General Code of Practice Resources:

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines

Equine Guelph Welfare Code Decoder – Healthcare Tool

• Full-Circle Responsibility Program

Unit Resources:

1.5 – Code of Practice

Code of Practice – Priority Issues

2.1 – Duty of Care

Equine Guelph’s “Help for Horse Owners” video series

Equine Guelph’s “HEALTH Flash!” videos

2.2 – Cost of Ownership

Equine Guelph template for Cost of Ownership (Excel spreadsheet) – updated for 2025

Equine Guelph YouTube Video on The Cost of Horse Ownership:

3.2 – Shelters, Fencing and Thermoregulation

The Digestive Tract (interactive activity)

5.4 – Nutrition Needs

Nutrition Factsheets:

• The Mare: Pre-breeding
• The Mare: Lactating
• The Mare: Post-weaning
• The Stallion
• The Newborn Foal
• The Weanling

The Equine Digestive System: A Food Factory

6.1 – Introduction to Health and Management

Equine Guelph’s Biosecurity Calculator Healthcare tool

Worms and Germs Blog on Horses

6.2 – More Health management Strategies

Equine Guelph’s Vaccination Equiplanner Healthcare Tool

How to Collect Manure for a Fecal Egg Count (infosheet)

Equine Guelph YouTube Video – How to Collect a Fecal Sample:

Equine Guelph YouTube Video – Drug Resistance and Parasite Control:

Equine Guelph YouTube Video – Fecal Testing: Why and How to Perform Fecal Testing on your Horse:

7.1 – Vital Signs and the Horse Health Check

Horse Health Check (pdf)

Equine Guelph’s Colic Risk Calculator Healthcare Tool

Equine Guelph’s Lameness Lab Healthcare Tool

7.2 – Body Condition Scoring

Body Condition Scoring (BCS) Healthcare Tool

7.3 – Section 5 of the Code

Horse Owners Fail to Recognize Dangers of Obesity – video (kindly provided by World Horse Welfare)

8.3 – Grooming

Taking Care of the Hooves

Hoof Care

9.2 – Predicting Foaling Time

Foaling and predicting foaling time | ontario.ca

Predicting and Monitoring Foaling (Colorado State)

Mare & Foal Care Healthcare Tool

10.1 – Introduction to Transportation

Trailer Safety Infosheet

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Infographic – Assessing Lameness for Transport

10.2 – Change of Career

Managing Athletes into Their Second Career

10.3 – Euthanasia

End of Life Process Planning (Word doc)

It’s About Quality of Life

Final Goodbye

Easing the Grief of Loss