Horse's Digestive System

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In order to assist horses and keep them healthy, an understanding of a horse’s digestive system and their acupressure points should be known. They have a dissimilar digestive system compared to cows and humans; thus, they cannot be fed like cows or humans even though their digestive system holds traits of both human and cow digestive systems. Acupressure points can relieve tension and promote blood circulation.
Horses are non-ruminant herbivores, which means that they do not have a multi-compartmented stomachs as cows do; instead, non-ruminant means that horses instead have a simple stomach, much like humans do. Here are the organs that food passes through in order: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, the large intestine (also known

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