This document outlines the basic requirements and considerations for proper horse management, including nutrition, shelter, health care, hoof care, and exercise. It discusses feeding plans, water needs, housing options, fencing types, bedding materials, waste management, and health protocols. Key requirements are daily exercise, deworming every 6-8 weeks, annual dental exams, and basic costs of ownership averaging $2,458.50 per year. Proper care of horses involves addressing all of their physical, nutritional and environmental needs.

1. Equine
Management
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2. Basic requirements of a horse
 Food
 Water
 Shelter
 Health care
 Hoof care
 Exercise

3. Nutrition
 Requirementsmay change
 Temperature(season)
 Typeof use/ activity
 Age
 Feeding Plan
 Roughagesource
 Concentratefeed
 Tracemineral salt block

4. Water
 Availableall thetime
 Averageconsumption 10-
12 gallons/ day
 Majority of drinking done
at feeding time
 Snow doesnot substitute
for water
 Clean water troughs/
buckets
 Warm water in winter

5. Horses housed outdoors
 Adequatespace
 Outdoor facilitiesshould
havegood drainage
 Wastemanagement
 Water troughs
 Safety of horses
Outdoor pen 12 ft x 12 ft
Pasture turnout 0.1 acre / horse
Paddock 500 sq ft / horse

6. Fencing
 Considerations
 Sturdy & durable
 Safety
 Height requirement
 Maintenance
 Cost
 Types
 Wire
 Wooden board
 Post & rail
 Electric fencing
 High Tensilewire
 PVC

7. Shelter
 Protection from
environment
 Cold, rain wind, sun
 Wind break
 Open front shed
 100 sq ft / horse
 Location important
 Open sidefaceaway
from prevailing wind
 Width vs. depth

8. Stall housing
 Ventilation
 Adequatelighting
 Safety
 Watering device
 Feeding area

9. Stall housing

10. Stall housing
 Sizerequirements
Minimum size 10 ft x 10 ft
Preferred size 12 ft x 12 ft
Stallion stall 14 ft x 14 ft
Foaling stall 16 ft x 16 ft

11. Bedding
 Protectsfeet & legs
 Absorb moisturefrom waste
 Requirements
 Dust free
 Absorbent
 Readily available
 Easy to disposeof
 Affordable

12. Bedding
 Straw
 High comfort
 Littledust
 Highly combustible
 High labor
 Largevolumeof waste
 Wood shavings
 Moreeasily disposed
 Lesslabor
 Moredust
 Moreexpensive
 Careful of black walnut

13. Waste Management
 37 lbsfeces/ day
 2.4 gallonsurine/ day
 51 lbswaste/ day
 70 lbswaste/ day
(including soiled
bedding)
 12-13 tonsof waste/
year for 1 horse!

14. Waste Management
 Manurestorage
 Spread manure
 Compost
 Manuredisposal

15. Health Care
 Know what isnormal for your horse
 Regular vaccinations
 Geographical location
 Typeof use/ activity
 Age
 Regular deworming
 Rotational program
 Awarenessof parasitelifecycles
 Annual dental exam

16. Health Care
 First aid kit
 Know your veterinarian’s
phonenumber
 Quarantinestall
 New horses
 Sick horses

17. Hoof care
 Trim every 6-8 weeks
 Shoes
 Work
 Therapeutic
 Know your farrier’s
phonenumber

18. Exercise
 Pasture
 Will obtain exercise
himself
 Stall
 Requires exercise

19. Costs of maintaining a horse
 Initial costs
 Horse
 Equipment
 Board / pasture rent
 Feed
 Bedding

20. Costs of maintaining a horse
 Veterinary care
 Farrier
 Vaccinations
 Dewormer
 Riding lessons / training
 Estimated cost - $2458.50
(HIH 120-5)

21. Costs of maintaining a horse
 Other Costs?