Equine Thermography Essay

Winston Churchill once said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Some might say Churchill was ahead of his time, with the way horse assisted therapy has just recently begun growing in popularity. All over the world therapists and psychologists have been exploring the effect horses have on troubled humans. In their explorations, perhaps with Churchill’s words in mind, they are attempting to find out just how useful an equine aid is in therapeutic treatment of physical and psychological impairments. There are passionate opinions from varying viewpoints, but they all come down to whether or not horse assisted therapy is effective and should be considered a regular practice. The answer to this

Appropriate conformation is important to allow the horse to be stabilized, powerful and maneuverable as well as maintain soundness over the animal's lifetime. It is not guaranteed a horse with uneven muscling or bone structure will be lame, but there is a chance and most owners do not want to take the risk on a potential lame horse. Additionally, there are horses with structural problems that go on to be great champions but the chances are not as great a horse with perfect conformation . However, understanding and observing conformation is one of the most reliable skills to predict both athletic and soundness ability in a majority of

8. Create a graph: Select the GRAPH tab. Set the mass slider to 0 kg, and click Record to plot a point on the graph. Plot a point for each possible mass to create a graph showing the relationship between pressure and volume.

Tissue damage recovery strategies minimise the level of tissue damage and boost healing. Minor muscle fibre tears caused by strenuous activity and 'cryotherapy' assists in offsetting this tissue damage.

In this paper, I will be discussing the equine genetic disease Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) or Impressive Syndrome. I will share the origins of HYPP through the genetic influence of an American Quarter Horse Stallion called Impressive. There will be coverage of the signs of HYPP and comparison to similar symptoms found in other ailments. I will explain the causes of HYPP attacks in regards to the abnormalities in afflicted horse’s potassium levels and voltage-gaited sodium channels. In closing, I will provide recommendations in management practices, prevention and possibilities for eliminating for HYPP from the equine industry.

Naylor J. May 1994. Equine hyperkalemic periodic paralysis: review and implications. Can Vet J. 35. 279-285.

Since each horse is different they can show different types of symptoms. Some horses get many symptoms and others none. I’ve provided you a list that seems to be one of the most comprehensive I could find. This list is provided from an article by DVM Bentz Commissioner for the Kentucky Racing Commission.

The Ismael Pinto Association of Equine Therapy in Madrid summarizes principles and concepts relating to how equine therapy is beneficial. Horses transmit heat and rhythmic pulses from within their lumbar and ventral muscles that conduct

Creature comfort ranks high on the list of human needs, and this is the least our horses deserve. We want them warm in the winter

In an effort to compare the different writing styles between a fiction and scholarly article, this student decided to compare a story published by theOnion titled “Pentagon Holds Gala to Celebrate 25 years of bombing Iraq” verses an article published by the NASW journal Social Work titled “Psychosocial Equine Program for Veterans”. To best illustrate the similarities and differences, this student will first recognize and substantiate the points of similarity followed by those of difference.

Chloe Marie Winslade (DoB 26.11.2000) asked to focus on developing her trust skills with people she interacts with. Chloe made a connection with a horse from the beginning of this week and this relationship and connection developed throughout the week. Chloe discussed from the first day, her concern with the age range within this group and it was evident this was an issue for her.

Twenty American Quarter Horse geldings, aged between four and eight years and weighing ideally 1,000 to 1,300 pounds, shall be used. All horses should ideally be non-athletes that were previously kept as pleasure riding horses. The horses will be completely evaluated clinically and ultrasonongraphically by veterinarians blinded to the study before the experiment to ensure that there are no preexisting health conditions to hinder healing, or any history or signs of previous injuries to the superficial digital flexor tendon. All horses will be placed in individual stalls and paddocks and adapted to their new daily routines for thirty days before the start of the experiment to allow acclimation. Any horses that obtain injury or disease during the course of the study will be removed from the study group to reduce confounding and returned to their provider.

The first step towards improving the lives of American equines is making the public aware of what constitutes cruelty. Some forms of equine cruelty target specific types of working horses. One example is towards the gaited horses, like Tennessee Walkers. They are the victims of soring, a method of getting the “Big Lick” using chemicals and other techniques that cause intense pain. Chemical soring involves the application of caustics like kerosene, diesel fuel, etc. to the leg, which is then wrapped up to “cook” the chemicals into the skin. Although this produces obvious scars, some owners then apply a stripping agent that gets rid of them; also causing further pain. Mechanical or physical soring involves trimming the hoof or applying devices

There are many biomechanical actions that happen over very short times during equine locomotion that make gait analysis difficult to evaluate using normal diagnostic tools (Clayton, 1993).

When I learned how to heal my horse’s hoof a couple of years ago, the vision of being a vet was reaffirmed. It was a hot summer day when my dad and I were working around the barn. Like any other day as we worked we would check on how the horses were doing, this included grooming them and cleaning their hooves. We noticed one of our horses, Indie, moseying over with a limp and not putting weight on one hoof. I immediately was worried, thinking that he might have a serious injury.