Evaluación de parámetros de bienestar animal en equinos de tiro de comunidades indígenas Mapuche en la Región de la Araucanía, Chile

• Autores: Tuemmers Apablaza, Christian Alex, Mora, Carolina, Quezada, Gerardo, Saldivia, Angélica, Venegas, Oscar
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/15089
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/15089
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: animal welfare; draught horses; physical condition; hypometric measurements; pathologies; bienestar animal; equinos de tiro; condición física; medidas hipométricas; patologías

The growing concern for a respectful treatment of working animals establishes the importance of animal welfare in Veterinary Medicine. The Region of Araucanía has several rural sectors and animal traction is widely spread. In order to evaluate the animal welfare state of the draught horses, 134 individuals were randomly selected to analyze their conformation, body condition, alterations in skin and teguments, existing pathologies and hypometric measurements. The results showed that 80.5% presented pathological findings, where 69.4% were related to the hooves and horseshoes, 19.4% associated with the skin, 46% presented optimal body condition and 44% presented a physical conformation suitable for draught work. It was established that the main problems that affected the animal welfare of the equines of the study are related to foot pathologies, inadequate physical conformation and lack of application of sanitary management protocols.animal welfare