Question Set 22

Question 1

To help a horse generate more body heat to stay warm in the winter, additional amounts of what type of feed should be provided?

Answer 1

Hay or Forage

Question 2

What organism is responsible for transmitting the bacteria that causes Lyme disease to horses or other animals?

Answer 2

Ticks (Ixodes ticks)

Question 3

What tests is used to diagnose equine infectious anemia?

Answer 3

Coggins test

Question 4

A bony enlargement that appears on the inside and front of the hock and tapers into the cannon bone is known as what?

Answer 4

Bone spavin or Jack spavin

Question 5

What are two types of horse trailer hitches?

Answer 5

Gooseneck, Bumper-pull

Question 6

What does EIA stand for?

Answer 6

Equine Infectious Anemia

Question 7

At what gait is lameness usually the most pronounced?

Answer 7

Trot

Question 8

What is the name of the registry for horses of Pinto coloration and stock-type breeding?

Answer 8

American Paint Horse Association

Question 9

What is the most essential nutrient required by the horse?

Answer 9

Water

Question 10

What is another name for a vertical crack in a hoof wall?

Answer 10

Sand Crack, Quarter Crack, Toe Crack

Question 11

What South American breed is known for its smooth four-beat gait?

Answer 11

Peruvian Paso

Question 12

What is the average length of stride of a horse’s trot?

Answer 12

8-9 feet

Question 13

What is the name of the semi-horny structure located above the knees and lower part of hock on the medial sides of the limbs?

Answer 13

Chestnuts

Question 14

Which gait is faster: pace or trot?

Answer 14

Pace

Question 15

What is the name for muscle contractions and relaxation which moves the food bolus through the esophagus?

Answer 15

Peristalsis

Question 16

When viewed from the rear, horses that are out at the hock and in at the toe have what conformational fault?

Answer 16

Bow legged or Bandy legged

Question 17

The pastern is located on what part of the Horses body?

Answer 17

The leg

Question 18

This Pinto color pattern name actually includes three different patterns that are characterized by white markings that usually do not cross over the back.

Answer 18

Overo

Question 19

What is the name for an adult intact male horse?

Answer 19

Stallion

Question 20

Name two internal parasites that can lead to colic.

Answer 20

large roundworms (ascarids); tapeworms; strongyles (large and/or small); bots.