Horse terms Flashcards
a problem delivery is called?
dystocia
a horse that eats too much lush grass or a large quantity of grain is at risk for?
laminitis
a horse’s hoof has 3 areas when looking at it from the bottom of it. They are called the heels, quarters,and the_____?
toe
a horse that interferes when he/she walks is usually?
splayfooted
inbreeding is one way used to increase fertility in horses true or false?
false
energy requirements for horses descried in terms of
digestible energy
a horse affected by heaves____________?
has difficulty expelling air from the lungs
if you are working with a horse and they start swishing their tail despite the absence of flies, what would their body language indicate?
irritation
where are a horse’s splint bones located?
along side the cannon bone
what condition of the foot is destruction of the frog by anaerobic bacteria?
thrush
the primary weight-bearing structure of the horse’s hoof is the___?
hoof wall
a horse that toes out with its front feet tends to swing its feet inward when its legs are in action true or false?
true
Laminitis and navicular disease syndrome are unsoundness’s found in the horse’s
foot
a horse that has permanent central incisors but deciduous lateral and corner incisors is most likely
3 yrs
the splay footed horse’s front feet deviate from a straight line by swinging to the inside true or false?
true
ovulation in mares usually occurs?
towards the end of the estrus
he gene for black coat color is dominate to the gene for brown true or false?
true
line breeding is a form of?
inbreeding
a horse that stands 15 hands tall is?
60”
a horse is “back at the knee” would be called?
buck kneed
the horse is most fertile when the length of day light is?
longer
what color of horse is most likely to develop skin tumors
grey
most horse’s need their hooves trimmed and their shoes reset(if shod) every ___ weeks?
6-8
what beat is the trot
2 beat diagnal gait
