Equine Flashcards
(41 cards)
At the equine unit how many paid, volenterrs?
2-3 paid stiudents. 15 volunteers.
Horses are not treated as ___ but as ____
Pets, Athletes.
Hores are ____ so they are motivated by _____
Prey animals, fear.
What is important to remember when working around horses?
They are prey animals.. The natural instinct when they are frightend or alarmed is to flee or escape.
Or kick or both.
Where should you never be when working with a horse?
Directly in front of them, directly behind them, directly under them.
How do we tell a horses age?
Lots of ways! Galvanye groove, milk teeth, or adult teeth.
When do horses get their baby/milk teeth?
7 days, 7 weeks, and 7 months.
3 sets of incisors.
A foal with a complete set of baby teeth
at least 7 months old.
A foal with 2 sets of baby teeth.
Somewhere between 7 weeks and 7 months old.
When does the first set of adult incisiors coe in?
2.5 years.
When does the second set of incisors come in?
3.5 years.
When does the third set of incisors come in?
4.5 years.
A foal with 2 sets of adult teeth and 1 set of baby teeth would be?
between 3.5 - 4.5 years old.
What is the name of the tooth grove used to tell age?
Galvanye’s groove.
How can we find galvanye’s groove?
Be felt by moving finger across the upper outer incisor.
When is the groove noticable near the gum line?
at 10 years old.
When is the grooce half way done?
15 years.
When is the groove the entire length of the incisor?
20 years old.
After the groove fills the tooth, what?
It will start to receed.
When the groove is half of the incisor starting from the bottm, what?
25 years old.
When the horse is 30, what?
The groove is gone.
If you want to move behind a horse, what do you do?
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.
Horses have all of their mature teeth by what age?
5
What are hooks?
small curves on their incisors.
