Horses:Intro

Question 1

Equus caballus

Answer 1

Domestic horse

Question 2

Equus asinus

Answer 2

Domestic donkey

Question 3

Horses were reintroduced to ______ after Columbus

Answer 3

North America

Question 4

There were ab ____ million horses in the early 1900s

Today there is ab ___ million

Answer 4

25

6

Question 5

How many horses ab in NYS
How many billion is the industry worth in NYS?
In the US?

Answer 5

200,000
NYS- 5
US- 15

Question 6

Horses are monogastric herbivores meaning

Answer 6

They are simple stomach animals (not a ruminant)

Question 7

Where microbial digestion of cellulose occurs

Answer 7

Cecum

Question 8

Equine

Answer 8

Multiple horses

Question 9

Stallion

Answer 9

Intact male

Question 10

Mare

Answer 10

Intact female

Question 11

Gelding

Answer 11

Castrated male

Question 12

Horses are “hind gut fermenters” meaning

Answer 12

Their cecum is in the caudal aspect of the digestive tract

Question 13

Foal

Answer 13

Young

Question 14

Filly

Colt

Answer 14

Female foal

Male foal

Question 15

Weanling

Answer 15

Baby who has just been weaned

Question 16

Yearling

Answer 16

At least 12 months old (between 1 and 2 years old)

Question 17

Jack

Answer 17

Male donkey

Question 18

Jenny

Answer 18

Female donkey

Question 19

Jack x Mare

Answer 19

Mule

Question 20

Stallion x Jenny

Answer 20

Hinny

Question 21

Mules and hinnys are

Answer 21

Sterile

Question 22

Pony size

Answer 22

Must measure less than 14.2 hands at withers

Question 23

Where is the withers located

Answer 23

Spot on horse where neck meets back

Question 24

A small horse (not dwarf) of any breed is

Answer 24

A miniature

Question 25

A minni must measure

Smallest known mini measures

Answer 25

34” or less

15”