Miscellaneous Horse Information

Equine Business Conference

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Nebraska Horse Welfare Coalition

Equine Welfare Training Short Course

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Facilities

Publications/NebGuides

Hoop Barns for Horses, Sheep, Ratites, and Multiple Utilization, AED52

One of six booklets in a series from the Midwest Plan Service, Hoop Barns for Horses, Sheep, Ratites, and Multiple Utilization, discusses hoop barns as a low-cost, efficient solution and addresses topics including equine facilities, sheep, ratites, and multiple utilization. Visit https://www-mwps.sws.iastate.edu/?fuseaction=c_Products.view&catID=710&productID=6460.

Horse Facilities Handbook, MWPS60 From the Midwest Plan Service, the Horse Facilities Handbook is filled with the latest facts about site planning, design and construction of stables, paddocks, and other outdoor and indoor facilities, manure management, storage, fencing, utilities, and fire protection. Visit https://www-mwps.sws.iastate.edu/?fuseaction=c_Products.view&catID=773&productID=6794.

Riding and Tack

eXtension Horses Learning lessons

Understanding Bits for Horses

Understanding how a bit works in the horse's mouth will help you select the most appropriate bit for the job and appreciate the craftsmanship of well balanced and constructed bits. In Understanding Bits for Horses the following learning objectives are addressed; learn how to categorize bits; learn about variation in bit construction; how to introduce training principles related to bit use. Visit https://horses.extension.org/?s=Understanding+bits+for+horses.

Effective Horse Training and Rider Development A horseman must understand the basic nature of the horse and the training principles involved in a progressive teaching system that develops the various maneuvers and activities desired from the horse. Training lessons need to be simplified as much as possible so the horse can quickly develop appropriate responses. In this learning lesson, efforts will be made to explain and simplify the process of communicating with the horse in a straightforward manner. Visit https://horses.extension.org/?s=effective+horse+training+and+rider+development+.

Horse Genetics

eXtension Horses Learning lessons

HorseQuest "Equine Genetics: An Important Diagnostic Tool"

Horses have approximately 20,000 different genes. Each horse has two copies of every gene; one is received from the sire (male) and the other is received from the dam (female). The combination of genes that a horse has is referred to as its genotype. The characteristic that we see, such as coat color, is a result of the horse's genotype and we refer to these characteristics as the horse's phenotype. Some diseases are also a result of the horse's genotype. Greater than 30 genetic disorders have been characterized in the horse to date. Visit https://horses.extension.org/?s=HorseQuest+%22Equine+Genetics%3A+An+Important+Diagnostic+Tool%22.

"Understanding Horse Coat Color" In Understanding Horse Coat Color the following learning objectives are addressed; learning the basic coat colors of horses; learning the characteristics of each color; identifying color patterns of horses. Visit https://horses.extension.org/?s=%22Understanding+Horse+Coat+Color%22+.

Pests & Insect Control

Publications/NebGuides

Horse Insect Control Guide, G950
This NebGuide identifies insects that bother horses and recommends treatment options.
http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/g950.pdf

Nebraska Management Guide for Arthropod Pests of Livestock and Horses, EC1550
Management suggestions and labeled insecticides for treating arthropod pests of cattle, horses, sheep and goats
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2604&context=extensionhist

Foal Handling Tips

Management of Foals and Young Horses

Publications/NebGuides

"G95-1239 Managing to Prevent Equine Developmental Orthopedic Diseases"
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/extensionhist/211/

Rendering Companies

Here is a list of rendering companies Extension/Horse/Producer/PDF%20Rendering%20Companies.pdf.

Rendering Companies