The bladder stores urine and the urethra conducts it out of the body. Normal horses produce between 5 and 15 mL urine per kg body weight per day but this varies with food type and the extent of loss of Read more…
The cecum is a large fermentation vat that is positioned primarily on the right side of the horse’s abdomen (FIGURE 4). In the average adult horse, the cecum is about 1 m long, is shaped somewhat like a comma, and Read more…
Researchers are not certain why some babies develop horseshoe kidney. Exposure to certain drugs or alcohol in the uterus may play a role . It is also more common in people with specific chromosomal disorders. Some people are unaware that Read more…
Horseshoe kidney occurs during fetal development, as the kidneys move into their normal position in the flank area (area around the side, just above the waist). Horseshoe kidney occurs in about one in 500 children. How does horseshoe kidney develop? Read more…
These carbohydrates include cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Fibre cannot be digested in a horse’s small intestine. Instead, the horse relies on the billions of bacteria that live in the hindgut to digest the fibre by fermentation. Where does fiber digestion Read more…
Fibre, which is also called ‘structural carbohydrate’, is essentially provided by the pasture, hay, chaff, haylage and high fibre feeds like sugarbeet and legume hulls in your horse’s diet. Where do horses get fiber? Horses should consume 1.0 – 1.5% Read more…
Horses are able to utilize large amounts of roughage due to their relatively large cecum. The cecum is a section of the colon where digestive bacteria break down roughage. What organ does a horse have that will digest roughage? As Read more…
small intestine. The horse small intestine is over 70 feet in length and contains three parts. The first part is the duodenum. It starts at the stomach and extends 3-4 feet. Where is the duodenum located? The duodenum is the Read more…
The horse is unique in that most of the digestion of their feed occurs in the hindgut through the process of fermentation with the help of billions of naturally occurring bacteria and protozoa (together known as microbes). The cecum and Read more…
Before you can ride a Horse, you need to tame it. The way to tame it is, while not holding an item, click on the Horse like you would to use an item. How do you make a horse let Read more…