کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2453958 1110361 2014 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Characteristics and welfare of horses used for transportation in northeast Ohio
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ویژگی ها و رفاه اسب ها برای حمل و نقل در شمال شرقی اوهایو استفاده می شود
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
چکیده انگلیسی
This study sought to characterize factors influencing travel speed and document welfare and safety concerns of horses used primarily for transportation. Horse-drawn vehicles and riders (n = 306) were observed at 8 locations, representing 3 communities in northeast Ohio. Environmental conditions, gait characteristics, and driver or rider factors were recorded. Travel speed was correlated with slope (P < 0.01), community (P < 0.001), heat index (P < 0.05), gait (P < 0.001), and lameness grade, based on American Association of Equine Practitioners 0-to-5 scale (P < 0.05). Horses traveled slower uphill (slope > 1.0), during periods when the heat index (temperature and humidity) was greater than 25°C, and when exhibiting a grade-3 lameness. There was a trend (P = 0.10) for double hitches to travel slower than single hitches. Wagons (4.63 ± 0.25 m/s) traveled slower (P < 0.01) than covered buggies (5.00 ± 0.10 m/s), which traveled slower (P < 0.05) than open buggies (5.35 ± 0.13 m/s). Pacing accounted for 2.6% of the observations, whereas 92.8% of the horses trotted, although speeds were similar. Grade-3 lameness occurred in 4.1% of the horses, which slowed (P < 0.05) travel speed to 4.23 ± 0.35 m/s compared with nonlame horses (5.07 ± 0.07 m/s). Youth drivers were most likely to drive lame horses. Display of slow-moving-vehicle signage varied by community from 41.3 to 94.6%. In this study, lameness was minimal, BCS were acceptable, and appropriate animal welfare allowances were observed for varied environmental conditions.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Professional Animal Scientist - Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2014, Pages 99-104
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