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Learn at your own pace about horses. Try the Master Equine Manager course. Optional workshops are described and listed below. Current participants taking the online course are free while former MEM's can attend for their CEU credit at the low price of $40.
Master Equine Manager's Practical Workshop  
Apply the Knowledge You Learned or Are Learning From the Master Equine Manager Certification Course

Examples of Workshop Activities
  • Demonstrate safely working around a horse by catching, leading, tying and grooming a horse
  • Learn about fire safety & extinguishers
  • Inspect horses for signs of good health including measuring a horse's temperature, pulse, respiration rate, capillary refill time
  • Select and apply stable/protective bandages with protective padding as required maintaining safety and security of self and horse throughout
  • Deworm a horse & give a horse an intramuscular injection
  • Practice measuring weight in a horse and how to body condition score a horse. 
  • Evaluate hay including taking a hay sample for analysis
  • How to read a feed ingredient tag
  • Identify horses including external points of the horse, colors and markings, conformation, unsoundness's and blemishes
  •  Visit local horse facilities 
Location 
Dates 
Iowa State University   April 22nd & 23rd
Note: April 22nd is required & April 23rd is optional 
University of Connecticut  May 13th
Contact: Jenifer Nadeau
Phone 860 486-4471

Registration Information:
Workshop Registration http://tinyurl.com/jzefqyg
  • New Master Equine Manager-No Charge, included in Master Equine Manager Online Course Certification Fee (Please register for the workshop)
  • Former Master Equine Managers who have completed the course-$40
Course Registration

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Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
515-294-5260 | peggy@iastate.edu | www.extension.iastate.edu/equine