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LAM-horses
general
Question | Answer |
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mature male (over 5 yrs) | stallion |
mature female (over 5 yrs) | mare |
newborn | foal |
young male | colt |
young female | filly |
castrated male | gelding |
Light horse | conformation suited for riding Pleasure, hunter, stock, sport, show, racing |
Heavy Horse | draft breeds used for harness and heavy pulling |
hot blooded | desert origin (Arabian) |
cold blooded | Northern european origin (draft horses) |
Warm blooded | cross between a hot and cold blooded |
Pony | smaller type of horse with proportions different than a full size horse legs are shorter than girth distance from withers to ground is less than body length |
miniature | a smaller version of full size horse with same proportions as full size horse |
donkey | 62 chromosomes grey color/long ears/"bray"(not whinny) |
female donkey | jenny |
male donkey | jack |
burro | spanish for donkey |
mule | mare x jack=63 chromosomes (sterile) |
hinny | stallion x jenny=63 chromosomes (sterile) |
farrier | black smith/horseshoer |
hand | 4" |
grade | non-registered horse |
near side | lift side of horse approach and mount horse from left side |
far side | right side of horse |
temp | 99-101.5 |
pulse | 28-44 |
resp | 6-16 |
borborygmi | 2 per minute |