Equine 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Housing options for horses
A
outdoors
indoors- individual or group housing
air quality, ventilation
bedding
2
Q
water sources
A
well streams,ponds buckets, troughs amount temperature preference
3
Q
Salt
A
feed
free choice- salt blocks, loose, caution
need access to water
salt, minerals
4
Q
Dried hay
A
grass- timothy, orchard, blue, other
legumes- alfalfa, clover (protein)
5
Q
Concentrates
A
Oats- whole, rolled, crimped Sweet feed- oats, corn, molasses, other pelleted feed/extruded feed alfalfa cubes, alfalfa chunks beet pulp bran
6
Q
Feeding regimen
A
forages- all the time
concentrates- meal feeding
-2x per day
-more feedings, less amount each time
7
Q
Hay quality
A
cured dried green and leafy mold poisonous plants- alsike clover, red clover toxic- blister beetle other contaminants- dead animals, spores
8
Q
Hay form
A
small square bales- can soak pleats or bales, steam
large round bales- can have high amounts of mold spores
large square bales- can have high amounts of mold spores
9
Q
Feed access
A
single vs group feeding
forage feeding in groups
concentrate feeding as individuals
10
Q
Feed storage
A
in relation to horse housing protect from spoilage concentrates -avoid horses gaining free access -avoid contamination
