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SUBMITTER: Dai F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4730122 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20160108 1
This paper is a baseline study to present the initial outcomes of data collected in a sample of EU donkey farms using the AWIN welfare assessment protocol for donkeys, comprehensive of 22 valid, reliable and feasible animal-based indicators. A total of 20 donkey facilities (N = 12 in Italy and N = 8 in United Kingdom) were visited and 278 donkeys of different breed, aged 2-45 years, were assessed. Three assessors underwent a common training period to learn how to perform and score all the indica ...[more]