Session 100 - Horse Health Basics 101

Session 100 – Horse Health Basics 101

• Horse Health 101: Basics

	Reading Assignment: Learn about the equine health essentials before bringing home a horse.
	Video: Watch the video about taking your horse’s vital signs.
	Chart: Read the chart on Horse Health Preventive Care Checklist
	Quiz: Take these 10 questions to test your knowledge on equine health essentials.

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Instructor: Dr. Laura Riley is a graduate of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. She practiced equine and camelid medicine in the hunt country of Maryland before moving to her riverside cabin in beautiful West Virginia to write and teach.

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Lena says:
January 31, 2013 at 7:28 am
The quizzes are missing and so is the sport horse grooming class in the grooming horse college that course is missing and so are the quizzes in horse health college.
Danielle says:
May 24, 2013 at 6:37 am
fun!
Mady says:
August 9, 2013 at 12:44 pm
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me says:
June 24, 2014 at 9:27 am
@Mady same here..
Mary says:
November 16, 2015 at 6:20 am
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