Horses must not have eaten, drunk or been exercised for 30mins prior to sampling. Place the cotton swab into the interdental space where the bit would go and let the horse mouth the swab. The indicator at the base of the tube turns pink when enough saliva has been collected. Read more…
They have a different anatomy- Arabian horses normally have one less rib and one less vertebrae in their spine which accounts for their short back and high tail carriage. Do Arabian horses have fewer vertebrae? Arabians have important skeletal differences from other breeds. Arabian horses don’t just look like they Read more…
Some of the medications that may be used are trimethoprim-sulfonamide, combination of penicillin and gentamicin sulfate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) medication for pain and inflammation, and there is a prepared mastitis treatment (marketed for cows) that can be injected into the infected mammary glands. What do you give a horse for Read more…
While some may agree that our characteristics are non related what so ever, horses and humans have more in common than you think. Horses relate to humans by sharing similarities in internal structures, muscles, bones, senses and emotions. Are horses similar to humans? Humans also naturally respect horses because they Read more…
The adrenal cortices produce a variety of steroid hormones (corticosteroids) that play vital roles in a number of physiologic processes, including: electrolyte and fluid balance; cardiovascular homeostasis; carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism; immune and inflammatory responses; and sexual development and What are the symptoms of adrenal gland problems? What are Read more…
Since horses are herbivores or grazing animals, not meat eaters, it is believed the only function of these teeth is for fighting between males of a herd. Who has more teeth a male or female horse? Mature male horses have 40-42 permanent teeth and mares have 36-40 depending on the Read more…
Horses are motor sensory creatures. Their long-faced features have been shaped over thousands of generations by natural selection (and, to a much lesser extent through domestication) to serve them optimally. What shape is a horse face? The horse has a convex profile. Properly proportioned, this type of head has adequate Read more…
The bronchi and bronchioles are all held within the lungs of the horse, which is located in the animal’s thoracic cavity. The lung is made up of a spongy, but very stretchy, material which has 2 lobes on the right and left side (a smaller, apical lobe and a large, Read more…
The lung is made up of a spongy, but very stretchy, material which has 2 lobes on the right and left side (a smaller, apical lobe and a large, caudal lobe) in addition to the accessory lobe. Are horse lungs lobulated? Cattle and pigs have well-lobated and well-lobulated lungs; sheep Read more…
The equine liver consists of two surfaces, diaphragmatic and visceral, and is divided by fissures into four lobes: right, left, quadrate, and caudate. The visceral surface of the liver in situ is malleable and contains impressions of the organs with which it is in contact. What is the structure of Read more…