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Date Posted: 17:47:47 03/03/03 Mon
Author: Cheri
Subject: Monday's horse fact..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations and Horse Facts.." on 17:26:33 03/03/03 Mon



Shaping up your overweight horse..


Part 4...


Overweight Horses..


For humans, dogs, and cats, criteria are available to identify readily a person or animal which is overweight or obese. Generally speaking, a 10% increase in body weight over the standard is considered overweight, while a 20% increase in weight constitutes obesity. Unfortunately, no such standards exist for horses. As already mentioned, what is considered an ideal weight will vary between breeds and disciplines. Nonetheless, regardless of breed, horses with a body condition score of 7 or 8 are overweight, while horses with a score of 9 are obese.


For the average size light breed of horse (e.g., Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, or Arabian weighing about 450 kg or about 1,000 pounds), each body condition score unit represents about 16 to 20 kg (35-44 pounds) of weight. Let's assume that this type of horse is performing moderate to vig-orous athletic activity and a body condition score of 4 to 5 is ideal. If, on the other hand, the actual condition score is 7, this horse is overweight by 32-40 kg (71-88 pounds), which is approximately 7-8% above the ideal body weight. At a condition score of 9, this horse would be overweight by up to 80 kg (176 pounds) or 16%. These figures will vary between horses and, to some extent, depend on the composition of the weight gain; lean (muscle) mass weighs more than fat tissue.

Tomorrows fact .. What causes horses to be overweight?

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[> Tuesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 19:06:26 03/04/03 Tue



JUDGING GOD'S CREATION

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John 1:43-51 (NRSV)

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

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Nathanael said to [Philip], "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

- John 1:46 (NRSV)

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WE came into work one morning and found we had a new employee. I had worked there a long time and so had my friends. We were concerned because this new person was different from us, came from another country, and spoke with an accent. I worried that this stranger would change the whole atmosphere in our workplace, and I don't like change. After all, I had believed the negative things I had heard about people from that country.

So I was rude. I was unpleasant and abrupt with the new worker. When I saw the startled sadness in the stranger's eyes, I remembered the story from the Gospel of John where Nathanael, inquiring about Jesus, asks Philip, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Suppose, I thought, Nathanael had not gone to see Jesus. He would never have gotten to know Jesus or heard the good news.

Like Nathanael, I am wrong to judge others on the basis of where they were born. I realized that God had brought this new person into my life. If I did not open my heart, I might never know the blessing God was offering through this relationship.


Prayer: Teach us justice, Lord. Remind us to love and respect all
your children the same, as you do. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
When we judge another, we are judging God's creation.

-- Marie Collamore (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Minorities who face adversity in the workplace
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