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Topic:Horse Management
Horse management encompasses the practices and techniques used to care for and maintain horses in various settings, including stables, pastures, and performance environments. This area of study covers a range of activities such as feeding, grooming, housing, exercise, and health monitoring to ensure the well-being and optimal performance of horses. Effective horse management requires an understanding of equine behavior, nutrition, and physiology, as well as the ability to implement routine care practices and respond to health issues. This page gathers peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the methods, strategies, and outcomes associated with different horse management practices.
Influence of stud farm, birth month and birth year on body weight of thoroughbred foals raised on pasture in Argentina: A 10-year longitudinal study. Background: Growth is a critical stage influencing the future athletic performance and economic value of Thoroughbreds. In pastoral systems, extrinsic factors may exert a particularly strong influence on development.Objectives: To analyze the influence of stud farm, birth month, and birth year on body weight of Thoroughbred foals raised in pastoral systems.Methods: A 10-year longitudinal study (2009-2018) included 2408 Thoroughbred foals (51% females, 49% males) from seven stud farms of Pampas region. Body weight was recorded from 5 to 19 months of age. The Brody model was used to estimate ind...
Crabgrass as an equine pasture forage: impact of establishment method on yield, nutrient composition, and horse preference. Warm-season grasses (WSG) incorporated into traditional cool-season rotational grazing systems to increase summer yields are typically established in monoculture in separate pasture areas. Few studies have evaluated alternative interseeded establishment of WSG, despite potential benefits for improving biodiversity and land-use efficiency. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of establishment method (monoculture vs. interseeded) on crabgrass pasture forage yield, nutritive value, and preference under equine grazing. Three adult standardbred mares grazed two main plots on two ...
Hoof kick injuries in unmounted equestrians. Improving accident analysis and prevention by introducing an accident and emergency based relational database. To assess injury patterns attributable to horse kicks, to raise the issue of preventive measures, and to evaluate the role of modern accident and emergency department computer software. Methods: Data analysis using a new kind of full electronic medical record. Results: Seventeen kicked equestrians were unmounted at the time of injury. Eight of seventeen patients sustained contusions of the extremities, the back, and the trunk. In nine patients an isolated facial injury was diagnosed. Five of nine patients needed referrals to the department of plastic surgery because of the complexity of the fa...
Genetic diversity and origin of the feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) represent an iconic era of the North Dakota Badlands. Their uncertain history raises management questions regarding origins, genetic diversity, and long-term genetic viability. Hair samples with follicles were collected from 196 horses in the Park and used to sequence the control region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and to profile 12 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers. Three mtDNA haplotypes found in the TRNP horses belonged to haplogroups L and B. The control region variation was low with haplotype diversity of 0.5271, nucleotide...
The Horserace Betting Levy Board codes of practice: past and present. The 2025 horse breeding season sees the release of the 49th consecutive edition of the Horserace Betting Levy Board Codes of Practice for the prevention and control of specified infectious diseases. In this article, Sidney Ricketts, James Crabtree and Richard Newton describe how the first edition of the codes came about in 1977 and their evolution over the past five decades.
