My Equine and Business management Journey- Part 3

I’m back again, with Part 3 of my journey at Writtle so far. Anatomy and physiology was one of the most insightful subjects covered in my course.  It included theory lectures and practical sessions. Each week we covered a system in the horses body and then dissections on the main organs related to the system. For instance after we covered the circulatory system we completed a dissection on the heart and after looking at the skeletal system, we looked at the bones in the horse’s body. Although it did smell at times, I learnt a lot about how the horse’s body works at a cellular level and found it very fascinating.

Yet another interesting module covered at Writtle was Applied Equine Technology. During this module we looked into how technology has been applied in the equine industry. For instance we looked at the health and safety equipment and developments such as, the BETA (British Equestrian Trade Association) Standards, we also discussed why the equine industry can sometimes be slow to uptake technology. This module provided a good insight to the industry at the current time and should help me to gain employment when I graduate, because I will be aware of all the important developments.

Holly Morley

Third Year Equine Studies and Business Management Student