Pinsky Tova C, Puja I Ketut, Aleri Joshua, Hood Jennifer, Sasadara Maria M, Collins Teresa
School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali 80114, Indonesia.
Animals (Basel). 2019 Jul 9;9(7):433. doi: 10.3390/ani9070433.
Many working equids in developing countries experience poor health and welfare due to environmental and management factors. Collecting baseline data on these populations is essential to inform education projects to improve equid health and welfare. Gili Trawangan is an island in Indonesia that has no motor vehicles and a working pony population of approximately 200. This pilot study sought to determine baseline data on their health, welfare, and husbandry to inform future health and welfare strategies. A cross-sectional study was performed in May 2017 consisting of a pony cart driver questionnaire ( = 33) and a basic pony health examination ( = 38). The body condition scores of ponies were 3/5 (60.5%), 2/5 (31.6%), and 1/5 (7.9%), while 38% and 92% of ponies had lameness and foot pathology, respectively, and 31 ponies (86.1%) had at least one wound. Thirty percent of cart drivers stated they would work their ponies despite evidence of injury or illness. Limited education, poor access to veterinary services, and remoteness pose barriers to improving pony health and welfare. Our results indicate a need for, and can help inform, targeted education programmes to improve the lives of working ponies and protect livelihoods and tourism on Gili Trawangan.
在发展中国家，许多用于劳作的马属动物由于环境和管理因素而健康状况不佳、福利较差。收集这些马属动物群体的基线数据对于为改善马属动物健康和福利的教育项目提供信息至关重要。吉利特拉旺安岛是印度尼西亚的一个岛屿，岛上没有机动车，有大约200匹用于劳作的矮种马。这项试点研究旨在确定有关这些矮种马的健康、福利和饲养管理的基线数据，为未来的健康和福利策略提供信息。2017年5月进行了一项横断面研究，包括一份矮种马马车车夫调查问卷（n = 33）和一次基本的矮种马健康检查（n = 38）。矮种马的体况评分分别为3/5（60.5%）、2/5（31.6%）和1/5（7.9%），同时分别有38%和92%的矮种马存在跛行和足部病变，31匹矮种马（86.1%）至少有一处伤口。30%的马车车夫表示，尽管有受伤或患病的迹象，他们仍会让矮种马劳作。教育有限、获得兽医服务的机会少以及地处偏远对改善矮种马的健康和福利构成了障碍。我们的研究结果表明需要开展有针对性的教育项目，并且这些结果有助于为相关项目提供信息，以改善用于劳作的矮种马的生活，保护吉利特拉旺安岛的生计和旅游业。
