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Equine Sci (t1)
Eqine Sci (t1)
QUSTION | ANSWER |
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In order what horses evolved first? | Eohippus,Mesohippus, Merychipus,Philiohippus, equis |
How long ago did Eohippus live? | 50 million years ago! |
Where did Eohippus live? | CO. and WY. which were swampy jungles |
When did mesohippus live? | 30 million years ago |
When did Merychippus live? | 20 million years ago |
When did Pliohippus live? | 5 million years ago |
what was the first single toed horse? | Pliohippus |
What was the first horse to have eyes set to the side of the head? | mesohippus |
How big was Mery chippus? | 40 inches with a main toe (hoof) |
where did pliohippus spread to? | South america, asia, europe, and africa |
Name 5 problems the equine industry face | 1)education and marketing2)expanding youth programs3) animal rights 4)zoning 5)increasing prices |
What are 4 concerns of the horse industry? | 1)producing only 50% of the foal crop a year 2) 1/7.3 foals are kept studs 3)Retiring them early 4)$ |
When was the first horse domesticated? | 3,000 B.C. |
When was the 1st horse harnessed? | 1,500B.C. EGYPT |
When was the first A.I. done? | 600 A.D. Arabains |
decribe the first selctive breeding in the US? | new england only bred the best of the best (seed stock) 6 mares 2 studs |
What are some types of behavior? | 1)social 2)sexual 3)digestion 4)defensive |
Describe the light class and give on example. | 14.2-17 HH QUARTERHORSE ARAB |
Describe the draft horse. | 15-18 HANDS shire percheron |
Describe the pony. | Less than 15 hands and less than 800 lbs |
What are the 6 classes of the light horse? | 1)3gaited 2)5gaited 3)stock 4)hunter 5)driven 6)light racing |
What is a stock horse? | Quarter horse, paint, appolossa, apendix |
What is a hunter horse? | Warm bloods, morgan, thoroghberd |
What are the 5 gaits? | 1) Slow walk 2) Walk 3) Pace 4) rack 5) lope |
What are the 4 classes of a heavy draft? | 1)Heavy 2)Wagon 3)Farm Chuck 4)Southerners |
What are the two types of ponies? | 1)driving 2)Riding |
how much water does a horse drink a day? | 10-12 gallons |
how do horses see? | Monocular vision |
How do they see at night? | Well |
How far away can they smell water? | 10-12 miles |
In 24 hours how many does a horse sleep? | 7 hours |
In halter how is a horse judged? | 1.Balance and stucture 2.breed &sex 3. muscel |
when did the arab breed industry begain? | 1908 |
What are the 7 types of arabs? | 1.eqyption 2.russian 3.purearab 4.1/2arab 5.spanish 6.polish 7.domestic |
What are the 3 founding sires of the thoroughbred? | 1.Darley arab 2. Godolphin Barb 3.Byerly Turk |
What breed of horse can you not use IA | Thoroughbred |
When was the american quater horse association fourmed? | 1940 |
What is the only breed that can be traced back to a single sire? | Morgan |
Who was the founding morgan stud? | Justin morgan who was used for loggin |
When did the Standaerdbred registry start? | 1879 |
What is the pace? | Lateral gaited |
Who was the founding sire of the Standardbred? | Messanger |
What is unuiqe about the standardbred? | longer pasterns |
What breeds make up the american Saddlebred? | Morgan, thoroughbred, canadian pacer |
When did the american saddlebred Association start? | 1891 |
What type of horse does the Tenn. walking horse resmble? | American Saddlebred |
When did the tenn. walking horse breed association start? | 1935 |
When did the lippizan breed association start? | 1974 |
Is the 12-13 HH Galicino a pony or a horse? | A horse |
When did the Galicino breed association start? | 1959 |
Ligiment attaches what to what? | bone to bone |
Tendon attaches what to what? | bone to muscle |
what are flexors | Moves leg upward |
What are Extensors? | moves leg out |
What is the biggest bone in the front leg? | Radius |
Large meta tarsus is what? | back cannon |
Tarsus is what? | hock |
Large metacarpus | front cannon bone |
how many bones does the knee have? | 7 |
coronet is what type of marking? | Any narrow marking around the coronet above the hoof |
Cross is what type of marking? | dark line over the withers from side to side |
Name 7 leg markings? | 1)coronet 2)Half pasturn 3)pasturn 4)ankle 5)half stocking 6)full stocking 7)High stocking |
Discribe over bite | Parrot mouth Lower jaw is shorter than top |
How much does the average horse head weigh | 50-75 lbs |
Discribe the ewe neck | u shaped |
Describe the swan neck | like an arabain |
What is Cresty founder | Real thick creast like on a stud |
Why is the sholder important in the confermation of a horse? | it determines the lenght of stride, and smoothness |
Describe the offset knee | The cannon bone is offset to the lateral side and does not follow a straight line from the radius |
Describe knee splints. | Enlarment the can lead to ostoarthritis |
What is the toe of the hoof used for? | Balance |
What are the disadvatages of aging a horse by their teeth? | Not an exact sci |
What is the only accurate way to tell the exact age of a horse? | Know the birthdate |
What is the galvaynes grove? | Starts when they're 10 yrs old |
What is an indidus tooth? | Baby teeth |
When do they get their first incisor? | 2 1/2 |
When do they get their 2nd incisor? | 3 1/2 |
When do they get their permanent teeth? | By six years of age |
When do they get their 1st premolar? | 5-6 months |
When do they get their 2nd pre molar? | 2 1/2 |
The heart girth should be in proportion to what? | Lenght of leg |
describe a spay out hoof | Knee down will twist out |
Describe a toed out | Pasturn down |
What would cause contracted heels? | Two bulbs too close together due to tight tendons and ligiments |
Higher withers tend to..... | Gall |
Lower withers tend to...... | have front leg problems |
What is a goose rump? | Drops off short strided, powerful |
What is flat croup | Long stride no power |
What is the box hip | Extreemly wide at top an narrow bottom |
Merychippus evolved where? | Th hard grasses of north america |
Horse was first domesticated? | 3,000B.C. |
horses where first harnessed | 1,500 B.C. by the Eqyptions |
First Selective breeding | drafts in 1,400 B.C. |
Horses first rode | 750 A.D. |
Palomino color breed association begain... | 1941 |
Appolossa color breed association begain... | 1939 |
Pinto color breed association begain... | 1945 |
What is the differance between the Pinto and the paint color breed association? | Pinto does not have any genetic requirements |
When did the buckskin color breed association begain? | 1963 |