NZQA registered unit standard
Title
29175 version 1
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Identify horses ’ body systems, and describe health problems and
parasites affecting horses
Level
Purpose
3 Credits 4
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to have an understanding of horse’s body systems, medical problems, and internal and external parasites when carrying out their day to day care in an equine industry context.
People will be working under limited supervision with responsibility for their work routines.
Classification
Available grade
Equine>Equine Care
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Demonstration of competency must be consistent with:
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Workplace and/or stable procedures
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Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
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Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys available at http://www.mpi.govt.nz
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2 Candidates must demonstrate competency in a commercial horse enterprise.
3 In the context of this unit standard, understanding means that there should be evidence of a learners’ thorough comprehension of a topic. A learner with a good understanding of a topic should have applied, or should be able to apply what they have learnt to a workplace situation and will be able to alter their practices to the different contexts they are applying their learning to. Assessors should be confident that the learners’ understanding is embedded in their practices and behaviour.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of the basic components and functions of horses' body systems.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Identifies the basic components and primary functions of horses’ five major body systems.
Outcome 2
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NZQA registered unit standard 29175 version 1
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Demonstrate understanding of common medical problems that can occur in or on horses’ bodies or body systems in horses.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment of problems that can occur in a horse’s digestive system.
Range must include colic, parasites, diarrhoea, and constipation.
2.2 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment of problems that can occur in a horse’s respiratory system.
Range may include but is not limited to viruses, pneumonia, roaring, and exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH).
2.3 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment of problems that can occur in a horse’s circulatory system.
Range may include but is not limited to anaemia, dehydration.
2.4 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment horses. of common skin problems for
Range may include but is not limited to cracked heels, mud fever, ringworm, rain scald, urticaria (skin bumps).
2.5 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment of common horse skeletal problems.
Range may include but is not limited to - shin sore, fractures, splints/bowed or strained tendons, suspensory ligament, windgalls.
2.6 Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment of common horse bacterial diseases.
Range may include but is not limited to - tetanus, strangles, salmonella.
2.7 Reports health problems of horses in training.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate understanding of the life cycle of internal and external parasites, their effect o n horses’ health, and preventative health measures for horses.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Describes the life cycles, and effect on the horse of significant internal and external parasites.
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SSB Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
Range at least three internal and two external parasites.
29175 version 1
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3.2 Describes the use of common drench families and their potential contribution to worm resistance.
3.3 Describes internal and external parasite control programmes.
Range drench/dose types and time of year, strategic drench programmes, dose rates, drench/dose methods.
Planned review date 31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 15 October 2015 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0018
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz
if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020