Shania has been known to sit on her horse while performing her music on stage. Last, but not least, A-list actor Morgan Freeman (Bruce Almighty, Invictus) owns a horse ranch in Mississippi and has been riding since he was a Read more…
A Horses do in fact have a spleen, so you win that part of the bet. However, although some aspects of the anatomy and function of the horse’s spleen are different from the human spleen, these physical and functional characteristics Read more…
As in other species, several forms of pancreatitis exist in the horse, and these are based on duration: acute, chronic, and chronic active. 22 Acute pancreatitis can be associated with acute colic in the horse and sometimes produces or is Read more…
The liver is one the largest organs in the body, comprising approximately 1% of the horse’s body weight. It is an extremely important organ with many vital functions. Functions of the liver include: Fat, Protein and Carbohydrate metabolism. Where is Read more…
Riding his favorite horse, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river horse to put out the fires of civil war. What was Caesar’s horse called? Asturcus, the legendary horse of Julius Caesar, with human forefeet; a battle in the background. Engraving Read more…
Your horse’s kidneys can be found on either side of their spine, just behind the saddle area. Both human and equine kidneys work in the same way. Their main job is to eliminate waste products from the blood, preventing it Read more…
The belly will sag and bulge out to the sides. In addition to the obvious distention of the abdomen, a horse may also develop a lackluster coat and may appear to be declining in condition as it loses muscle tone Read more…
Black (“E”) is dominant to red (“e”). Therefore, a horse with the genotype “E/e” (one black and one red allele) has a black base color, but can produce either black or red base offspring. Homozygous black (E/E) horses will always Read more…
Horses are considered Dichromatic while people are Trichromatic. Horses naturally see the blue and green colors of the spectrum and the color variations based upon them, but cannot distinguish red. Jun Ochia Fraga III and 86 others like this. What Read more…
Like all vertebrate mammals horses have two kidneys. They are situated just behind the saddle area, within the abdominal cavity beneath the last ribs, one either side of the lumbar part of the spine. Can a horse live with one Read more…