It is more common in mature riding horses (between the age of 8 and 10 years old) and is associated more commonly with certain breeds such as warmbloods, Quarter horses, and thoroughbreds. Why is navicular disease common in Quarter horses? Read more…
The main themes in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are money and socioeconomic status, luck and success, and family dynamics. Money and socioeconomic status: For Paul’s mother, there is “never enough money,” and Paul bets on horse races in order to supply Read more…
The easiest way to locate them is to place your thumb on one side of the fetlock and your first 2 fingers on the other side. Gently move your fingers toward the back of the fetlock, leaving your thumb in Read more…
Major endocrine glands, horse. The pituitary gland is located near the center and bottom of the brain. It produces a number of critical hormones that control many parts of the body, including several other endocrine glands. Do horses have pituitary Read more…
The cornea is remarkably resilient and can heal quickly. Superficial equine eye ulcers frequently heal within three to seven days. How do you treat a horse’s eye injury? Treatment usually consists of ophthalmic antibiotic ointment, atropine ointment (a dilating medication Read more…
Maximal heart rate is not affected by training or ability, rather it is influenced by the horse’s breed and, just like in humans, its age. In general a young flat horse can reach up to 240 beats per minute, whilst 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 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 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 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 Read more…