EQST 401 - Advanced Horse Care & Nutrition

Institution:

The University of Montana-Western

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Description:

In this knowledge-based course students will develop skills that will assist them in learning about equine nutrition from birth to adulthood and the essential nutrients critical to equine health and longevity. Students will also learn to identify dental problems (spilling feed, etc.), and will gain experience with feeling wolf teeth, ramps, and sharp points as well as with basic dental treatments. Basic hoof trimming of young horses and basic shoe replacement will be taught in the course and students will also receive a shoeing course from a professional farrier and get hands-on experience with hoof balance, corrective shoeing, hoof pads, hot shoeing, cold shoeing, and maintaining and monitoring shoeing book and calendar. Students will also work with the following categories of equine specialists: osteopath, joint and articulation specialists, respiratory specialists, intestinal specialists, skin specialists, and eye specialists. Prereq: EQST 201 and EQST 202.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umwestern.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 683-7011

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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