Three new horses are residing at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM), but these aren’t just any horses—they’re specially-designed equine simulators. The "sophisticated models" are designed to allow veterinary students to practice a variety of medical procedures before working with a living horse, according to a statement from the UCVM.

The statement explains that the simulators are the only ones of their kind in the world.

“Inside the abdomen, there is a simulated intestinal tract so we can demonstrate to the students how it’s arranged and then we can show them the kind of displacements or intestinal accidents that can happen within the abdomen,” Emma Read, DVM, an instructor of equine surgery, said in the statement. “We can blow up different parts of GI tract—we can inflate or deflate different parts to create different displacements.”

“The faculty worked with experts in building movie props and educational tools at Veterinary Simulator Industries to create the three equine simulators as well as three cow simulators,“ the statement added