The equine liver consists of two surfaces, diaphragmatic and visceral, and is divided by fissures into four lobes: right, left, quadrate, and caudate. The visceral surface of the liver in situ is malleable and contains impressions of the organs with Read more…
The lung is made up of a spongy, but very stretchy, material which has 2 lobes on the right and left side (a smaller, apical lobe and a large, caudal lobe) in addition to the accessory lobe. Are horse lungs Read more…
The bronchi and bronchioles are all held within the lungs of the horse, which is located in the animal’s thoracic cavity. The lung is made up of a spongy, but very stretchy, material which has 2 lobes on the right Read more…
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…