Horse test Animal science

Question 1

14.2 hands, weighs 500-900 lbs, shetland pony

Answer 1

Pony

Question 2

12-17.2 hands, 900-1,400 lbs, quarter horse

Answer 2

light

Question 3

14.3-17.2 hands, weights 1,400 or more lbs, Belgian

Answer 3

Draft

Question 4

heavy, solid, and strong bones, calm/ docline temperaments, usually draft horse

Answer 4

Coldblood

Question 5

combination of large draft horse, and more spirited light breeds

Answer 5

Warmblood

Question 6

used to describe more spirited light breeds such as the Arabian and thoroughbred, feisty and athletic

Answer 6

hotblood

Question 7

species name given to all horse, donkeys, and asses

Answer 7

Equidae

Question 8

-mature female horse

Answer 8

mare

Question 9

mature male horse

Answer 9

Stallion

Question 10

castrated male equine

Answer 10

Gelding

Question 11

male horse two years or younger

Answer 11

Colt

Question 12

female horse two years or younger

Answer 12

Filly

Question 13

young equine of either gender

Answer 13

Foal

Question 14

scientist name for wild and domesticated horses

Answer 14

Equus caballus

Question 15

scientist name for donkey for asses

Answer 15

Equus asinus

Question 16

equine offspring of a female horse to a male donkey

Answer 16

Mule

Question 17

bucking animals cowboys are scored on riding during rodeo events

Answer 17

rough stock

Question 18

Drassages, Hunter under saddle, hunt seat equitation, working hunter

Answer 18

English events

Question 19

Reining, Working cow horse, Cutting

Answer 19

Western events

Question 20

What are some of the biggest differences between an english and western saddle?

Answer 20

Western saddle has a horn, western weighs more

Question 21

Is the correctness of its bone structure, musculature, and body proportions in relation to each other

Answer 21

What is conformation?

Question 22

Good conformation improves movement and performance, allows for smoother gaits, less likely to go lame

Answer 22

Why is it important for a horse to have good conformation?

Question 23

What are some characteristics of good conformation?

Answer 23

Large kinds eyes, wide Jaw, large nostrils, long sloping shoulders, well-muscled back,

Question 24

-body color brown or black with light areas at muzzle, eye, flank and inside of upper legs; mane and tail black

Answer 24

Brown

Question 25

body color ranging from tan through red to reddish brown; black mane and tail; usually black on lower legs

Answer 25

Bay

Question 26

body color dark red on brownish-red; mane and tail usually dark red or brownish- red, but may be flaxen

Answer 26

Chestnut

Question 27

body color reddish or copper-red’ mane and tail usually same color as body; but may be flaxen

Answer 27

Sorrel

Question 28

a true horse is born white and remains white throughout its entire life. It has snow white hair, pink skin, and brown, hazel on blue eyes

Answer 28

White

Question 29

a form of dun with body color yellowish or flesh colored, mane and tail are red to reddish, flaxen white or mixed; has red or reddish dorsal stripe and usually red or reddish zebra stripes on legs and transverse tripe over withers

Answer 29

Red Dun

Question 30

body color smokey or mouse colored( not a mixture of black and white hairs, but each hair mouse -colored) mane and tail black; usually had black dorsal stripe and black on lower legs

Answer 30

Grullo

Question 31

mixture of white with any other colored hairs; often born solid colored or almost solid colored and get lighter with age as more white hairs appear

Answer 31

Gray

Question 32

body color golden yellow’ mane and tail white; typically do not have dorsal stripes

Answer 32

Palomino

Question 33

body color -yellow’golden; main/tail black. Black on lower legs; typically doesn't dorsal stripe

Answer 33

buckskin

Question 34

dark color usually covers one or both flanks, generally all four legs are white, color is more regular with oval-shaped spots, white markings usually cross the back between the withers and tail, tail usually two colors

Answer 34

tobiano

Question 35

usually white, will not cross the back of the horse between withers and tail, generally dark legs, often loud l=head markings, EX: bald face, tail usually one color

Answer 35

Overo

Question 36

any markings on the forehead

Answer 36

Star

Question 37

a narrow marking extending vertically in the area between the forehead and the nostrils

Answer 37

stripe

Question 38

any white markings between the two nostrils

Answer 38

Snip

Question 39

a vertical markings of medium, uniform width extending the length of the face

Answer 39

Blaze

Question 40

a very broad blaze, it can extend out and around the eyes and it can extend down to the upper lip and around the nostrils

Answer 40

bald

Question 41

a narrow marking around the hoof

Answer 41

Coronet

Question 42

a marking which extends around the leg, from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone, or halfway to the knee on the foreleg

Answer 42

Sock

Question 43

a fell marking to the area on the knee on the foreleg and to the area of the hock or the hind leg. It is an extended sick

Answer 43

Stocking

Question 44

How many teeth do horses have?

Answer 44

36-44 teeth

Question 45

How are horse teeth unlike human teeth?

Answer 45

they continue to grow throughout there life

Question 46

How do horses chew? In what motion?

Answer 46

Lateral circular motion

Question 47

Why do a horse's teeth need to be trimmed?

Answer 47

Scare up the inside of the cheek and make them not want to eat

Question 48

What are the steps of a dental exam and know what kinds of tools are used?

Answer 48

Examine horses mouth, sedation, rinse mouth, Speculum,

Question 49

How often should teeth be floated? What does it depend on?

Answer 49

1-2 times a year

Question 50

How often should teeth be floated? What does it depend on?

Answer 50

Age, bite of alignment, performance animal, and environment

Question 51

Where does digestion begin?

Answer 51

Mouth

Question 52

What type of digestive system does a horse have?

Answer 52

Modified monogastric

Question 53

transfers food from mouth to the stomach

Answer 53

Esophagus

Question 54

primarily responsible for the breakdown of food. Proteins are digested here

Answer 54

Stomach

Question 55

primarily responsible for digestion of starch, proteins, and fat Nutrients are absorbed

Answer 55

Small intestine

Question 56

most digestion of grasses happens here, residual starches is digested also

Answer 56

Cecum

Question 57

water is absorbed here before the formation of feces

Answer 57

Colon Rectum

Question 58

Why is energy necessary for a horse’s diet?

Answer 58

So a horse can move, reproduce, grow, function

Question 59

What type of feedstuffs provide the most energy?

Answer 59

Corn, barley, oats

Question 60

What type of feedstuffs provide the least?

Answer 60

grasses

Question 61

Starch is primarily digested in what part of the digestive tract?

Answer 61

Small intestine

Question 62

What happens to starch that is undigested in the small intestine?

Answer 62

Horses will become bloated and get acidosis

Question 63

Why do we process horse feed (rolled, pelleted, cracked, etc)?

Answer 63

Energy and safely value increases with processing, Helps keep starch from hindgut