Equine

Question 1

Root word of Equine

Answer 1

Equus Caballus

Question 2

What is a female horse called?

Answer 2

Mare

Question 3

What is a male horse called?

Answer 3

Stallion

Question 4

What is a castrated male horse called

Answer 4

Gelding

Question 5

What is a young horse called (<1year)

Answer 5

Foal

Question 6

What is a female foal (< 4 years old) called?

Answer 6

Filly

Question 7

What is a male foal (< 4 years old) called?

Answer 7

Colt

Question 8

What is a considered a pony?

Answer 8

Size: less than 14.2 hands; 58 inches

Question 9

What are the 5 catogories of the Canadian equine herd?

Answer 9

1. Sports
2. Recreational Equines
3. Working Equines
4. Racing
5. Food/Pharmaceuticals

Question 10

What are the sectors of the equine industry and percentage of horses involved

Answer 10

1. Recreation (28%)
2. Amateur sport (24.5%)
3. Working (19%)
4. Breeding (14%)
5. Professional Sport (8%)
6. Elite (4%)
7. Racing (2.5%)

Question 11

What is considered recreational in equine industry

Answer 11

• Trail riding, companion, pleasure driving

Question 12

What is considered amateur sport in equine industry

Answer 12

• Inolved in regular lessons or training

Question 13

What is considered working in equine industry

Answer 13

• Ranching, lessons, carriage tours, draft

Question 14

What is considered breeding in equine industry

Answer 14

• Breed or discipline specific

Question 15

What is considered professional sport in equine industry

Answer 15

• Derive a portion of income from equine industry (lessons, training, competing)

Question 16

What is considered Elite in equine industry

Answer 16

• Olympic high - level competions

Question 17

What does FEI mean

Answer 17

Federation Equestrian international

Question 18

What is considered racing in equine industry

Answer 18

• Standardbred –> Trotters, Pacers
• Thoroughbred
• Quarter horse

Question 19

Are horses considered livestocks and if so what classification are they under and are they charged tax

Answer 19

• Yes horses are livestock
• Under classification by health of animals act and animal pedigree act
• Horses have tax on equine sales

Question 20

What is the global horse population with and without donkeys and mules?

Answer 20

• ~60 million horses
• ~56 donkeys and mules
• 116 million equines (horses, donkeys, mules)

Question 21

FAO meaning

Answer 21

Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 22

Has there been a decline in the global horse population & what country has the most horses & how many (2022)?

Answer 22

• Yes, decline since 2009
• United States ( 10.3M)

Question 23

How many horses total in Canada? Which province has the most and how many since 2021?

Answer 23

• 509,099 total
• Alberta (188,692)

Question 24

How much money do livetsock horses contriubute to the economy

Answer 24

$24.21 billion dollars

Question 25

How much do livestock horses contribute to the Gross Domestic Production (GDP)

Answer 25

$8.69 billion

Question 26

How many jobs in the livestock industry?

Answer 26

70,997 full time employee (FTE) jobs

Question 27

What are the equine industry Demographics (Who is buy the horses)

Answer 27

- Highly educated - Higher income brackets - Older (retired - 60) - 89% female - 90% "not a member of racialized community)

Question 28

What costs the most money for taking care of a horse

Answer 28

1. food (13%) 2. Travel (11%)

Question 29

How much is yealy to breed horses

Answer 29

$8,451

Question 30

How much is yealy to have your horse for recreational use

Answer 30

$11,975

Question 31

How much is yealy to be in a pro sport

Answer 31

$19,883

Question 32

How much is yealy to be in an elite sprt with your horse

Answer 32

$24,607

Question 33

What is the average yearly cost to own a horse?

Answer 33

$15,270

Question 34

What are the top two jobs that own horses

Answer 34

1. Recreational 2. Amateur sport competitor

Question 35

How many horses are consumed yearly

Answer 35

4.3 mill

Question 36

WHat are the nutrition values of horses

Answer 36

Lean, red meat, low in fat, higher in omega 3s than most other red meats

Question 37

What country produces the most horse meat

Answer 37

China

Question 38

How are horses the fastest of the traditional land animals?

Answer 38

1. Heart rate- horses can pump their heart twice as fast when excersising 2. Respiratory volume is higher 3. Spleen contrations have more blood cells 4. Horses have a much higher aerobic capacity than humans (VO2 max)

Question 39

Explain facts about the horses eyes

Answer 39

1. Largest eyes of any land mammal 2. Superior nigh vison 3. Hard to go into different lightings (from outside to barn) cause it takes their eyes longer to adjust 4. They have a wide visual range

Question 40

What does EAL stand for and what is it?

Answer 40

Equine Assisted Learning - Self esteem and cobfitance - PTSD - Leadership At- Risk youth

Question 41

Name an assocation that helps keep horses as health care providers

Answer 41

Canadian Therapeiutic Riding Assocaiation - Physical strength and balence - Relaxation and control

Question 42

How long is the horses gestation cycle

Answer 42

~330 - 342 days

Question 43

What kind of breeders are horses

Answer 43

long day breeders

Question 44

how long is a horses estrus cycle

Answer 44

~21 days

Question 45

When do horses reach puberty?

Answer 45

~18 months

Question 46

WHat type of breeding methods do horses use

Answer 46

"live-cover" or AI

Question 47

What is Foul Heat?

Answer 47

~ 5-7 days after foaling mare will be in estrus

Question 48

Explain the diet of a horse

Answer 48

- Herbivores - Grazers - Small stomach (relative to GIT)--> Gastrointestinal tract - Hind gut fermentation

Question 50

What is the most important nutrient nutrient for horses

Answer 50

Water

Question 51

What is the second most important nutrient fotr horses?

Answer 51

Fibre --> long stem 2" in length

Question 52

How much of the horses BW needs to be in their feed per day?

Answer 52

- 2 to 3% - At least 50% must be long stem forgae

Question 53

What are the goals of horse nutrition

Answer 53

- Promotion of tissue adaptation, growth, repair - Promotion of general well-being - appliccation of como feeding strategies appropriate to the althletic task - maintiance of body weight, and replenishment of energy reserves in working muscle and other tissues

Question 54

Common metabolic challenges with horses

Answer 54

1. Colic 2. EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome 3. Laminitis

Question 55

What is colic?

Answer 55

- Generallized term for abdominal/Gastrointestinal pain (mild to severe) - Top cause of dealth in horses - Causes: gas, impaction, sand , displacement, torsion, parasites, ulcers - Medical or surgical intervention Symptoms: - Pawing - Sweating, rapid breathing, flared nostrils, elevated pulse rate, repeatedly lying down, rolling, leaving foot behind, turning head toward the flank, kicking or biting at the belly Causes: - 80% mangement related - hours in stall - high grain/low forgae - moldy hay or feed - Abrupt feed changes - dehydartion - Dental probelms - Stress - Parasites

Question 56

What is EMS?

Answer 56

Equine Metabolic Syndrome - Dysregulation of insulin - Weight gain - Increased BCS, cresting of neck - Increased urination - Lincreased risk of Laminitis - Managed with diet and exercise, vet may prescribe drugs to help - Ponies and donkeys increased risk

Question 57

What is Laminitis

Answer 57

- Inflammation of lamellae (connective tissue) - Three main types: 1. metabolic laminitis 2. Systemic Inflammatory disease related 3. Supporting-limb Common symptoms: heat in hoof strong digtal pulse - Horse is lame -"rocked back: posture - X ray to detect rotation