{"id":64218,"date":"2022-04-16T11:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T11:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T11:01:28","slug":"what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the normal vital signs for a horse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/#What_are_the_normal_vital_signs_for_a_horse\" title=\"What are the normal vital signs for a horse?\">What are the normal vital signs for a horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/#What_is_normal_body_temperature_for_a_horse_at_rest\" title=\"What is normal body temperature for a horse at rest?\">What is normal body temperature for a horse at rest?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/#How_many_breaths_per_minute_should_a_horse_take\" title=\"How many breaths per minute should a horse take?\">How many breaths per minute should a horse take?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-are-the-normal-vital-signs-for-a-horse\/#What_are_the_5_main_vitals_observations\" title=\"What are the 5 main vitals observations?\">What are the 5 main vitals observations?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_normal_vital_signs_for_a_horse\"><\/span>What are the normal vital signs for a horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Normal vital signs for adult horses (at rest):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart rate 38-44 beats per minute.<\/li>\n<li>Rectal temperature 37-38.5xbaC.<\/li>\n<li>Respiratory (breathing) rate 12-20 breaths per minute.<\/li>\n<li>Gums should be light pink and moist, and capillary refill time less than 2 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Sounds of the intestines should be heard on both sides of the abdomen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_normal_body_temperature_for_a_horse_at_rest\"><\/span>What is normal body temperature for a horse at rest?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Read the temperature. If it falls between <b>99101xb0F, your horse is in normal range. Figure 2: Measuring a horse&#8217;s rectal temperature. If your horse has been at rest before the temperature was taken and the temperature is higher (or lower) than 99101xb0F, call your veterinarian immediately.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_breaths_per_minute_should_a_horse_take\"><\/span>How many breaths per minute should a horse take?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Heart rate: 28-44 beats per minute depending on the horse&#8217;s size. Respiration: <b>10-24 breaths per minute<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_5_main_vitals_observations\"><\/span>What are the 5 main vitals observations?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>What are vital signs?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Body temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Pulse rate.<\/li>\n<li>Respiration rate (rate of breathing)<\/li>\n<li>Blood pressure (Blood pressure is not considered a vital sign, but is often measured along with the vital signs.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What are the normal vital signs for a horse?What is normal body temperature for a horse at rest?How many breaths per minute should a horse take?What are the 5 main vitals observations? What are the normal vital signs for a horse? Normal vital signs for adult horses (at rest): Heart rate 38-44&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}