Books
VAN DIJK, L. , PRITCHARD, J.C., PRADHAN, S.K. & WELLS, K. (2011) Sharing the Load: A guide to improving the welfare of working animals through collective action. Practical Action Publishing, Rugby, UK
Available from www.developmentbookshop.com
VAN DIJK, L. & Griethuysen R.O. (2001) Paprika, Handbook of Major Pests and Diseases of Important Crops in Malawi, Chapter 19 pp261-280, Malawi – German Plant Protection Project, Lilongwe, Malawi
Practitioner Manuals
VAN DIJK, L. (2003) Rabbit Production Guidelines for the Malawi Prison Service, Penal Reform International, Lilongwe, Malawi
VAN DIJK, L. (2000) Training of Trainers Manual, Cheetah Malawi Limited, Smallholder Outgrowers’ Organisation, Lilongwe, Malawi
Technical Papers
PRITCHARD, J.C. (2012) The role of working donkeys, mules and horses in the lives of women: a review of their contribution to women’s pathways out of poverty (FAO-The Brooke)
Journal Publications
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EDGAR, J., MULLAN, S., PRITCHARD, J., MCFARLANE, U. & MAIN, D. (2013, submitted) Towards a ‘good life’ for farm animals: Development of a resource tier framework to achieve positive welfare for laying hens. Animals, special issue ‘The Future of Farm Animal Welfare’
PRITCHARD, J.C., VAN DIJK, L., ALI, M. & PRADHAN, S.K. (2012) Non-economic incentives to improve animal welfare: positive competition as a driver for change among owners of draught and pack animals in India. Animal Welfare 21 (S1), 25-32
REGAN, F.H., PRITCHARD, J.C., WATERMAN-PEARSON, A. & WHAY, H.R. (2012, submitted) Assessing pain behaviour in working donkeys, Part 3: Changes in behaviour associated with the presence and severity of specific clinical abnormalities. Equine Veterinary Journal
REGAN, F.H., PRITCHARD, J.C., WATERMAN-PEARSON, A. & WHAY, H.R. (2012, submitted) Assessing pain behaviour in working donkeys, Part 2: Identifying pain-related behaviours using response to analgesia in an observer-blinded, placebo-control trial of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, meloxicam. Equine Veterinary Journal
REGAN, F.H., PRITCHARD, J.C., WATERMAN-PEARSON, A. & WHAY, H.R. (2012, submitted) Assessing pain behaviour in working donkeys, Part 1: Behavioural repertoire and consistency of behaviours over time. Equine Veterinary Journal
PRITCHARD, J.C. (2010) Animal traction and transport in the 21st Century: Getting the priorities right. The Veterinary Journal 186, 271 - 274
PRITCHARD, J.C., BURN, C.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2009) Haematological and serum biochemical reference values for apparently healthy working horses in Pakistan. Research in Veterinary Science 87 (3), 389 - 395
Pritchard et al ResVetSci 2009.pdf
BURN, C.C., PRITCHARD, J.C. & WHAY H.R. (2009) Observer reliability for working equine welfare assessment: problems with high prevalence of certain results. Animal Welfare 18, 177-187
Burn et al. Animal Welfare 2009.pdf
PRITCHARD, J.C., BURN, C.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2008) Validity of indicators of dehydration in working horses: a longitudinal study of changes in skin tent duration, mucous membrane dryness and drinking behaviour. Equine Veterinary Journal 40 (6), 558 - 564
BURN, C.C., PRITCHARD, J.C., FARAJAT, M., TWAISSI, A.A. & WHAY, H.R. (2008) Risk factors for strap-related lesions in working donkeys at the World Heritage site of Petra, Jordan. The Veterinary Journal 178, 261 - 269
PRITCHARD, J.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2007) Repeatability of a skin tent test for dehydration in working horses and donkeys. Animal Welfare 16 (2), 181 - 183
Pritchard et al Animal Welfare 2007.pdf
PRITCHARD, J.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2006) Validity of a behavioural measure of heat stress and a skin tent test for dehydration in working horses and donkeys. Equine Veterinary Journal 38, 433-438
PRITCHARD, J.C., LINDBERG, A.C., MAIN, D.C.J. & WHAY, H.R. (2005) Assessment of the welfare of working horses, mules and donkeys using health and behaviour parameters. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 69, 265-283
Pritchard et al PrevVetMed 2005.pdf
LINDBERG, A.C., LEEB C., PRITCHARD, J.C., WHAY, H.R. & MAIN, D.C.J. (2003) Determination of welfare problems and their perceived causes in working equines. Animal Welfare 13 (supplement) S247
Lindberg et al. UFAW 2003.pdf
VAN DIJK, L. (2000) Tracking Change Together: Participatory Impact Monitoring in Bumbunyika Dambo, Horticulture in Malawi, Issue 3, Lilongwe, Malawi
Conference Presentations and Proceedings
MONTE F., PRITCHARD, J.C, BULLER, H. & MAIN, D.C.J. (2012) Promoting farmer/ client interest in animal welfare. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Conference: Recent Advances in Animal Welfare III, York, UK, 21st June 2012
