Code of Practice
The amount of sections the Code of Practice contains
What is 10?
This zone includes Area of major horse activities, large stable areas, indoor and outdoor arenas, paddocks, manure management
What is Zone 4
A shelter in a horse pasture must face open in this direction.
What is away from the prevailing wind?
Low energy consumption, simple operation, and low cost to maintain describes this ventilation type.
What is natural ventilation?
One of the five freedoms
What is:
Freedom from Hunger and Thirst
Freedom from Discomfort
Freedom from Pain, Injury and Disease
Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour
Freedom from Fear and Distress
This natural feature increases aesthetics, reduces noise and snowdrifts and is best to have along fence lines.
What is a shelterbelt?
The minimum height of a stable.
What is 8ft?
Arena footing that has increased injury potential due to force as the horses toe can not penetrate the surface.
What is high shear strength?
This section of the Code of Practice requires non-slip surfaces only in stalls to reduce the risk of horses slipping and falling.
These allow farmers to invest in farm improvements that may otherwise be out of their budget while helping the environment
What is cost-share funding programs?
This type of soil is mostly clay soil mixed with sand and no silt.
What is a loam?
A roof that has two slopes on either side of a centre ridge, allowing for overhead storage.
What is Gambrel Roof?
According to the NFACC Code of Practice, Section 2.3.4, horses must be provided with a ________ lying area
What is Dry?
These are assessments prepared by farm owners to increase their environmental awareness on their farm
This stall design has two rows of stalls back to back and side to side with doors that open onto the aisle that circles the stalls.
What is island stalls?
The percentage at which high volume low speed fans can improve ventilation by.
What is 20%?