Improve your equine health and welfare knowledge
Equine Nutrition
Are you interested in learning how to take care of horses’ health? Then this online equine nutrition course is for you! This course will give you all the theoretical and practical skills needed in order to take care of different types of horses. Such as the basic nutrients they need, what to feed them and the amount of feed need, the diseases that are related to their diet and food, and more!
This course serves as a practical survey and review of the principles of nutrition and feeding management for horses. Topics covered in the course include a study of the horse’s digestive anatomy and physiology, review of the basic nutrients, different factors affecting the nutritional requirements of horses, body condition scoring, types of feeds for horses, feed evaluation and selection criteria, utilization of pasture feed, general feeding program management, and diseases related to diet and feed.
Course Aims
- Identify the use and purpose of protective equipment for horses including blankets, bandages and boots
- Determine the procedures required to maintain a horse’s health
- Develop a program to prepare a horse for showing
- Prepare a management plan for a horse while away from its home
- Develop a plan for the management of a horse industry event
- Analyse the management of a horse enterprise, including its marketing and financial viability
Course Structure
There are 6 lessons in this course:
General Characteristics of the Horse’s Digestive System
Review of the Horse’s Digestive Tract
Review of Nutrient Digestion Sites
Factors Affecting Digestion and Digestibility
Review of Basic Nutrients
Stage of Life Factors
Environmental Factors
Body Condition Scoring
Determining the Value of Feed
Types of Feed for Horses
Roughages
Mixed Feeds
Additives
Feeding Management Basics
General Feeding Programs
Feeding Horses with Special Circumstances
Feeding Systems
Evaluating Commercial Feeds
Utilizing Pasture Feed
Diagnosing a Feed-Induced Disease
Managing Overnourished and Undernourished Horses
Feed-Induced Diseases
Poisonous Plants and Feed Toxins
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- Experienced Tutor support
- Certificate sent to you
- Online study (Printed notes available)
- Self paced - no set timetable
- 12 months to complete course
From: $35.00 / week for 19 weeks