PRITCHARD, J.C. (2011) Improving the welfare of working animals through collective action. British Equine Veterinary Association Congress, Liverpool, 7th-10th September 2011 (invited speaker)
ALI, M., PRADHAN, S.K. & PRITCHARD, J.C. (2011) Working equine welfare groups in India: the role of common savings and loans in stabilising group membership and improving animal welfare. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare International Symposium, Portsmouth, UK, 28th - 29th June 2011
PRITCHARD, J.C., Pratt, D., Battaglia, D. and Rosenthal, I. (2011) FAO-The Brooke e-consultation on working animals: Summary and results. 5th Pan-Commonwealth Veterinary Association Congress, Accra, Ghana, 21st - 25th March 2011
VAN DIJK, L. & PRITCHARD, J.C. (2010) Designing programmes for sustainable animal welfare improvement. Sixth International Colloquium on Working Equids, New Delhi, India, 29th November - 2nd December 2010
PRADHAN, S.K., RANJAN, A.M. & VAN DIJK, L. (2010) Participatory Welfare Needs Assessment: a community-driven approach towards improving the welfare of working equines. Sixth International Colloquium on Working Equids, New Delhi, India, 29th November - 2nd December 2010
GUHA, K., PRADHAN, S.K., RANGNEKAR, D.V. & VAN DIJK, L. (2010) A decade of intervention for welfare improvement of working equines in India: Lessons learned and transition in approach. Sixth International Colloquium on Working Equids, New Delhi, India, 29th November - 2nd December 2010
VAN DIJK, L., PRADHAN, K.S., BANERJEE A., WHAY H.R., DENNISON, T.L., WELLS, K. & PRITCHARD, J.C. (2008) Sharing the Load: sustainable community action to improve the welfare of working animals in developing countries. First International Animal Welfare Conference of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy: The Welfare of Animals - A Universal Responsibility, Queensland, Australia, 31st August to 3rd September 2008
van Dijk et al. WVA-AAVS 2008.pdf
BURN, C.C., PRITCHARD, J.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2007) Physiological and behavioural indicators of heat stress: potential for application of a human physiological strain index to working and performance horses. World Equine Veterinary Association Congress, Moscow, Russia, January 2008
Pritchard et al. WEVA 2008.pdf
BURN, C.C., DENNISON, T.L., PRITCHARD, J.C. & WHAY, H.R. (2008) Downcast donkeys and haggard horses: behavioural indicators of poor welfare in working equids. 42nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Dublin, Ireland, 5th - 9th August 2008
PRITCHARD, J.C., FARAJAT, M., TWAISSI, A.A.M. & WHAY, H.R. (2007) Tail-base lesions in donkeys carrying tourists in Jordan: risk factors and tourist attitudes to donkey welfare. 41st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Merida, Mexico, 1st – 3rd August 2007
DENNISON, T.L., KHAN, G.S., KHAN, R.A., PRITCHARD, J.C. & WHAY, H.R. (2006) A comparative study of the welfare of equines working in the brick kilns of Multan and Peshawar; Pakistan. 5th International Colloquium on Working Equines, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 30th Oct – 2nd Nov 2006
PRITCHARD, J.C., BARR, A.R.S. & WHAY, H.R. (2006) Working equine physiology: Endurance athlete or exhausted nag? British Equine Veterinary Association Congress, Birmingham, UK, 13th-16th September 2006
Pritchard et al. BEVA 2006.pdf
WHAY H.R., FARAJAT M., TWAISSI A.A.M. & PRITCHARD J.C. (2006) A strategic approach to improving the health and welfare of working donkeys in Petra, Jordan. 9th Congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association, Marrakech, Morocco, 22nd – 26th January 2006 pp 323-325
PRITCHARD J.C. & WHAY H.R. (2006) The influence of type of work on the health and behaviour of working horses and donkeys. 9th Congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association, Marrakech, Morocco, 22nd – 26th January 2006 pp 326-328 Pritchard & Whay WEVA 2006.pdf
WHAY H.R. & PRITCHARD J.C. (2004) Evaluando el bienestar de los équidos de trabaji en Afganistán (Assessing the Welfare of Equines Working in Afghanistan) Proceedings of “Producción animal de calidad contemplando bienestar animal” Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, 2nd – 3rd November 2004 pp 63 – 67
Whay & Pritchard Chile 2004.pdf
Joy Pritchard and Lisa van Dijk have published in peer-reviewed international journals, practitioner series, extension manuals and open-access media. We have recently co-authored and edited Sharing the Load: a guide to improving the welfare of working animals through collective action (Practical Action Publishing, 2011)
