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Horse test Animal science Flashcards

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14.2 hands, weighs 500-900 lbs, shetland pony

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Pony

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

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light

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

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Draft

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

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Coldblood

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5
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combination of large draft horse, and more spirited light breeds

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Warmblood

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

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hotblood

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species name given to all horse, donkeys, and asses

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Equidae

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-mature female horse

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mare

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9
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mature male horse

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Stallion

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10
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castrated male equine

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Gelding

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11
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male horse two years or younger

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Colt

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12
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female horse two years or younger

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Filly

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13
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young equine of either gender

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Foal

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14
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scientist name for wild and domesticated horses

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Equus caballus

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15
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scientist name for donkey for asses

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Equus asinus

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16
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equine offspring of a female horse to a male donkey

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Mule

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17
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bucking animals cowboys are scored on riding during rodeo events

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rough stock

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18
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Drassages, Hunter under saddle, hunt seat equitation, working hunter

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English events

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19
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Reining, Working cow horse, Cutting

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Western events

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20
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What are some of the biggest differences between an english and western saddle?

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Western saddle has a horn, western weighs more

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21
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Is the correctness of its bone structure, musculature, and body proportions in relation to each other

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What is conformation?

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22
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Good conformation improves movement and performance, allows for smoother gaits, less likely to go lame

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

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23
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What are some characteristics of good conformation?

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

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

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Brown

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25
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body color ranging from tan through red to reddish brown; black mane and tail; usually black on lower legs

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Bay

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

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Chestnut

27
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body color reddish or copper-red’ mane and tail usually same color as body; but may be flaxen

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Sorrel

28
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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

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White

29
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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

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Red Dun

30
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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

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Grullo

31
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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

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Gray

32
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body color golden yellow’ mane and tail white; typically do not have dorsal stripes

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Palomino

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

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buckskin

34
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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

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tobiano

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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

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Overo

36
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any markings on the forehead

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Star

37
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a narrow marking extending vertically in the area between the forehead and the nostrils

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stripe

38
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any white markings between the two nostrils

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Snip

39
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a vertical markings of medium, uniform width extending the length of the face

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Blaze

40
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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

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bald

41
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a narrow marking around the hoof

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Coronet

42
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a marking which extends around the leg, from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone, or halfway to the knee on the foreleg

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Sock

43
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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

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Stocking

44
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How many teeth do horses have?

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36-44 teeth

45
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How are horse teeth unlike human teeth?

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they continue to grow throughout there life

46
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How do horses chew? In what motion?

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Lateral circular motion

47
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Why do a horse’s teeth need to be trimmed?

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

48
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What are the steps of a dental exam and know what kinds of tools are used?

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Examine horses mouth, sedation, rinse mouth,
Speculum,

49
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How often should teeth be floated? What does it depend on?

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1-2 times a year

50
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How often should teeth be floated? What does it depend on?

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Age, bite of alignment, performance animal, and environment

51
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Where does digestion begin?

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Mouth

52
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What type of digestive system does a horse have?

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Modified monogastric

53
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transfers food from mouth to the stomach

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Esophagus

54
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primarily responsible for the breakdown of food. Proteins are digested here

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Stomach

55
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primarily responsible for digestion of starch, proteins, and fat Nutrients are absorbed

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Small intestine

56
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most digestion of grasses happens here, residual starches is digested also

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Cecum

57
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water is absorbed here before the formation of feces

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Colon Rectum

58
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Why is energy necessary for a horse’s diet?

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So a horse can move, reproduce, grow, function

59
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What type of feedstuffs provide the most energy?

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Corn, barley, oats

60
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What type of feedstuffs provide the least?

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grasses

61
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Starch is primarily digested in what part of the digestive tract?

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Small intestine

62
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What happens to starch that is undigested in the small intestine?

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Horses will become bloated and get acidosis

63
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Why do we process horse feed (rolled, pelleted, cracked, etc)?

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

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