Brushing boots or splint boots are used to protect a horse’s legs during exercise, protecting the lower leg from injury that may occur if one leg or hoof strikes the opposite leg. Do splint boots help horses? Splint boots provide an added level of protection to the delicate lower leg. Read more…
twice a day. It’s critical to feed horses at least twice a day on a regular schedule. Many horses benefit from being fed 3 or more feedings spread out throughout the day. This is better for their digestive tract and can help prevent gastric/stomach ulcers from forming. What are the Read more…
WHP = HQ / 3960 Where H is the change in pressure measured in height of water in feet and Q is the water flow rate in gallons per minute. This equation was derived knowing that one horse- power is equal to 550 ft-lb/s. How much water can a 10 Read more…
approximately 1%. Heart Size In the equine enthusiast’s defense, horse’s hearts are indeed quite large. The average horse’s heart weighs approximately 1% of its body weight, so a standard 1,000-pound horse has a heart weighing a whopping 10 pounds. Do horses have hearts? One of the most impressive muscles in Read more…
Equine blood donations are a critical part of the RVC equine veterinary service, as they enable them to facilitate high levels of emergency care as well as cutting edge surgical and clinical procedures. It is vital that horse blood is collected and used immediately, because it cannot be stored. What Read more…
1. You can feel a horse’s pulse on both his front and hind legs just over his sesamoid bones. The closest pulse point to the hoof that is relatively easy to find, this is the best place to feel for the throbbing pulse that comes with laminitis. Should you be Read more…
The plasma colour is golden yellow in dog, colourless or slightly yellow in sheep and goat, while it is highly yellow coloured in horse and cow which is chiefly due to bilirubin‚ and to some extent by the carotene, xanthine and other pigments. What color is normal horse serum? The Read more…
Large animals with complex musculature, horses have earned a reputation for being difficult to draw. Why is drawing horse so hard? Horses have very muscular bodies that shift and change as they are in motion. To be able to do this elegant and beautiful animal justice, we need to be Read more…
A two-year-old’s heart beats about 45 to 65 times a minute, and an adult horse has a resting heart rate of around 30 to 50 beats per minute. Walking, trotting, and cantering raise the rate to around 80, 130, and 180, respectively, and the pulse of a galloping horse reaches Read more…
Horses have very muscular bodies that shift and change as they are in motion. To be able to do this elegant and beautiful animal justice, we need to be able to capture this motion throughout their bodies. Horses also have very long legs with many curves and joints that seem Read more…