STORY FORM
Date
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April - June 2012
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Country
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Syria
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Location
Refuge name or
mobile clinic location
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Villages of AlSuaidaa
4th mobile clinic
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Photos
or video
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Photos
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ANIMAL
Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel
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Horse
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Animal age and name (if has one)
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8 years, called Black
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Male/ female
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male
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Work of animal (what does it do on a
daily basis)
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Works in cultivating
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Work hours (how long does it work for
every day)
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Works about 6 hours daily during the
cultivating season.
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Working conditions (what is the environment
like that it works in)
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Black gets his rest between
the seasons of cultivating season, he feeds straw and barley in winter, and fresh grass from the pastures in the rest of the year.
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OWNER
Owner’s name
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Nazeeh Salam
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Family details (e.g. do they have wife/
children?)
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wife, 5 children.
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Area owner lives
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Al Taibeh in the villages of AlSuaidaa
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How did owner get animal to SPANA?
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Through the rounds of the mobile clinic
in the zone.
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Owner quote- what did they say about
SPANA? What did they say about importance of animal?
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"thanks SPANA" " my animal
offers me great service."
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How long has owner worked with
animals?
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Works with his owner in cultivating since
6 years .
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These
are all of the questions for the owner- you can complete the rest of the form
without them.
INJURY/
ILLNESS
Injury/ illness
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scabies
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Injury/ illness signs
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Sever itching, and losing of the hair in the place of the infection.
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Injury/ illness cause
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High
humidity in the stable.
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Treatment description
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Vet Khaled examined Black in general, and
noticed that the animal was infected with scabies, especially in the place of
the neck. The animal was treated
by giving him dose of ivermectine which was repeated after 15 days. The
places of the infection were anointed with the sulfur until the recovery.
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Recovery time
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About 60 days
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Advice given to animal owner by SPANA
staff
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The owner was advised to keep his animal under
the sun rays for a few time, and to insure healthy stable of well ventilation
and little humidity.
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ANY
OTHER INFORMATION
The owner feeds
his animal the straw and the barley, and costs him daily, about £ 1.00 during the days of winter. He depends on the corps of his
land as the only income for his family.
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Email story form details and images/ video
to: Katie@spana.org. Or post to SPANA Head Office.
By vet
Khaled Alhembazli
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