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Frontiers in veterinary science2021; 8; 701749; doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.701749

Home Sweet Home: New Insights Into the Location of Equine Premises in France and Keeping Habits to Inform Health Prevention and Disease Surveillance.

Abstract: Identifying and tracking equines are key activities in equine health prevention. France is one of the few European countries with an operational centralized database that records information on equines, owners, and keepers but not on the location and keeping conditions of equines. The objective of our study was to collect information on keeping habits of equines and the relative location of a wide range of equines, owners, and keepers and discuss their implication for surveillance and control of outbreak improvement. A national email survey was conducted among the 1.9% of people registered as owners and 8.2% of people registered as keepers in the French national equine identification database having given their agreement to be contacted by email. It led to the collection of information from 728 owners, 121 keepers, and 2,669 owner-keepers. Most of them housed their equines in a single (smallest geographic administrative unit in France) at their home as private individuals. The distance between the of residence and of holding was, in most cases (including 79% of owners in the owner survey, 89.5% of the keepers in the keeper survey, and about 94% of the owner-keepers in both surveys), less than 30 km. More than half of the keepers kept a maximum of five equines and the majority with two different uses/destinations together, mostly leisure-retirement, leisure-breeding, leisure-sport, and sport-breeding. The main limitation of the study was that a relatively limited number of people ( = 3518) were reachable due to the low availability of an email address and contact agreement. Nonetheless, the findings provide an overview of how equines are kept by non-professional owners and keepers and complements information usually collected by the French riding institute. Additionally, information collected is very helpful to determine a realistic estimate of the spatial distribution of equines in France. This information is very important for the equine sector, for demographic knowledge and also improvement of surveillance plans and control measures and for the management and monitoring of health events to limit the spread of diseases.
Copyright © 2021 Farchati, Merlin, Saussac, Dornier, Dhollande, Garon, Tapprest and Sala.
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Publication Date: 2021-08-23 PubMed ID: 34497841PubMed Central: PMC8419474DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.701749Google Scholar: Lookup
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The study conducted a survey to understand the habits of equine keepers in France and the locations of equines, with a aim to improve disease surveillance and control plans for horse health.

Objective and Methodology

  • The objective was to gain insights on the habits of equine keepers and the locations of horses in France. This information is not typically recorded in the French national equine identification database and could provide valuable data for disease surveillance and control plans.
  • To collect this information, the researchers conducted a national email survey, targeting a small percentage of those registered as owners and keepers in the aforementioned database who had agreed to be contacted by email.

Results and Findings

  • The survey responses came from 728 owners, 121 keepers, and 2,669 owner-keepers of equines. Analysis of the responses revealed that most respondents kept their equines in their home area.
  • In most cases, the distance between the location of the horse and the owner was less than 30 kilometres. Most keepers owned a maximum of five horses each, and these horses usually had two different uses such as leisure, retirement, breeding, and sport.

Limitations and Scope

  • The main limitation of the study was that a relatively limited number of people (3518 of respondents) was reachable due to the low availability of email addresses and contact agreements.
  • Despite the limited sample size, the insights gathered from this study provide valuable information on equine keeping habits and their locations.

Significance and Impact

  • The data complements the information collected by the French riding institute, providing a more comprehensive understanding of horse management practices in France.
  • This information is crucial in estimating the spatial distribution of equines in France, and in improving the existing health surveillance plans and disease control measures.
  • Understanding the habits and locations of equine keepers will also aid in managing health events to limit the spread of diseases among equines.

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Farchati H, Merlin A, Saussac M, Dornier X, Dhollande M, Garon D, Tapprest J, Sala C. (2021). Home Sweet Home: New Insights Into the Location of Equine Premises in France and Keeping Habits to Inform Health Prevention and Disease Surveillance. Front Vet Sci, 8, 701749. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.701749

Publication

Frontiers in veterinary science
ISSN: 2297-1769
NlmUniqueID: 101666658
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Volume: 8
Pages: 701749
PII: 701749

Researcher Affiliations

Farchati, Halifa
  • Laboratory for Animal Health in Normandy, Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Equine Diseases Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Goustranville, France.
  • University of Lyon - Epidemiology and Support to Surveillance Unit, ANSES, Lyon, France.
  • Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, ABTE, Caen, France.
Merlin, Aurelie
  • Laboratory for Animal Health in Normandy, Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Equine Diseases Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Goustranville, France.
Saussac, Mathilde
  • University of Lyon - Epidemiology and Support to Surveillance Unit, ANSES, Lyon, France.
Dornier, Xavier
  • French Horse and Riding Institute (IFCE), Pompadour, France.
Dhollande, Mathilde
  • French Horse and Riding Institute (IFCE), Pompadour, France.
Garon, David
  • Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, ABTE, Caen, France.
Tapprest, Jackie
  • Laboratory for Animal Health in Normandy, Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Equine Diseases Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Goustranville, France.
Sala, Carole
  • University of Lyon - Epidemiology and Support to Surveillance Unit, ANSES, Lyon, France.

Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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