Whole-size plastinated horse specimens are non-toxic, odorless, durable, and tactile specimens produced using plastination technology. Leveraging their core advantages of authenticity, integrity, and safety, they are widely used in teaching, research, science exhibitions, and cultural dissemination.

Whole-size plastinated horse specimens are an important medium for veterinary education, animal anatomy, and related research, far exceeding the value of traditional specimens. Plastination technology completely preserves the morphology and spatial relationships of the horse’s skeleton, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and internal organs (such as lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines). The specimens are dry, odorless, and can be repeatedly handled without the need for special preservatives, avoiding the irritating hazards of traditional formalin specimens, making them ideal for teaching and research.

In veterinary education, plastinated specimens serve as a core model for anatomy instruction, clearly demonstrating the horse’s superficial muscles (such as the levator nasolabial fold, masseter, and latissimus dorsi), deep nerves (such as the facial nerve and spinal nerves), and internal visceral structures. This helps students intuitively understand the horse’s physiological structure, biomechanical characteristics, and circulatory pathways. They can also be used for clinical training, providing practical references for the promotion of veterinary techniques at the grassroots level. In research, the specimens can be preserved long-term and are not easily perishable, providing stable physical samples for equine anatomical studies, breed characteristic analysis, and disease mechanism exploration. They can also be used for plastination technology optimization and cross-species comparative studies. The dynamic posture design of some specimens (such as a lively standing posture with forelegs on the ground) can more comprehensively demonstrate the body surface and cavity structures, providing multi-perspective references for research. Furthermore, the reusability of plastinated specimens can reduce the number of laboratory animals used in research, aligning with animal protection principles.

Whole-body plastinated horse specimens serve as an important bridge connecting professional knowledge with public understanding. They are frequently used in exhibitions at natural history museums and life science museums, especially in Year of the Horse themed exhibitions, becoming core exhibits that attract visitors and disseminate scientific knowledge. Compared to traditional specimens, their tactile and lifelike characteristics break through the limitations of “do not touch” exhibitions, allowing visitors (especially teenagers) to personally experience the horse’s muscle lines and coat texture, intuitively understanding the horse’s physical structure and survival adaptations, achieving “immersive science education.”

Horses hold an important place in human civilization, and whole-body plastinated horse specimens serve as a concrete carrier for inheriting and showcasing horse culture, especially prominent in Year of the Horse related activities. In horse culture-themed exhibitions in museums, plastinated specimens are paired with artifacts such as bronze steed vessels, flying horses, and ancient horse tack, vividly demonstrating the important role of horses in etiquette, military affairs, transportation, and trade, telling the history of horses as “living messengers” on the Silk Road and the Tea Horse Road, allowing visitors to directly experience the deep integration of horses and human civilization.

Meanwhile, the specimens can be used to interpret the spirit of the Mongolian horse and other horse-related values, embodying the horse’s qualities of “hard work and perseverance,” and becoming a vehicle for transmitting positive energy and promoting national spirit. Furthermore, their lifelike forms can be used for cultural scene decoration and artistic creation references, such as recreating scenes of ancient galloping horses in historical exhibition halls to enhance the historical atmosphere and make horse culture more impactful and widely disseminated.