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www.worldhorsewelfare.org | ||
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www.horsejournals.com
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| | | | | A hot humid day. One rider. One horse. Both are exercising at a moderate level. Who is more likely to overheat? It might surprise you to learn that your horse gets hotter much faster than you and is more susceptible to the negative effects of heat stress. Prof. Michael Lindinger, an animal and exercise physiologist at the University of Guelph, explains: "It only takes 17 minutes of moderate intensity exercise in hot, humid weather to raise a horse's temperature to dangerous levels. That's three to ten times faster than in humans. Horses feel the heat much worse than we do." | |
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www.equinebehaviorist.ca
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| | | | | Do horses love being ridden? Probably not. Read on to learn how to make riding better for your horse, | |
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ceh.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
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| | | | | Here's a refresher on some diseases that can potentially be transmitted directly from horses to humans. The good news is that direct horse to human disease transmission is rare. | |
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nepc.colorado.edu
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| | | A recent report published by two organizations, Public Impact and New Schools for New Orleans, reviews the ten years of education reform in post-Katrina New Orleans, and the creation of a "portfolio model" of school governance. While the report acknowledges some of the critiques of these reforms, it exaggerates improvements and inaccurately downplays the ways that the reforms created and, in some cases, exacerbated inequities. | ||
