Horses

Question 1

when measuring the amount of feed, use ______ not volume

Answer 1

weight

Question 2

horses restless, uncomfortable, may look at or paw abdomen, heart and respiration rates increase,

Answer 2

colic

Question 3

what are some causes of colic

Answer 3

worms, disease (abdominal origin), twisted intestine, diet

Question 4

colic from the diet can cause

Answer 4

gas, compaction, blockage

Question 5

eating lots of dry feed and not enough water

Answer 5

compaction

Question 6

over consumption of lush green grass, rapid switch from poor quality to easily digested diet

Answer 6

gas

Question 7

consumption of foreign material

Answer 7

blockage

Question 8

what is weird about the horses cecum

Answer 8

the entrance and exit are only a few inches apart

Question 9

founder is also called

Answer 9

laminitis

Question 10

horse reluctant to move, may tremble , stiff gait, hoofs feel warm

Answer 10

founder (laminitis)

Question 11

causes of founder

Answer 11

consumption of lush pasture or excessive amounts of grain

or, running in hard ground, abortion, retained placenta, high fever

Question 12

what sign on the hoof signals founder

Answer 12

the tip of hoof walls curl up

Question 13

what part of the horses anatomy causes the pain in founder

Answer 13

coffin bone rotates down

Question 14

a horse should be shifted from one type of feed to another over a period of ______

Answer 14

2-3 weeks