A growing body of research suggests that horses can enter a depression-like state as a reaction to their environment or chronic pain. Research from France suggests that horses can develop something akin to depression in response to social or physical Read more…
If your horse has a bloated belly, consult your veterinarian. A distended abdomen can be a sign of weight gain or other serious health issues such as a heavy parasitic infection or endocrine dysfunction (Cushing’s disease). These conditions must be Read more…
Exercise at trot and canter for 30 minutes, 5-6 days per week if the horse has no lameness problems. Condition the horse gradually to be able to accept this level of exercise. Aerobic conditioning helps to burn fat while also Read more…
Horses are non-ruminant, simple-stomached herbivores. They are hindgut fermenters, meaning the large intestine is the main site of fermentation of fibrous feedstuffs. Are horses foregut or hindgut? hindgut fermenterThe horse is a hindgut fermenter, meaning that the large intestine is Read more…
Because the horse’s esophagus does not have reverse peristalsis, food only travels in one direction and horses cannot vomit. Horses have a monogastric stomach, meaning they have only one compartment to their stomach unlike other grazing species such as the Read more…
Horses have 7 different red blood cell groups or systems, named A, C, D, K, P, Q, and U. Each system corresponds to a particular gene for which two or more alleles exists. Do horses have 400000 blood types? Horses Read more…
Food is moved along the horse digestive tract by muscular contractions or waves known as peristalsis. The gut is designed to receive a small but regular and frequent supply of food (trickle feeding) to encourage these ‘waves’ to continue. What Read more…
Legs, horse Skeletal muscles are responsible for posture and movement. They are attached to bones and arranged around the joints. Smooth muscle helps facilitate many involuntary processes in the body, such as the flow of blood (by surrounding arteries) and Read more…
foot-pound-second. Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement in the foot-pound-second (fps or ft-lb/s) or English system, sometimes used to express the rate at which mechanical energy is expended. Is horse power a unit of power? Horsepower is a unit Read more…
A horse’s athletic activities are sustained by the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy. As the conversion takes place, heat becomes a by-product of energy metabolism. What energy system does horse riding use? In horses, there are two kinds Read more…