University of Kentucky Equine Courses
ASC 389: Applied Equine Nutrition and Feeding
- Describe equine digestive tract
- Analyze nutrient content of a ration
- Develop practical feeding management programs
EQM 351: Equine Health and Diseases
- Discuss equine immune system
- Understand common diseases and vaccines
- Evaluate management practices to ensure healthy horses
EQM 340: Equine Facility Design and Management
- Develop an equine facility
- Evaluate facility requirements and management plans
- Apply basic financial and production records
AEC 325: Equine Law
- Identify basic legal principles
- Describe equine liability statutes of Kentucky
- Recognize situations where a lawyer is needed
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ASC 320: Equine Management
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I was responsible for creating the pasture management and feed program in the final group project for 3 different horse classifications. We had to make a stable from the UK barns identifying new business plan, managing pasture, feed costs, parasite control, disease prevention, and future plans.
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ASC 311: Advanced Equine Evaluation
- Explain conformational balance and symmetry
- Evaluate structural characteristics and how they relate to performance
- Explain characteristics of good movement across different disciplines
- Describe the strengths and weaknesses in a pedigree
ASC 310: Equine Anatomy
- Name and identify equine bones along with external landmarks
- Categorize muscles and tendons to locomotion and attachment
- Summarize the anatomy and function of the equine systems
- Examine interactions and connections between systems
VS 307: Genetics of Horses
- Distinguish traits of inheritance from those of management practices
- Compare DNA changes and mutations for health, color, and performance
- Learned heritability of different traits
- Discuss characteristics associated with breed and species distinctions
EQM 305: Equine Industry Issues
- Demonstrate knowledge of local and global equine industry issues
- Evaluate resources and develop informed opinion about issues in the equine industry
- Communicate effectively through written and oral presentations
EQM 210: Tools and Tack in the Equine Industry
- Identify basic tools and tack and discuss how they function
- Compare and contrast tools and equipment used by specific breeds and/or disciplines
- Understand differences and similarities to a piece of tack with different terminology
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EQM 106: Introduction to Careers in the Equine Industry
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EQM 105: Equine Behavior and Handling
- Learned and applied basic equine behavior
- Worked with horse pairing through the semester (until covid sent us home)
- Saw and applied learning theory of horses through research and demonstration
- Difference between positive and negative reinforcement (negative doesn't mean bad)
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EQM 101: Introduction to the Horse and Horse Industry
- Basic external and internal anatomy
- Overview of horse breeds and disciplines
- Western vs. English tack
