For monitoring stress, salivary cortisol is superior to serum cortisol level for assessment of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and is related to eye temperatures, but this has yet to be interpreted in terms of load-carrying ability in equids. Further research is needed to standardize the evidence-based load-carrying capacity of working horses and donkeys.
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