Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing are examples. Up to a given point, these horses will be performing aerobically, changing to anaerobic metabolism as time and distance increase. Horses may use fats and glucose as the primary fuels for this type of muscle activity. Is horse riding aerobic or anaerobic? In addition Read more…
Furosemide reduces the incidence and severity of EIPH in Thoroughbred racehorses. What drug is used to treat exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage in the horse? Furosemide reduces the incidence and severity of EIPH in Thoroughbred racehorses. Horses with and without EIPH demonstrate equal improvements in race performance after administration of furosemide, Read more…
Lung bleeding in horses, also known as Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH), is a silent injury that can go undetected by trainers and riders because it occurs deep within the lungs. EIPH in horses occurs when fragile pulmonary blood vessels in the lungs rupture during exercise. What does bleeding in Read more…
roughly five liters. At rest, an average horse draws in roughly five liters (approximately 1.3 gallons) of air with each tidal breath. With about 12 breaths per minute, that’s nearly 60 liters (or about 16 gallons) of air moving into and out of their lungs every minute. How much oxygen Read more…
Horses, unlike many animals, only breathe through the nose and cannot breathe through the mouth. If you’ve ridden or watched horses running at canter or gallop, you’ve probably heard them snorting with each stride. This is known as respiratory-locomotor coupling. Why can’t horses breathe through mouth? The horse only breathes Read more…
Horses that experience EIPH may also be referred to as “bleeders” or as having “broken a blood vessel”. In the majority of cases, EIPH is not apparent unless an endoscopic examination of the airways is performed following exercise. What is exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in horses? Exercise‐induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) is Read more…
An adult horse has an average rate of respiration at rest of 12 to 24 breaths per minute. Young foals have higher resting respiratory rates than adult horses, usually 36 to 40 breaths per minute. How often does a horse breath? The normal respiration rate for a horse is 8 Read more…
By the early Medieval period (500 to 1,000 AD), a particular type of heavy horse known as the “Black Horse of Flanders” had settle in the European low country, in what is presently Belgium and Northern France. This would be the father of all modern draft Horses. What was the Read more…
Haflinger. The smallest draft horse breed is Haflinger; they are only 13 to 15 hands tall but are powerful enough to pull heavy loads. Other small draft breeds include the Norwegian Fjord horse, Black Forest Horse, and Gypsy Vanner. I wrote an article about the Haflinger breed that provides a Read more…
A horse’s stomach ruptures when pressure inside becomes great enough to burst the stomach wall. This usually occurs in cases of small intestinal or stomach obstruction or overfilling. Horses with stomach overfilling and stretching exhibit signs of severe abdominal pain. What would cause a horses stomach to rupture? Gastric rupture Read more…