Communal barns for horses Groups of horses can be kept together in communal barns, but care should be taken to make sure that all horses get adequate access to hay, feed and water. Enough space should be provided to allow free movement, and to allow all the horses to lie Read more…
Artificial insemination (A.I.) is a technique used to transfer appropriately processed semen from a stallion into the uterus of a mare at the correct stage of her oestrus cycle resulting in a single pregnancy. How do they artificially inseminate horses? The mare is inseminated. A plastic AI pipette is passed Read more…
Horses are no more difficult to draw than any other thing. People who have difficulty drawing usually have not learned the ability to observe and compare what they are trying to draw and how it relates to the rest of the subject (in this case, a horse.) Why is drawing Read more…
As to the costs for keeping a horse at a livery yard, these vary according to the type of livery offered. Grass Livery can be expected to cost around of £20-£25 per week. DIY Stabled Livery can be expected to cost roughly £30-£40 per week. A full livery service can Read more…
Equine Cranial Nerves – Horse Anatomy 1 Overview. 2 Olfactory Nerve (I) 3 Optic Nerve (II) 4 Oculomotor nerve (III) 5 Trochlear nerve (IV) 6 Trigeminal nerve (V) 6.1 Opthalmic nerve (V1) 6.2 Maxillary nerve (V2) 6.3 Mandibular nerve (V3) 7 Abducent nerve (VI) 8 Facial nerve (VII) What is Read more…
The facial nerve supplies motor innervation to the muscles of facial expression. These are superficial flat, thin muscles that originate from bony areas of fascia and then radiate out around the skin. They may also often from sphincters such as around the mouth and eye. What does the facial nerve Read more…
In healthy horses the pancreas produces insulin—a hormone that helps the body turn glucose into energy—in response to increased glucose levels in the blood from high-starch and -sugar meals. Do horses get insulin? This lower rate of glucose uptake into tissues results in higher levels of blood glucose. Horses and Read more…
Foals develop pneumonia more commonly than adult horses. They are more prone to bacterial infections and are at a higher risk for developing aspiration pneumonia, which can occur when food, saliva, or liquid is breathed into the lungs instead of being swallowed. However, pneumonia can still affect adult horses. How Read more…
Dietary P is found in forages, oats, corn and soybean meal. The P found naturally in grains and forages is considered organic while feed manufacturers might add inorganic P to commercial horse feeds. What causes high phosphorus in horses? High levels of blood phosphorus are found in horses with acute Read more…
Phosphorus is important for bone growth and skeletal health in horses. While Ca is the major player, P makes up 14 to 17 percent of the mineral component of a horses skeleton. But that is not all it does. Is phosphorus harmful to horses? “Prolonged overfeeding of phosphorus can cause Read more…