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Hardship of working equines revealed in survey - 6th November, 2009
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November 6, 2009 A survey of 10,843 equines in Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, and Guatemala found that 85 per cent could be classified as thin or very thin. The thinner animals were also lamer, had more wounds, and a greater incidence of diarrhea. Sixty-three per cent of animals had wounds, with one quarter of these [...]