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2. Our top tips for taking care of your horse - AOL

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   32 tips for taking care of your horse 1. Feeding principles. ... You’re looking for a score of 2.5–3, with some breeds, such as fit and healthy thoroughbreds, likely to sit at the lower end ...

3. Lameness (equine) - Wikipedia

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   The most commonly used scale in the United States is a 1–-5 scale of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). Other scales are more commonly used outside of the United States, including a 1–10 scale in the United Kingdom. [24] AAEP Lameness Grading Scale

4. Treatment of equine lameness - Wikipedia

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   The sternum and ileum contain the same quality of stem cells, but the ileum is usually harder to use in horses older than 5 years of age, because the marrow cavity shrinks. Marrow is collected using a Jamshidi needle in a sedated horse. Unlike people, horses usually tolerate the procedure well, with little pain.

5. Equine nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Grass is a natural source of nutrition for a horse. Equine nutrition is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care. Horses are non-ruminant herbivores of a type known as a "hindgut fermenter." Horses have only one stomach, as do humans.

6. Limbs of the horse - Wikipedia

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   A change of .5 inches (1.3 cm) in muscle attachment can affect range of motion by 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) and propulsion power by 20 percent. [ 24 ] "Form to function" is a term used in the equestrian world to mean that the "correct" form or structure of a horse is determined by the function for which it will be used.

7. Bone spavin - Wikipedia

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   Bone spavin indicated by A.. Bone spavin is osteoarthritis, or the final phase of degenerative joint disease (DJD), in the lower three hock joints.It usually affects the two lowest joints of the hock (the tarsometatarsal and the distal intertarsal joints), with the third joint, the proximal intertarsal, being the least likely to develop bone spavin.