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Identify basic components and functions, and common problems of horses' body systems

Level / 2
Credits / 3

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: identify points of the horse; identify basic components and functions of horses' body systems; and identify common problems that can occur in or on horses’ bodies or body systems.

Subfield / Equine
Domain / Equine Health
Status / Registered
Status date / 23 April 2008
Date version published / 23 April 2008
Planned review date / 31 December 2013
Entry information / Open
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0018

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

None.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Identify points of the horse.

Performance criteria

1.1Points of the horse are identified by name and location.

Element 2

Identify basic components and functions of horses' body systems.

Rangecirculatory, respiratory, digestive, immune, skeletal, skin.

Performance criteria

2.1The basic components of horses’ body systems and their individual components are identified.

2.2The primary function of each body system is outlined.

Rangeaction of the heart, lungs, stomach and intestines, skin, structural movement, resistance to disease and infection.

Element 3

Identify common problems that can occur in or on horses’ bodies or body systems.

Performance criteria

3.1Problems that can occur in a horse’s digestive system are identified by symptoms.

Rangecolic, worms, diarrhoea, constipation.

3.2Problems that can occur in a horse’s respiratory system are identified by symptoms.

Rangeviruses, pneumonia, roaring, exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH).

3.3Problems that can occur in a horse’s circulatory system are identified by symptoms.

Rangeanaemia, dehydration.

3.4Common skin problems for horses are identified by symptoms.

Rangecracked heels, mud fever, ringworm, rain scald, urticaria (skin bumps).

3.5Common horse skeletal problems are identified by symptoms.

Rangeshin sore, fractures, splints/bowed strained tendons, suspensory ligament, windgalls.

3.6Common horse immunity problems are identified by symptoms.

Rangetetanus, strangles, salmonella.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018