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LAM-horses
general
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |