Horse Test 1

Question 1

Blemish

Answer 1

Defect that doesn’t Impede performance but may reduce value

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Knee down

Question 3

Lame foot behind sound foot then where is lameness

Answer 3

Knee up

Question 4

Most upper muscle damage is caused by what?

Answer 4

Poor footing in mud or snow.

Question 5

Why will lameness show when trotting?

Answer 5

Feet hit the ground the hardest

Question 6

Temp of a horse

Answer 6

100.5

Question 7

Front feet set at what angle?

Answer 7

45-50

Question 8

Back feet set at what angle

Answer 8

60

Question 9

What color hoof is best?

Answer 9

Black then red then white

Question 10

Pattern sets at what angle?

Answer 10

45… shock absorber

Question 11

Where should the knee set on a horse

Answer 11

Lower than the hock

Question 12

Full mouth at what age

Answer 12

5 years.

Question 13

Cups from teeth are gone at what age?

Answer 13

8

Question 14

Touching ears and they fight may be a sign of what

Answer 14

Rough handling and ear ticks

Question 15

Signs a shoulder can show

Answer 15

Smoothness of ride and athletic ability

Question 16

Avoid what when tying a horse

Answer 16

Nylon and other synthetic fibers

Question 17

Nose twitch

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Watch eye during a twitch

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Horses are what season breeders

Answer 19

Increasing day light. Spring breeders. February to march

Question 20

Estrus period

Answer 20

3-7 days

Question 21

Where does stud release semen.

Answer 21

Directly in uterus

Question 22

What is the foal heat

Answer 22

9 days after fouling. Most predictable heat period

Question 23

Advantage of hand breeding

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Frequency of service in mares

Answer 24

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

Question 25

How long does semen live in mares

Answer 25

48 hours

Question 26

At how many cc of semen

Answer 26

10 cc of fresh raw semen. Most use more.

Question 27

How long is gestation

Answer 27

11 months.

Question 28

Treat for what when foaling in a stall

Answer 28

Naval ill. Treat with iodine 7

Question 29

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

Answer 29

20-30 minutes.

Question 30

Foal health related problems barn related

Answer 30

Constipation, foal heat scours, and naval ill.

Question 31

Watch for constipation when?

Answer 31

Birth to 3-4 days old

Question 32

How high should troughs be

Answer 32

High enough to protect the knees from injury.

Question 33

Horse eats with what kind of motion.

Answer 33

Grinding motion.

Question 34

Slobbering horse may be a sign of what?

Answer 34

Teeth need floating.

Question 35

Cecum

Answer 35

Also known as blind gut. Most colic problems

Question 36

Kills more horses than anything

Answer 36

Digestive problems

Question 37

Colic

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Founder, laminitis

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Anti inflammatory

Answer 39

Cortisone and butizolizine

Question 40

Signs of swelling

Answer 40

Swelling,heat,redness,pain,disturbed function.

Question 41

Shoe boil

Answer 41

Occurs in the point of elbow.

Question 42

Shin buck

Answer 42

Mainly caused by strain.

Question 43

Splints

Answer 43

Metacarple bones rub together causing inflammation.

Question 44

Bowed tendons, tendonitis

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Ring bone

Answer 45

Pasture area.

Question 46

Bog spavin

Answer 46

Fluid in frontal portion of hock.

Question 47

Fistulas withers

Answer 47

Busted bursa sacks

Question 48

Moon blindness.

Answer 48

Whitening or graying of lense.

Question 49

Best for cleaning deep wounds

Answer 49

Hydrogen peroxide

Question 50

Bots

Answer 50

Larve from bot fly. Horses of all ages.

Question 51

Ascarids. Roundworms.

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Most effective parasite control

Answer 52

Tubing.

Question 53

Distemper.

Answer 53

Pus out of nose. Lymph nodes swollen.

Question 54

Encephalomyelitis

Answer 54

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

Question 55

Equine infectious anemia

Answer 55

Late winter. Coggins test to detect disease.

Question 56

Tetanus

Answer 56

Third eyelid flickers over the forward