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Level 2
Credits 3
Purpose People 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
Status
Status date
Date version published
Equine Health
Registered
23 April 2008
23 April 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2013
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 http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
Element 1
Identify points of the horse.
Performance criteria
1.1 Points of the horse are identified by name and location.
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Element 2
Identify basic components and functions of horses' body systems.
Range circulatory, respiratory, digestive, immune, skeletal, skin.
Performance criteria
2.1 The basic components of horses’ body systems and their individual components are identified.
2.2 The primary function of each body system is outlined.
Range action 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
3.1 Problems that can occur in a horse’s digestive system are identified by symptoms.
Range colic, worms, diarrhoea, constipation.
3.2
Problems that can occur in a horse’s respiratory system are identified by symptoms.
Range viruses, pneumonia, roaring, exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH).
3.3
Problems that can occur in a horse’s circulatory system are identified by symptoms.
Range anaemia, dehydration.
3.4 Common skin problems for horses are identified by symptoms.
Range cracked heels, mud fever, ringworm, rain scald, urticaria (skin bumps).
3.5 Common horse skeletal problems are identified by symptoms.
Range shin sore, fractures, splints/bowed strained tendons, suspensory ligament, windgalls.
3.6 Common horse immunity problems are identified by symptoms.
Range tetanus, strangles, salmonella.
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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.
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.
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