swine and horse homework Flashcards
a young female horse
filly
a mature male horse
stallion
female donkey
jenny
crosse of a female horse and a male donkey
mule
a male mule
john
castrated male horse
gelding
a horse that is 16 hands tall is ____ inches.
64
In which of the following gaits does each foot strike the ground independently? A four beat gait.
walk
Horses do not have a _______________ making digesting fats harder.
colon
gall bladder
jejunum
liver
gall bladder
The “stay apparatus” in horses allows them to do what?
Stand for long periods of time without tiring
which of the following characteristics describes a donkey and not a horse?
softer man and tail
smaller hooves
shortest ears
long hair on tail
smaller hooves
according to scientists, where were horses first domesticated?
the lower Volga Don region between the Black and Caspian seas
at what age does a horse have a full mouth, or all of it’s permanent teeth?
5 years
this disease in horses is also known as distemper and is an infection of the upper respiratory tract and lymph glands, although it is highly contagious and is caused by streptococcus equi, it usually subsides on its own
strangles
To prevent EPM (Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis),which causes neurological disease, __________________ should be kept away from horses and horse feed, as the protozoa is spread through their feces.
opossums
