Softcover. Good condition. Binding is tight and strong. Front cover has some bending near the fore-edge. Light rubbing to the spine. No tears or large creases. Sticker residue on the front and back covers. Pages bright and clean. No marks or writing to be found. Dated 2001 on copyright page. No date on title page. Stated third edition. 879 pages. Overall good condition. We are a real brick and mortar bookstore and ship books everyday. This listing was written by a real person with the book in front of them for inspection. Please email with questions or to see any photos.

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Title: Horses, 3rd Edition: A Guide to Selection, Care, and Enjoyment
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0716741717
ISBN 13: 9780716741718
Binding: paperback
Edition: 3rd.
Condition: Good

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Synopsis

For almost twenty years, Horses has been the definitive horse care manual, an indispensable reference for anyone who shows, races, breeds, or rides horses.
Now Horses is available for the first time in paperback in a completely revised and updated new edition, offering all the latest information necessary for the competent care and recreational use of horses today. It covers every vital phase of buying, managing, enjoying, and raising horses and features a wealth of illustrations and photo sequences showing step-by-step management procedures, as well as more technical information for advanced owners. The Third Edition also reflects recent findings in health care and research, and includes

* A new chapter on business practices in the horse industry * Current recommendations for internal parasite control * Information on equine assisted therapy * Linebreeding, the Dosage Index, and the Rasmussen Factor * Recent information on coat color inheritance * The physiology of conditioning performance horses * The practical use of behavior for training

Comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, Horses, Third Edition is an essential reference book for anyone who cares for a horse, from novice to experienced owner.

About the Author

J. Warren Evans is Professor of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, where he directs the equine reproduction program. For over 15 years he taught horse production and management courses at the University of California, Davis. A past president of the Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, he is also author of The Horse (from W.H. Freeman) with A. Borton, H.F. Hintz, and L.D. Van Vleck.

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