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Horse Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Blemish

A

Defect that doesn’t Impede performance but may reduce value

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2
Q

Lame foot in front of sound foot. Lameness is where?

A

Knee down

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3
Q

Lame foot behind sound foot then where is lameness

A

Knee up

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4
Q

Most upper muscle damage is caused by what?

A

Poor footing in mud or snow.

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5
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Why will lameness show when trotting?

A

Feet hit the ground the hardest

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6
Q

Temp of a horse

A

100.5

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7
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Front feet set at what angle?

A

45-50

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8
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Back feet set at what angle

A

60

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9
Q

What color hoof is best?

A

Black then red then white

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10
Q

Pattern sets at what angle?

A

45… shock absorber

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11
Q

Where should the knee set on a horse

A

Lower than the hock

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12
Q

Full mouth at what age

A

5 years.

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13
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Cups from teeth are gone at what age?

A

8

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14
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Touching ears and they fight may be a sign of what

A

Rough handling and ear ticks

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15
Q

Signs a shoulder can show

A

Smoothness of ride and athletic ability

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16
Q

Avoid what when tying a horse

A

Nylon and other synthetic fibers

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17
Q

Nose twitch

A

Release pressure after 15 mins, do it with cotton rope.

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18
Q

Watch eye during a twitch

A

If he blinks or it begins to rotate the horse is about to do something.

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19
Q

Horses are what season breeders

A

Increasing day light. Spring breeders. February to march

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20
Q

Estrus period

A

3-7 days

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21
Q

Where does stud release semen.

A

Directly in uterus

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22
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What is the foal heat

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9 days after fouling. Most predictable heat period

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23
Q

Advantage of hand breeding

A

More mares bred per stud. Protect the stud. More select

24
Q

Frequency of service in mares

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Don’t breed first day of heat breed second day…then every other day.

25
Q

How long does semen live in mares

A

48 hours

26
Q

At how many cc of semen

A

10 cc of fresh raw semen. Most use more.

27
Q

How long is gestation

A

11 months.

28
Q

Treat for what when foaling in a stall

A

Naval ill. Treat with iodine 7

29
Q

After water breaks. Colt should be on the ground by when

A

20-30 minutes.

30
Q

Foal health related problems barn related

A

Constipation, foal heat scours, and naval ill.

31
Q

Watch for constipation when?

A

Birth to 3-4 days old

32
Q

How high should troughs be

A

High enough to protect the knees from injury.

33
Q

Horse eats with what kind of motion.

A

Grinding motion.

34
Q

Slobbering horse may be a sign of what?

A

Teeth need floating.

35
Q

Cecum

A

Also known as blind gut. Most colic problems

36
Q

Kills more horses than anything

A

Digestive problems

37
Q

Colic

A

80-90% of deaths in horses from weaning to 1 year year old

38
Q

Founder, laminitis

A

Caused by feed water trauma and retained placenta. Front feet most effected.

39
Q

Anti inflammatory

A

Cortisone and butizolizine

40
Q

Signs of swelling

A

Swelling,heat,redness,pain,disturbed function.

41
Q

Shoe boil

A

Occurs in the point of elbow.

42
Q

Shin buck

A

Mainly caused by strain.

43
Q

Splints

A

Metacarple bones rub together causing inflammation.

44
Q

Bowed tendons, tendonitis

A

Strain on tendons, mud rock or hard surface. Training at to young of an age.

45
Q

Ring bone

A

Pasture area.

46
Q

Bog spavin

A

Fluid in frontal portion of hock.

47
Q

Fistulas withers

A

Busted bursa sacks

48
Q

Moon blindness.

A

Whitening or graying of lense.

49
Q

Best for cleaning deep wounds

A

Hydrogen peroxide

50
Q

Bots

A

Larve from bot fly. Horses of all ages.

51
Q

Ascarids. Roundworms.

A

Young horses. Not tolerant of heat and sand. Rough hair…slowly starving.

52
Q

Most effective parasite control

A

Tubing.

53
Q

Distemper.

A

Pus out of nose. Lymph nodes swollen.

54
Q

Encephalomyelitis

A

Impaired vision, wandering, loss of coordination. Spread by mosquito. Shots given before the vector season begins

55
Q

Equine infectious anemia

A

Late winter. Coggins test to detect disease.

56
Q

Tetanus

A

Third eyelid flickers over the forward

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