Horse management

Question 1

Submissive behaviour

Answer 1

Mouth clapping

move head away

Question 2

Partuirition in the mare

Answer 2

• Stage 1: mare appears restless
• Stage 2: foal begins to appear. Horse lies flat on side. Water bag appears and should break on its own. Ends when umbilical cord broken as the foal stands
• Stage 3: delivery of the placenta around 3-4 hours after delivery

Question 3

Horse umbilical cord

Answer 3

Stays attached. Breaks itself in first 5 mins of birth

Then dip It in chlorhexidine or povidone solution

Question 4

Natural time of birth of ponies

Answer 4

Spring/summer

Question 5

Cold blooded horses

Answer 5

• Heavy horses which were breed as draught animals. Calmer, quieter, not as athletic

Question 6

Warm blooded horses

Answer 6

Warm blooded horse breeds: e.g trakehner

• Created by crossing light horses (e.g arabians, TBs, quarter horse) with heavy horses (e.g percheron, Belgian, clydesdale, shire, Suffolk punch)
• Light horses are known as ‘hot blooded’

Question 7

Stripe

Answer 7

any white along nose that stays within the nasal bone

Question 8

Blaze

Answer 8

white that reaches edges of nasal bone or beyond but stays medial to the eyes

Question 9

whorls

Answer 9

changes in the direction of the hair and helpful if no white markings

Question 10

Diet for resting horses

Answer 10

Fresh grass/hay
Forage and concentrates
1-2% of body weight per day in roughage