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Horse sense Flashcards

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Malocclusion

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Where the top and bottom teeth do not meet

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Chestnut

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Horny growths on medial surface of equine leg or a coat colour of horses

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Galvaynes groove

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Mark in labial surface of the equine tooth; usually appears around 10 years of age

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Laminitis

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Inflammation of the sensitive lamina under the horny wall os the hoof, a common sequela is founder

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5
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Sequela

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Condition following a consequence of another condition

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Halter

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Device to lead and tie a horse

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Hobble

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Restraint for feet

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Rasp

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Used for leveling a horses foot

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Cribbing

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Vice of equine in which an object is grasped b/w the teeth, pressure is applied and air is swallowed

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Floating

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Filing off the sharp edges of equine teeth

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Twitch

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Mode of restraint in which a device is twisted on the upper lip or muzzle

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12
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Farrier

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Person who cares for equine feet

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Hand

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Unit to measure height (= to 4 inches)

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Near side

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Left side

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15
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Far side/off side

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Right side

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16
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Settle

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To breed successfully

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17
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Shod

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Equine with horseshoes

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Amble

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Lateral gait that is different from the pace by being lower and more broken in cadence

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19
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Back

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Slowly trotting in reverse

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20
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Beat

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Time when the foot touches the ground

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Canter

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Slow, restrained three beat gait in which two diagonal legs are paired

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Fox trot

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Slow, short, broken type of gait in which the head usually nods

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Gait

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pattern of footfalls resulting in movement

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Gallop

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Four beat gait in which the feet strike the ground separately

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25
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Gymkhana

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Racing events on horseback

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Pace

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Fast two beat gait in which the front and hind feet on the same side start and stop ant the same time

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27
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Pointing

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Stride in which extension is more pronounced then flexion

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Rack

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Fast, flashy, unnatural four beat gait in which each foot meets the ground separately at equal intervals

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29
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Rolling

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Excessive side to side shoulder motion

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30
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Running walk

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Slow four beat gait intermediate in speed b/w walk and run

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Stride

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Distance b/w successive imprints of the same foot

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Suspension

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Time in which none of the feet are in contact with the ground

33
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Trappy

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Short, quick, choppy stride

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Trot

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Natural, slow fat footed four beat gait in which each foot takes off and strikes the ground at separate intervals

35
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Bad mouth

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Malocclusion in which the top and bottom teeth do not meet

36
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Bag up

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Development of mammary glands or udder near parturition

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Bars

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Support structure that angles forward from the hoof wall to keep it form overextending

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Bay

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Coat colour that is light brown to reddish brown with a black main, tail, and legs

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Bishoping

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Artificial altering of teeth of an older horse to sell is as a younger horse

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Buckskin

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Coat colour is darker in colour with a black main, tail, legs

41
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Check ligament

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1 or 2 ligaments to the digital flexors of equine

42
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Cracks

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Hoof wall defects that form b/c the hoof is too long and not trimmed frequently enough

43
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Croup

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Top part of equine rump

44
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Cups

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Deep indentations of the incisors in the center of the occlusal surface in young equine

45
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curb

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Enlargement on the caudal aspect of the hind leg below the hock

46
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Flehmen reaction

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Response of a stallion to the scent of a female horses urine in which he extends his head and curls his lip

47
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lamina

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Tissue that attaches hoof to the underlying foot structure

48
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Overo

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Marking pattern for paint or pinto horses that are irregular or scattered along the body

49
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Quitter

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Festering the foot anywhere along the border of the coronet

50
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Stock type

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Muscular body type that is consistent with the desired body type of a working horse

51
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Bog spavin

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Enlargement of proximal hock caused by distention of the joint capsule

52
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Bone spavin

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Bony enlargement at the base and medial surface of the hock

53
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Osselets

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Soft swelling on the cranial of the fetlock joint

54
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Poll evil

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Fistula on the poll that does not heal easy

55
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Quitter

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Festering of the foot along the border of the coronet

56
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Sweeney

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Atrophy of the shoulder muscle

57
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Equine encephalomyelitis

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Mosquito transmitted infectious alphaviral disease that is associated with motor irritation, paralysis, and altered consciousness

58
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Equine influenza

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Myxovirus infection of horses also known as flu

59
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Equine protozoal myelitis

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Protozoal infection caused by Sarcocytis neurona that causes weakness, ataxia, weight loss, seizures, and other CNS signs

60
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E viral arteritis

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Togavirus infection of horses that is associated w upper resp disease, abortion, and lesions in small arteries

61
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E iral rhinopnuemotitis

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Herpesvirus infection of horses that is associated with upper resp disease and abortion

62
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Potomac horse fever

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Rickettsial bacterial disease of horses

63
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Strangles

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Contagious bacterial disease of horses caused by Streptococcus equi

64
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West Nile virus

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Mosquito borne viral encephalitis that entered the US in 1999

65
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EEE

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Eastern equine encephalitis

66
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EIA

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Equine infectious anemia

67
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EPM

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Equine protozoal myelitis

68
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EVA

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Equine viral arteritis

69
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EVR

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Equine viral rhinopneumontitis

70
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PHF

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Potomac horse fever

71
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WEE

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Western equine encephalitis

72
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WNV

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West Nile Virus

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VEE

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Venezuelan equine encephalitis

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