Large Animal Care and Handling

Question 1

What are 4 animals that are part of the genus Equus?

Answer 1

Zebras​, donkeys​, horses​, ponies​

Question 2

What are some uses of horses throughout history?

Answer 2

War​, agriculture​, companionship​, leisure and sport​, transportation​, food and products​, therapy and support​

Question 3

What is the definition of a mare?

Answer 3

Adult female horse​

Question 4

What do you call an intact adult male horse?

Answer 4

Stallion

Question 5

What is a gelding?

Answer 5

Neutered adult male horse

Question 6

What do you call a female horse under four years of age?​

Answer 6

Filly

Question 7

What is a colt?

Answer 7

Male horse under four years of age

Question 8

What is the definition of a foal?

Answer 8

Young horse less than 1 year of age

Question 9

How do we measure the height of a horse?

Answer 9

Unit called hands (4 inches)

Question 10

How do we identify individual horses?

Answer 10

Patterns and colours

Question 11

What are 3 general categories of horses?

Answer 11

Cold-blooded, hot-blooded, warm-blooded

Question 12

What is the definition of a warm-blooded horse?

Answer 12

Cross between a cold-blooded and hot-blooded horse

Question 13

True or false - you should always approach a horse from their right side

Answer 13

False

Question 14

How can we estimate a horse’s age?

Answer 14

Their teeth

Question 15

True or false: horses can have canine teeth

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false: Horses are strict herbivores

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What is a part of a horse’s anatomy that allow them to sleep standing up?

Answer 17

Stay apparatus in their legs

Question 18

True or false: When a horse flattens their ears back, it is an indication that they are upset.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What category is a draft horse in?

Answer 19

Cold-blooded

Question 20

What category is an Arabian horse in?

Answer 20

Hot-blooded

Question 21

What is the most popular breed of horse?

Answer 21

Quarterhorse

Question 22

What determines whether we call an equine a horse or pony?

Answer 22

Height - pony is under 14.2 hands

Question 23

How should you hold a lead rope and why?

Answer 23

Fold it and hold it in your hand, never wrap around your hand. If the horse spooks and runs, you will be pulled along with them

Question 24

True or false: Horses have been trained to move away from pressure.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Why shouldn't a horse wear their halter all the time?

Answer 25

It can be dangerous and potentially fatal if it gets caught on things, may cause wounds if too tight

Question 26

True or false: If a horse's hindleg is extended backwards, he cannot kick.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or false: When picking up a hind foot or ​examining a hind leg, always face​ backwards, toward the horse's rear

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What should you do if you have to walk around the hind end of a horse?

Answer 28

Keep your hand on him at all times, while talking softly. Keep close to the horse at all times.

Question 29

True or false: Always stand on the same side of the horse​ that the veterinarian is working on.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or false: Horses should be groomed daily, or at least 3 times a week​

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What are two types of restraint to keep the handler and horse safe?

Answer 31

Physical restraint and chemical restraint

Question 32

True or false: Horses' teeth do not continue to erupt throughout their adult lives.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

What does floating the teeth mean?

Answer 33

A procedure when a​ veterinarian uses a file-like instrument​ to file off the sharp points on the cheek ​teeth (outside upper and inside lower)

Question 34

Why is livestock production so important?

Answer 34

Supply food, create jobs, livestock graze unsuitable lands, manure provides nutrients for the soil for crop production, animal by-products used to make consumer products such as clothing

Question 35

What is the main livestock production seen in Canada?

Answer 35

Beef, dairy, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats

Question 36

What is the veterinarian's role in large animal medicine?

Answer 36

Public health, preventative medicine, consultation

Question 37

What is a heifer?

Answer 37

Young bovine that has not calved

Question 38

What is a steer?

Answer 38

Neutered male cow

Question 39

What would you call an intact male cow?

Answer 39

Bull

Question 40

What is a tie-stall?

Answer 40

In a tie stall barn, cows are tethered in their stall and typically fed, milked, and rested there

Question 41

What is a free-stall?

Answer 41

Cows are not tethered to the stall, they have the ability to walk freely around the barn

Question 42

What is the definition of mastitis?

Answer 42

Inflammation of the mammary gland due to infection

Question 43

What is the name of a mastitis test?

Answer 43

California Mastitis Test

Question 44

What is the most common breed of beef in Canada?

Answer 44

Aberdeen Angus (think Angus burger)

Question 45

True or false: Dairy calves are taken from their mothers soon after birth

Answer 45

True

Question 46

True or false: Beef calves are taken from their mothers soon after birth

Answer 46

False

Question 47

True or false: Cows can kick out to the side

Answer 47

True

Question 48

True or false: It is important to understand a cow's flight zone when it comes to moving them

Answer 48

True

Question 49

What is a pullet?

Answer 49

A young female chicken that is less than a year old​

Question 50

What is a cockerel?

Answer 50

A young male chicken that is less than a year old

Question 51

What is a hen?

Answer 51

Mature (older) female chicken ​

Question 52

What is a rooster?

Answer 52

Mature (older) male chicken

Question 53

What is a group of chickens called?

Answer 53

A flock

Question 54

Why were chickens originally domesticated?

Answer 54

Fighting, meat, eggs

Question 55

What are the 2 main egg-laying breeds in Canada​?

Answer 55

White Leghorn​, Rhode Island Reds

Question 56

What are some differences between a rooster and a hen?

Answer 56

Roosters have larger spurs, combs and wattles

Question 57

What are 5 types of housing for laying hens?

Answer 57

1. Enriched colony housing 2. Free run 3. Free range 4. Aviary 5. Conventional

Question 58

True or false: Chickens are herbivores

Answer 58

False - they are omnivores

Question 59

When a laying hen is on antibiotics, are we still able to consume her eggs?

Answer 59

No, the eggs need to be disposed of until the antibiotics are out of her system.

Question 60

True or false: When chicks are bunched together under a heating lamp, it means the temperature is too cold.

Answer 60

True