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.
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.
Riding and Tack
eXtension Horses Learning lessons
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pests & Insect Control
Publications/NebGuides
Horse Insect Control Guide, G950
This NebGuide identifies insects that bother horses and recommends treatment options.
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
Management of Foals and Young Horses
Publications/NebGuides
G95-1239 Managing to Prevent Equine Developmental Orthopedic Diseases
Rendering Companies
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