Horse Production Lab

Question 1

Which part of the digestive system is responsible for fermentative digestion?

Answer 1

Cecum/Colon

Question 2

Enzymatic digestion of nutrients occurs in the foregut

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Grain should be the primary component of a horse’s diet.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What is the minimum forage intake recommendation for most mature horses?

Answer 4

1% of BW

Question 5

Which class of horse will require the least crude protein in the diet?
-Mature idle horse
-Performance/Riding
-Foals/Weanlings
-Two-year olds

Answer 5

Mature idle horse

Question 6

Horses are typically able to reach their mature body weight by the time they are 3 year olds even on moderate nutrition and growth plane.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

If a horse measures 70.4 inches around it’s heart girth & 67 inches from point of shoulder to point of hip, what would his estimated weight be? (Round to the nearest whole number)

Answer 7

1,006

Question 8

How many hands tall is a horse who is 65 inches tall? (Round to the nearest whole number)

Answer 8

16

Question 9

Mares are seasonally monoestrous

Answer 9

False

Question 10

What hormone is this mask meant to suppress?

Answer 10

Melatonin

Question 11

Frozen semen must be diluted

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Which AV is the lightest weight?
-Colorado
-French
-Missouri
-Phantom

Answer 12

Missouri

Question 13

A snaffle bit is best for a young horse to begin training.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What is the strap called that goes around the girth of the chest?

Answer 14

Cinch

Question 15

What should be beneath the saddle?

Answer 15

Saddle pad