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Ch 18- Equine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Three ways in which horses serve humanity | transportation, recreation, work |
| How many inches is a "hand" equal to? | 4 |
| Withers | base of the neck |
| Miniature | <8.2 hands, ex. American miniature horse |
| Pony | 10.0-14.2 hands, ex. Shetland |
| Light | 14.2-17.2 hands, ex. Arabian |
| Draft | 17.0-19.2 hands, ex. Belgian |
| Suckling | a foal that is still nursing or suckling from the mare |
| Weanling | a foal that has been weaned or separated from the mare. usually weaned at 3 to 6 months of age |
| Yearling | young horse of either sex that is one year old or officially one year old after January 1 |
| Colt | young male horse; sometimes used for a newborn of either sex |
| Filly | young female horse |
| Gelding | a castrated horse |
| Mare | a mature female horse |
| Stallion | a mature male horse; sometimes called a stud, especially when used for breeding |
| Most popular breed used for flat racing | thoroughbred |
| What are two possible results from a horse sweating during work? | dehydration and electrolyte imbalances |
| What does it mean to say a horse is "lathered"? | the horse has an accumulation of sweat that is thick and frothy |
| What does it mean to cool out a horse? | the act of walking to cool down an exercised horse |
| Walk | four-beat gait with equal intervals between the beats; slowest gait of the horse and the one it uses most often |
| Trot | a medium-fast, two-beat gait in which the diagonal feet strike the ground at the same time |
| Pace | a medium-fast, two-beat gait in which the legs on the same side of the body strike the ground simultaneously. faster than the trot and takes more athletic energy to maintain |
| Gallop | four-beat gait, horse's fastest gait and differs from other gaits in that it isn't symmetric on the two sides of the horse |
| Broodmare | a mare used primarily for reproductive purposes |
| Teaser | A horse used to determine which mares are in estrus |
| What does it mean to say a broodmare is settled? | she is pregnant or in foal |
| Gestation cycle of a horse | 11 months |
| Corral/Paddock | outdoor area used for holding, exercising, or enclosing horses |
| Box stall | indoor enclosure in a stable or barn where the horse can move freely without being tied in one place |
| Tie/Slip/Standing stall | indoor stall in which the horse is tied in place and can't move about |
| Floating | filing or removing the points on the teeth |
| Why is a horse's "wolf-tooth" usually extracted? | it can interfere with the bit and cause the horse discomfort |
| What is the major mode of defense that the horse evolved over time? | Speed |
| Does a horse have good peripheral vision? | Yes. They can see almost 350 degrees. |
| Halter | the basic headgear used for restraint, also used in confirmation competition classes |
| Lead rope/Lead shank | a strap, rope, or chain attached to the halter and used to lead the horse |
| Twitch | means of restraint in horses, often by using a device twisted on the upper lip or muzzle |
| Bridle | the part of the horse's tack that is placed on its head for riding or driving |
| Harness | Equipment used to attach a horse or horses to carts, wagons, sulkies, or sleighs |
| Farrier | a person who has been trained to trim hooves and make horseshoes, commonly called a blacksmith, smithy, or horseshoer |
| Thrush | a bacterial infection in the frog of the hoof |
| Strongyles | the most serious parasites that can cause disease and debilitation in the horse, a type of bloodworms |
| Colic | abdominal pain |
| Heaves | common name for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthmalike, chronic respiratory condition |
| Laminitis | inflammation of the laminae in the foot. chronic laminitis is called Founder |
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