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1
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young female horse

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filly

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2
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mature female horse

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mare

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3
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young male horse

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colt

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4
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mature male horse

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stallion

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5
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young castrated male

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gelding

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6
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newborn horse

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foal

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7
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group of horses

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herd

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8
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horse parturition

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foaling

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9
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place where stallions are housed

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stud

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10
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unit of measure

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hand (4 inches)

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11
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female donkey

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jenny/jennet

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12
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male donkey

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jack

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13
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mammoth donkey

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> 56”

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14
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standard donkey

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37-55”

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15
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mini donkey

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<36”

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16
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mare x jack

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mule

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17
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jenny x stallion

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hinny

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18
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female mule/hinny

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molly

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19
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male mule/hinny

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john

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20
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64 chromosomes
fertile
shortest ears
long hair on tail
softer mane and tail
6 lumbar vertebrae
larger hooves

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horse

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21
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63 chromosomes
infertile
long ears

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mule

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22
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62 chromosomes
most fertile
longest ears
shortest hear on tail
stiff mane and tail
5 lumbar vertebrae

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donkey

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23
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63 chromosomes
infertile
long ears

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mule

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24
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what the top five states in the horse industry?

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Texas
California
Florida
Ohio
Oklahoma

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25
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what total economic impact of the horse industry in the USA?

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$177 billion and employs 2.2 million people

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26
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how many horses are there in the USA?

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6.6 million (decreased from 2017)

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27
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what is the world total economic impact of the equine industry?

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$300 billion

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28
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when did the earliest known horse evolve?

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55 million years ago

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29
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what is a Hydracotherium?

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dog sized
forest browsers
4 toes on front foot, 3 toes on rear

30
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what is a dinohippus?

A

terrible or powerful horse
most closely related to Equus
single toes
ate mostly grass
11-4 million years ago

31
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what happened 10000 yeas ago?

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the end of the Ice age
wild horses died out in Americas
dwindled in Western Europe
horses thrives on grasslands of East Europe and Central Asia

32
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when were horses domesticated?

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5500 years ago

33
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where were horse domesticated?

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lower Volga Don region, between Black and Caspian Seas

34
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what is a Przewalski’s horse?

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-only wild horses left in the world
-originally ranged throughout Europe and Asia
-small and stocky
-heavy built and large head
-dun-colored and erect mane

35
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what were the uses of horses in the early human societies?

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meat, milk, pulled wagons and vehicles then later used for riding in 2000BC

36
Q

what did horses do since they allowed humans to travel great distances?

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led conflict and changed pastoral nomads of the Asian steppes into mounted warriors

37
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what are work horses?

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  • a draft horse
  • half the cost and ate half the feed
    -faster and stronger
    brought in heavy loads of goods from farms
    -carriage and trolley horses were modes of transport
38
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what is a quarter horse?

A

all color except paint
US origin
short races, showing, stock work

39
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what is a saddlebred?

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chestnut, bay, brown
Kentucky origin
showing, pleasure riding, gated

40
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what is a arabian?

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bay, chestnut, brown, black
Arabia origin
showing, pleasure riding, races

41
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what is a morgan horse?

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new england
pleasure riding, driving, showing

42
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what is a standard bred?

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bay is most common, US origin, harness racing

43
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what is Tennessee walking?

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Tennessee
showing, pleasure riding

44
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what is a thoroughbred?

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England
racing longer distances

45
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what is a pony?

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typically 14.2 hands or smaller
shetland, pony of americas and welsh
selected for children
was used for mining

46
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what are draft horses?

A

larger and heavier
developed as war horses of Kings and Knights
used in draft labor and farm work

47
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what are draft horse breeds?

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Belgian, Clydesdale, Shire, Suffolk and Percheron

48
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what is a walk?

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4 beat gait
each foot strikes the ground independently

49
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what is a trot?

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diagonal (opposite front and rear together)
2 beat gait

50
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what is a pace?

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lateral (same front and rear together)
2 beat gait
swaying left and right

51
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what is a gallop?

A

asymmetrical
four beat gait
left or right lead

52
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what is a canter?

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3 beat gait
left or right lead
rocking motion

53
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what is a rack?

A

snappy four beat gait
joints are highly flexed

54
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what is a running walk?

A

symmetrical
four-beat gait
faster than walk
move with a gliding motion

55
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what is unique about the horses upper respiratory system?

A

the outer cartilage ring can expand allowing for increased airflow

56
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what is unique about the horses teeth?

A

upper and lower incisors for prehension of food and useful for aging horses

57
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what is the wall of the hoof?

A

outer portion of the hoof
adult hooves grow 1/4-1/2 inches per month

58
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what part of the hoof does not contact the ground?

59
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what parts of the hoof bears weight?

A

wall, bars and frog

60
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what is unsoundness?

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any defect that interferes with the usefulness of a horse
(injury or improper feeding, inherited)

61
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what is a blemish?

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defect that detracts from the appearance of a horse but does not interfere with its usefulness

62
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what does a foals teeth look like?

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24 milk teeth- 12 incisors and 12 molars
wear from center to outer

63
Q

what does a 2 year old’s teeth look like?

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all baby teeth but very worn

64
Q

what does a three year old’s teeth look like?

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4 permanent teeth

65
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what does a 4 year old’s teeth look like?

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8 permanent teeth

66
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what does a 5 year old’s teeth look like?

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full mouth

67
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what does a 12 year old’s teeth look like?

A

Galvayne’s groove present

68
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what does a 15 year old’s teeth look like?

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Galvayne’s groove 1/2 way down the tooth

69
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what does a 20 year old’s teeth look like?

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Galvayne’s groove all the away down tooth

70
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what kind of intestinal tract do horses have?

A

non ruminant herbivores
hindgut fermenters
small stomach

71
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what can horses not do if there is an ingesting poison?

72
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what do horses not have in their tract?

A

a gall bladder making digesting fats harder

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