2006 Flashcards
What are the two main types of vitamins?
Fat-soluble & water soluble
What is the scientific name for the egg
ovum
What is the term for shortening and thinning the mane?
Pulling
Which adult parasite resembles the honey bee?
Bot fly
What swelling of vein usually below seat of bog spavin?
Blood spavin
What is the term for when all parts of the horse blend together well and muscling is long and tapering?
Smoothness
What is the term for top of the tooth protruding above the gum?
Crown
What is the rising and descending of a rider in an English saddle with the rhythm of the trot?
Posting
What is the intermediate, usually motionless form assumed by metabolic insects after their larva state and is maintained until the beginning of the adult stage?
Pupa
What is the muscular tube that extends from the pharynx to the stomach?
Esophagus
What is the final stage of evolution of the horse?
Equus
When the front toes are turned in and the heel is turned out, this is called?
Pigeon toed
What are the two types of bits that make up the Weymouth bridle?
Snaffle & curb
What triggers a horse to grow a winter coat?
Shorter days
Where should the loose end of the throat latch be placed after buckling it?
In the keeper
A horse with to much angle in the hock is called?
Sickle hocked
The portion of the bit from the mouthpiece down is called?
Shank
What is the plant pigment that is the precursor of vitamin A?
Carotene
What is the outer angle at which the upper and lower incisors meet?
Angle of bite
What is a fast two beat lateral gate that the front and hind feet on the same side start and stop at the same time?
Pace
Which adult parasite may reach 5-22 inches?
Ascarids ( parascaris equorum)
Name five factors that will affect the water needs of the horse?
Age, health, size, activity, environment, type of feed eaten
Shoes should be reset or replaced how often?
Every 4-6 weeks
Which part of the digestive tract is about 25 feet long and has a capacity of 32 gallons?
Large intestine