Horses are motor sensory creatures. Their long-faced features have been shaped over thousands of generations by natural selection (and, to a much lesser extent through domestication) to serve them optimally. What shape is a horse face? The horse has a Read more…
Since horses are herbivores or grazing animals, not meat eaters, it is believed the only function of these teeth is for fighting between males of a herd. Who has more teeth a male or female horse? Mature male horses have Read more…
The adrenal cortices produce a variety of steroid hormones (corticosteroids) that play vital roles in a number of physiologic processes, including: electrolyte and fluid balance; cardiovascular homeostasis; carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism; immune and inflammatory responses; and sexual development and Read more…
While some may agree that our characteristics are non related what so ever, horses and humans have more in common than you think. Horses relate to humans by sharing similarities in internal structures, muscles, bones, senses and emotions. Are horses Read more…
Some of the medications that may be used are trimethoprim-sulfonamide, combination of penicillin and gentamicin sulfate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) medication for pain and inflammation, and there is a prepared mastitis treatment (marketed for cows) that can be injected into the Read more…
They have a different anatomy- Arabian horses normally have one less rib and one less vertebrae in their spine which accounts for their short back and high tail carriage. Do Arabian horses have fewer vertebrae? Arabians have important skeletal differences Read more…
Horses must not have eaten, drunk or been exercised for 30mins prior to sampling. Place the cotton swab into the interdental space where the bit would go and let the horse mouth the swab. The indicator at the base of Read more…
500 mg per kg. The maximum tolerable level of iron is 500 mg per kg of total dry matter intake. For an average horse consuming 10 kg per day, this is equivalent to 5,000 mg of iron per day. How Read more…
Iron is a ‘micro mineral’ or ‘trace element’ meaning that it is required in smaller amounts. Its primary function lies in the transportation of oxygen and consequently, approximately 60% of the iron in the horse’s body is in haemoglobin – Read more…
40 ppm. Iron is essential for the production of red blood cells. According to the 2007 Horse NRC, Fe requirements are 50 ppm for growing foals, lactating and pregnant mares, and 40 ppm for all other classes of horses. How Read more…