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NJC EQuine 2
Equine njc SEPT 30-
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After h2o what is the most important nutrient? | Energy |
| What is BASAL MAINTENCE REQUIREMENT? | min amount of feed to keep a horse alive |
| How much more energy does it take a horse to stand? | 50% more |
| What are three things energy is needed for? | 1) all work 2)all body functions 3)to heat the body |
| Energy is supplied by what? | Carbs. and fats |
| What is the most abundent source of energy? | Carbs |
| Fats supply how much more energy than Carbs? | 2.25 times more |
| What are two common causes of low energy in horses? | Heavy parasite load and Dental problems |
| What are three things that can make h20 toxic? | 1)algae 2)Pesticides 3)Nittrates |
| What tempeture h20 do horses prefer? | 40*-45* |
| A lactating mare will drink how much more water? | 3 times more |
| What are four ways water consumption can be encouraged? | 1)Carrying your own h20 2)Flavor h2o 3)Teach horse to drink from the hose 4)Wet down feed |
| When is over consumption of water more likely to happen? | When there is an auto waterer. |
| When do horses sweat more? | When they work or when their nervous. |
| How long does the horse's skin take if their not dehydated? | 2-3 seconds |
| How long does the horse's skin take if they are mildly dehyrated? | 3-6 Seconds |
| How long does the horse's skin take if they are severly dehydraed? | 6-10 seconds |
| In 0* how much water do they drink per pound of feed? | 1 quart |
| At 100* how much water does a horse drink per puond of feed? | 1 gallon |
| How much water does a horse drink? | 1 gallon per 100 pounds. |
| When do horses drink more? | Summer |
| Grass hay is what percent h2o? | 60-70% |
| Alfalfa hay is what % h2o? | 10% |
| What tempeture do horses like the weather to be? | 50- 60* |
| Activity may increase water requirements by what %? | 20-300% |
| What % concentrate should be feed with 80% hay? | 30% |
| What are four things that water helps with? | 1) Solvent 2)Lubrication 3)Helps with Body temp. 4) Waste Removal |
| Describe the 1882 French Experiment. | Horses could live 5-6 days w/o water, but could live 20-25 days w/o food if they had water. |
| What is the Ideal tempeture for a horse's water? | 45-50* |
| The P.V.T. in P.V.T. T.I.M. H.A.L.L. stands for what? | Phenyaline Valine Tryptophan |
| What does theT.I.M. stand for in P.V.T. T.I.M. H.A.L.L.? | Theolaline Isoucine Methionine |
| What does the H.A.L.L. stand for in P.V.T. T.I.M. H.A.L.L.? | Histodine Argonine Leucine Lysine |
| Horses have a simple stomic, but a complicated.... | Large intestant |
| What % of the day is spent eating? | 50-75% |
| What will cause a horse not to eat? | Nose burnt or sharp teeth |
| What are the four salivay glands? | 1)Parotid gland 2)Mandible 3)sublingual 4)Buccal |
| How long is the esophogus? | 4-5 feet and prevents vomiting |
| What % of the digestive track is stomic? | 9% |
| In the stomic what breaks down food? | Latic acid |
| How much does the stomic hold? | 15 quarts |
| How long is the small intestint? | 70 feet |
| How much does the small intestant hold? | 17 gallons |
| What is the small intestant a major site of? | soluble carbs, fat and protien and minerals |
| How long is the large intestant? | 30 feet |
| How many quarts does the large intestine hold? | 32 gallons |
| How old is a horse when the cecum developes? | 1 yr old |
| What % of the digestive track is cecum? | 16% |
| What can the cecum do? | Digest high amounts of roughages and water |
| The large colon is what % of the digestive track? | 45% |
| What happens in the small colon? | Water is removed from feces |
| What are 4 reasons that water is important? | 1 solvent 2 Lubrication 3 Helps body temp 4 waste removel |
| After water what is the most important nutrient? | Energy |
| What is Basal Maintence Requirement? | Min. amount of feed to keep a horse alive |
| Energy is needed for what? | 1) All work 2)all body functions 3)To heat the body |
| What is energy supplied by? | CARBS AND FATS |
| What is the most abundent source of energy? | CARBS |
| fats supply how much more energy than carbs? | 2.25 times |
| What are two common causes of inadequate energy in the horse? | 1)parisite load 2)Dental Problems |
| What is monday morning sickness? | Condition in which the horse experiences prolonged muscle contractions during exercise. |
| what are the symptoms of monday morning sickness? | colic, muscel tremmors, hesitation to move |
| What do you do to treat monday morning sickness? | Feed the right amount for the work load, vitamin e and bute |
| describe a horse that should be fed maintence? | Less than one hour |
| Describe a horse that should be fed light work? | 1-3 hours |
| describe the work load of a medium working horse. | 3-5 hours driving, showing, ranch |
| Describe the work load for a very hard working horse. | 5-8 hours, pen riders, polo, racing |
| how much greater is the energy need for racing verses the energy need for walking. | 70 time more |
| Conditioning horses can utilize fat more efficently than... | an uncondioned one |
| Increase in dietary fat may increase need for what? | vitamines |
| Diet is not a subtatute for what? | Good training |
| Repalxing oats with corn resulted in better what? | racing time |
| What is a good way to see mold on corn? | Black light |
| what are five things excess energy can cause? | 1 |
| Catalyist | A substance ussaly used in small amounts relitave to the reactions that modifies and increasesthe rate of reaction w/o beinign consumed in the process |
| Anabolism is what? | The metabolisum in wich simple are sinthisized n2 the complex materials of living tissue |
| What are the 4 Fat soluble vitamines? | 1. vit. a 2.vit .k 3.vit e 4. vitamine d |
| What are the water soluble vitamines? | B complexes and biotine and vit c |
| Where are the fat soluble vitamines absorbd? | In the small intestine |
| How long can fat soluble vitamines be stored in the liver? | 3 months |
| What may be to toxic in large quanityies? | Fat soluble vitamins |
| What can cause the loss of fat soluble vitamines? | mineral oil |
| Where are the water soluble vitamines absorbed? | small and larg intestine |
| Are water soluble vitamines stored or depleted quickly? | Depleted quickly |
| Can water soluble vitamines be toxic? | Rarely |
| Multiple vitamine defienties are more common than what? | Single vitamine defintecies |
| How can you identify vitamin a? | by a green color |
| What does nitrogen help plants do? | Grow |
| What are diffenrt factors effecting the amount of carotene in hay. | plant maturity, species, sunlight, rain, and harvest conditions |
| What percent of carotene can be lost in storeage? | 80% |
| What % loss is there often lost in hay stored for 6 months? | 50% |
| What is colotrum? | Immunity and vitamine a produced in the first 24 hours |
| How long should a mare produce milk for a foal? | 3 months |
| What does a deficiency in vit. a cause | 1)night blindness 2)Respiratory problems 3)Abnormal hoof growth 4)bad foals |
| What vitamine are feeds generally low in? | Vitamin d |
| How can horse get all the vitamin d they need? | Beining outside for aa day |
| what can a vitamin d deficiency cause? | unsoundness problems |
| What are two reasons for vitamin E supplementation today? | Unsufficient in feed and hay, due to drying and winter |
| High levels of vitamin help help what during high levels of stress? | Immune levels |
| Vitamin k deffeciiency may be caused by what two factors? | a)Dicoumerol b)lack of green food |
| Where do they get dicoumerol? | Sweet moldy clover |
| What is vitamin k important for? | blood clotting |
| Where is thiamin synthesized in? | the cecum |
| What % of thiamin is absorbed in the cecum | 25% |
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