Equine

Question 1

At the equine unit how many paid, volenterrs?

Answer 1

2-3 paid stiudents. 15 volunteers.

Question 2

Horses are not treated as ___ but as ____

Answer 2

Pets, Athletes.

Question 3

Hores are ____ so they are motivated by _____

Answer 3

Prey animals, fear.

Question 4

What is important to remember when working around horses?

Answer 4

They are prey animals.. The natural instinct when they are frightend or alarmed is to flee or escape.

Or kick or both.

Question 5

Where should you never be when working with a horse?

Answer 5

Directly in front of them, directly behind them, directly under them.

Question 6

How do we tell a horses age?

Answer 6

Lots of ways! Galvanye groove, milk teeth, or adult teeth.

Question 7

When do horses get their baby/milk teeth?

Answer 7

7 days, 7 weeks, and 7 months.

3 sets of incisors.

Question 8

A foal with a complete set of baby teeth

Answer 8

at least 7 months old.

Question 9

A foal with 2 sets of baby teeth.

Answer 9

Somewhere between 7 weeks and 7 months old.

Question 10

When does the first set of adult incisiors coe in?

Answer 10

2.5 years.

Question 11

When does the second set of incisors come in?

Answer 11

3.5 years.

Question 12

When does the third set of incisors come in?

Answer 12

4.5 years.

Question 13

A foal with 2 sets of adult teeth and 1 set of baby teeth would be?

Answer 13

between 3.5 - 4.5 years old.

Question 14

What is the name of the tooth grove used to tell age?

Answer 14

Galvanye’s groove.

Question 15

How can we find galvanye’s groove?

Answer 15

Be felt by moving finger across the upper outer incisor.

Question 16

When is the groove noticable near the gum line?

Answer 16

at 10 years old.

Question 17

When is the grooce half way done?

Answer 17

15 years.

Question 18

When is the groove the entire length of the incisor?

Answer 18

20 years old.

Question 19

After the groove fills the tooth, what?

Answer 19

It will start to receed.

Question 20

When the groove is half of the incisor starting from the bottm, what?

Answer 20

25 years old.

Question 21

When the horse is 30, what?

Answer 21

The groove is gone.

Question 22

If you want to move behind a horse, what do you do?

Answer 22

Touch them to let them know that you are there and stay close to them or you need to stay about a horses length behind them.

Question 23

Horses have all of their mature teeth by what age?

Answer 23

5

Question 24

What are hooks?

Answer 24

small curves on their incisors.

Question 25

When do horses get hooks?

Answer 25

when they are 7 and 13-14 years old.

Question 26

How are incisors differently shaped in young horses?

Answer 26

Tend to be more round on their ends and their orientation to the upper and lower plate in prependicular (more of a 90 degree angle)

Question 27

How are incisors differently shaped in older horses?

Answer 27

The incisors tend to be more triangular on their ends and their orientation to the upper and lower palate is more of an angle protruding forward.

Question 28

WHat is the space between the incisors and the pre-molars and morals on each side of the jaw?

Answer 28

Interdental space.

Question 29

What is sometimes in the interdental space?

Answer 29

Canines.

Question 30

WHo has canines?

Answer 30

Stallions, Geldings, and some more masculine mares.

Question 31

What might happen with canines.

Answer 31

They may get removed becuase they often interfere with the bit.

Question 32

Which side should you go on for horses? Why?

Answer 32

Their left. Military soliders wore swoards on their left side.

Question 33

What grooming tools were talked about? (6)

Answer 33

Curry comb

Stiff brush

Soft or finishing brush

Face brush

tail and main brush

Hoof pick

Question 34

Why groom? (4)

Answer 34

Health care. Removes debris from horse that could cause issues with the saddle. Allows the owner to inspect the entire surface of the horse or wounds or issues.

Also a way for the owner to bond with their horse.

Question 35

Describe a curry comb.

Answer 35

A brush with short, rigid rubber teeth in circular patterns.

Question 36

How do you use the curry comb? Whats the point?

Answer 36

Brused in circlular motions aganst the hair grain.

Loosen up any mud or caked on materials. Remove course objects from the hair

Question 37

Describe stiff brush. What fore?

Answer 37

Long stiff brisles and also remove course material from the horse hair.

Question 38

Describe the soft or finishing brush. What for?

Answer 38

Soft bristles that remove fine particulate matter.

Question 39

Describe face brush. What for?

Answer 39

Soft, short bristles. Used to groom around the ears, nose, eyes, and mouth.

Question 40

What is the hoot pick for?

Answer 40

Remove mud, rocks, and other debris from the horse’s feet.