Lecture Good Health
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A healthy horse will stand and behave normally with an alert and confident demeanor. Its coat will be sleek, shiny, and lying flat while its skin is supple and easily moved. There will be no visible sweating except in hot weather and its mucus membranes will be salmon pink. A healthy horse eats and chews normally with its body well filled out and limbs free from heat or swelling. It will stand evenly on all four feet, occasionally resting one hind foot, and urinate thick yet clear or pale yellow urine several times per day. Manure is passed around eight times daily as damp balls that break upon hitting the ground. A horse's normal temperature is 100.0-101.5°F, pulse is
Lecture Good Health
- 1. Signs of Good Health Ayrshire Farm Horse Health
- 2. It is important to recognize the signs of good health and to watch for any deviation from them on a daily basis
- 3. Standing and behaving normally,with a confident and alert look. Coat sleek and shiny and lying flat. Skin supple to the touch and easily moved. At rest no visible signs of sweating except in hot weather. Mucus membrane should be salmon pink. Eating well and chewing normally. Body well filled out. Limbs free from heat or swelling. Standing evenly on all four feet resting one hind foot is normal. Urine thick and either clear or pale yellow and past several times a day. Dropping passed approximately eight times a day in the form of damp balls that break when falling to the ground. Temperature at rest should be 100.0-101.5F. Pulse at rest 36-42 heart beats a minute Respiration should be at rest 8-12 inhalations a minute.
- 5. Does my horse have good condition ?