BIENESTAR EQUINO Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA CALIDAD DE VIDA DE FAMILIAS RURALES EN PANAMÁ

Edwin Pile; Andrés Chang; Euribiades Chang

Submitted December 3, 2021

Published 2021-12-03

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Vol. 4 No. 1: Revista Investigaciones Agropecuarias

HORSE WELFARE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RURAL FAMILIES IN PANAMA

Edwin Pile⁺⁻
Andrés Chang⁺⁻
Euribiades Chang⁺⁻

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Pile, E., Chang, A., & Chang, E. (2021). HORSE WELFARE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RURAL FAMILIES IN PANAMA. Journal of Agricultural Research, 4(1), 51–71. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/investigaciones_agropecuarias/article/view/2511

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The relationship between equine welfare and the standard of living of rural families in the Republic of Panama was evaluated. The analyzes were conducted using information provided by World Horse Welfare (WHW), a non-profit organization that promotes the welfare of the species and its association with human society. The data are reported for the period between June and October 2019 and the variables include information on the owner’s socioeconomic dimensions (age, level of education, experience in handling animals, size of the property, size of the growing area, size of the area destined for livestock activity and weekly income obtained with the help of the animal) and animal welfare (weekly working hours, grazing hours, working days, animal maintenance costs, veterinary assistance, hoof injuries, presence of colic, lameness, fungi and parasites, respiratory problems, practice of colic, lameness, fungus and parasite treatments, feeding diversification, handling the animal at the end of its useful life, daily feeding, branding, disability, vaccination and deworming). Continuous variables were divided equally into classes and discontinuous variables were treated binomially. The dependent variable was established through an impact index created by the sum of the values attributed to the variables of the animal welfare dimension. The data were described through measures of central tendency. Correlation analysis will also be carried out and a model of the impact of the owners’ socioeconomic conditions on the level of animal welfare will be established. The results showed that in our region the welfare conditions of the species are from regular to low, and that it is verified in a heterogeneous way between the provinces. The level of education of the owners, the extension of the area destined to the livestock practice and the weekly income affect the welfare condition of the animals, being that the best state of the animals is related to the highest education indices. Lower education rates and overexploitation of animals negatively affect the welfare of the species.

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