Preventative Medicine

Question 1

preventative medicine includes

Answer 1

nutrition
dental care
deworming
vaccination

Question 2

how much do horses eat a day

Answer 2

1.5-3% of their body weight

a 1,000 lb horse eats 15-30 pounds of feed a day

Question 3

how much do horses drink

Answer 3

5% of their body weight
a 1,000 lb horse drinks 7 gallons

Question 4

equine diseases that can be caused or controlled by diet

Answer 4

• Endocrinopathic laminitis
• Obesity/Insulin resistance
• White muscle disease
• Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
• Polysaccharide storage myopathy
• Developmental orthopedic disease

Question 5

how many teeth

Answer 5

adults have 36-44

Question 6

when should routine dental exams begin and then how often

Answer 6

young adults or earlier
every 6-12 months

Question 7

dental malalignments

Answer 7

points, excessive transverse ridges, hooks, ramps, wave mouth, step, missing or
fractured teeth

Question 8

common dental developmental disease

Answer 8

parrot mouth
inappropriate eruption of adult teeth

Question 9

common dental pathologies

Answer 9

malalignments
tooth root infections, sinus infections
developmental disease

Question 10

when to start deworming

Answer 10

6-8 weeks

Question 11

weanlings will develop _________ impactions if not dewormed

Answer 11

ascarid impactions

Question 12

criteria for identifying core vaccines

Answer 12

public health risk / legally mandated
endemic disease
severe disease
favorable risk / benefit

Question 13

initial vaccination of foals occurs at _____ months of age

Answer 13

3-6 months as maternal immunity is waning

Question 14

what are the core vaccines for horses

Answer 14

rabies - every year
tetanus - every year
viral encephalitides (eastern, western, west nile, venezuelan)