Table 4. Load associated injuries and their possible causes reported by owners (n = 332) for working donkeys in Pakistan.
Variables | Categories | Number | Percentage | 95% confidence interval (CI) lower–95% CI upper (%) |
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Injuries | Wounds | 92 | 27.7 | 22.8–32.5 |
Lameness | 68 | 20.5 | 16.1–24.8 | |
Back Pain | 24 | 7.2 | 4.4–10.0 | |
Wounds and lameness | 21 | 6.3 | 3.6–8.9 | |
Wounds and back Pain | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0–3.6 | |
Wounds, lameness, and back Pain | 7 | 2.1 | 0.2–3.7 | |
No injuries observed | 115 | 34.7 | 29.5–39.8 | |
Cause of injuries | Type of load | 34 | 10.2 | 6.9–13.5 |
Overload | 228 | 68.7 | 63.6–73.7 | |
Practices of loading and unloading | 70 | 21.1 | 16.7–25.5 |