Abstract
Participatory appraisal was applied to assess the major health and management problems, and socioeconomic importance of working donkeys at Kombolcha district in 2011/2012. The participatory methods used were simple ranking, matrix scoring and proportional piling. The result of matrix scoring and ranking showed that back sore, Lameness, coughing, emaciation, ectoparasite and colic were the major health problems of working donkeys in the study area. In addition to this, shortage of feed, lack of appropriate harness, lameness and lack of treatment were found management problems which hindered efficient utilization of thus animals. Participant also arrange the role of donkeys as transport of cereals and stone first, followed by transport of water and transport of feed. Participant forwarded that teaching and provision of training was pointed as major solutions to alleviate such problems. Based on this finding participatory epidemiology was found to be an important approach in veterinary investigations and it can also be used besides to conventional approaches.
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