Question Set 3 Flashcards
Name three clinical signs of Potomac Horse Fever
profuse watery diarrhea; fever; depression; severe dehydration; shock; laminitis; colic; lack of appetite; decreased or absent gut sounds; abdominal distention
What is the major function of the skin in horses?
Protection
When properly fitting a Western saddle to a horse, what is the correct spacing between the horse’s withers and the fork of the saddle?
Two fingers
What is the primary means by which horse parasites are spread?
manure (eggs)
A horse with a body condition score of “1” would be considered to be categorized as what?
Poor
Name two methods that can be used to help prevent encephalomyelitis.
Use insecticides and repellants, screened windows, eliminate standing water, vaccinate horses, keep horses in barns during high mosquito activity.
What horse sport is known as “gymnastics on horseback”?
Vaulting
What type of shoe can be applied to the foot without nails?
Glue-on shoes.
What teeth in the horse are used to bite off plants as they graze?
Incisors
What does a stronger than usual pulse in the foot indicate?
Inflammation or laminitis
What common hoof problem is described as bruises of the sole at the angle of the wall and bar of the hoof?
Corns
Ergots are semi-horny structures located near what joint?
Fetlock joint
What breed of horse was the first to bear a state name?
Tennessee Walking Horse
What is the directionality term used to describe the back or the upper side of an animal?
Dorsal
“Figure” was the foundation sire of what breed?
Morgan
