Anatomy of the Horse: with Aaron Horowitz and Rolf Berg

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The former are deleted after the end of the browser session, while the latter remain on the device for a certain period of time or until they are manually deleted. Stubbs’s Anatomy of the Horse makes a large landmark in my youthful days, with its copper-plate engravings, which at the time I was unable to appreciate to the full.

Visually appealing, original and easily understandable, the book explains how anatomy influences the way we manage, ride and train our horses.An indefinite, flat, or too pointy withers might be caused by faulty training, malnutrition, adiposis, or simply flawed anatomy.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Ideal (straight) neck – correct and most desired because it means that the horse has a straight trachea, which allows him to take in more air in a shorter period of time, which is crucial during intense effort. Smooth muscles are found in many places, such as the bladder, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, kidneys, etc. The horse’s gastrointestinal tract consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and the highly developed large intestine composed of the caecum, large colon, small colon and rectum (figure 1).The mare's reproductive system is responsible for controlling gestation, birth, and lactation, as well as her estrous cycle and mating behavior. When starch is delivered to the hindgut the starch fermenters (amylolytic bacteria) begin to rapidly ferment the starch, producing large quantities of lactic acid and volatile fatty acids (VFA).