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What is husbandry?

Equine Husbandry. What is husbandry?. What is husbandry?. Husbandry=. “… .concerned with care and production of animals …”. What are the care requirements of horses?. Care requirements. Company Feed Water Grooming Farriery Dental Attention Worming Shelter

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What is husbandry?

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  1. Equine Husbandry What is husbandry? What is husbandry?

  2. Husbandry= • “….concerned with care and production of animals…”

  3. What are the care requirements of horses?

  4. Care requirements • Company • Feed • Water • Grooming • Farriery • Dental Attention • Worming • Shelter • Disease & Pathogen free • Vaccinations • Warmth • Dry • Cooling • Exercising • Veterinary Attention • Training • Handling • Socialising

  5. Care Requirements link to welfare • Hard to assess welfare/well-being as horse is not able to tell us how it is feeling… • FAWC and UFAW initiated and publicised 5 freedoms as a concept for assessment of welfare, now widely used by all welfare organisations and sometimes also as a legal framework.

  6. Welfare • UFAW 5 Freedoms • Freedom from hunger & thirst • Freedom from pain, injury & disease • Freedom from fear & distress • Freedom from discomfort • Freedom to exhibit natural behaviour

  7. Husbandry (Provisional of five freedoms) Good quality feed suitable for horse, constant supply of clean fresh water Safe environment, minimising injury, vaccinations, prevention and treatment of conditions Kind and fair handling and restraint, demonstrating understanding of natural behaviour to minimise stress, suitable social groupings and environmental stimuli Provision of bedding, appropriate temperature, rugging of clipped horse, treatment of skin conditions/parasites Opportunity to graze, before social interactions, experience grooming… Hunger & Thirst Pain, Injury & Disease Fear & Distress Discomfort To perform natural behaviour

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