BACKGROUND The donkey has a reputation for stoicism and its behavioural repertoire in clinical contexts is under-reported. Lack of understanding of the norms of donkey behaviour and how it may vary over time can compromise use of behavioural measures as indicators of pain or emotional state. The objective of this study was to find out whether the behaviour of working donkeys was influenced by g...

BACKGROUND Hyperlipemia is a common disorder of the donkey, with mortality rates of up to 80% reported. Such a poor prognosis makes prevention of this disorder or amelioration in the early stages crucial. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to describe and determine the prevalence of hyperlipemia in a population of donkeys and to determine risk factors for development of the disease. ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the antibacterial activity raw donkey milk toward clinical isolate Klebsiella pneumoniae at 9, 15 and 38 °C as well clarify role lysozyme, lactoferrin calcium content in donkey’s milk. effects contamination level incubation period on were also examined. Antibacterial assays performed by determing bacterial count intentionally contaminated (102, 103, ...

Abstract The use of animal derivatives in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dates back more than 5000 years. Donkey skins are one such derivative, the used to produce ejiao, which is a luxury product and believed by some have variety health benefits. increasing demand for ejiao putting global donkey population at risk. In China between 1990 2018 decreased 77 per cent, as consequence donkeys la...

Throughout the last few decades, Nature-Inspired Algorithms (NIA) have become very popular in solving real-world problems by getting inspiration from nature. This work suggests Modified Donkey and Smuggler Optimization (MDSO) algorithm for selection problem to choose suitable job applicants a specific position. The original (DSO) has two modes: smuggler donkey mode (non-adaptive adaptive). In m...

IntroductionIn recent years, various food scandals have damaged consumer trust in the industry across world (Sarpong, 2014; Garaus & Treiblmaier, 2021). In 2011, China witnessed a massive pork mislabeling scandal along with fraud, which led to recalling donkey meat products that included fox (Kamath, 2018). 2013, several suppliers Europe replaced