Summary. Knock knees (carpal valgus) is the horseman’s term for angular deformity of the horse’s carpus. In horses with this conformation problem, one or both carpi (improperly known as knees) deviate inward toward the opposite one. What causes being knock Read more…
Tack is equipment or accessories equipped on horses and other equines in the course of their use as domesticated animals. This equipment includes such items as saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, and harnesses. What is the thing on a Read more…
The enlargement at the front of the knee usually is from the enlargement of the synovial structures–the three tendons that go over the front of the knees (flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, and extensor carpi radialis), two joints, and Read more…
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A HORSE KNUCKLES OVER? Knuckling over is a term used when examining the hind legs of horses. It is a condition where the fetlock joint in the horses leg has straightened so much, that the horse risks Read more…
Below, read through each step for detailed info. Pick your fodder grains. Soak the grain in water. Place the seeds in the growing container. Keep the seeds moist or flush them daily with fresh water. Feed out when the grains Read more…
Having four legs, instead of two, makes it possible to move your feet in a variety of different patterns, or gaits. Humans can walk, skip and run; horses naturally walk, gaits, canter and gallop. In addition, horses can be trained Read more…
After the pelvis come the femur (thigh), patella, stifle joint, tibia, fibula, tarsal (hock) bone and joint, large metatarsal (cannon) and small metatarsal (splint) bones. What are horses legs? The legs of a horse are made up of a system Read more…
The meniscus is a disc of connective tissue lying between the femur and tibia in the stifle joint. Where is the meniscus on a horse? The menisci are two semicircular horseshoe-shaped structures which lie within the stifle joints, between the Read more…
Unguligrade is a gait in which only the hooves touch the ground. Common examples of ungulates are; horses, deer, sheep, goats, cattle, giraffes, hippopotamus, camels, rhinoceros, tapirs and antelope. Do horses have Unguligrade locomotion? Dogs and cats walk on their Read more…
The knee has nine ligaments, five of which are associated with the patella: (1) cranial and caudal cruciate; (2) medial and lateral collateral; (3) medial and lateral femoropatellar; and (4) medial, middle, and lateral patellar. How many patella tendons are Read more…