Horse Husbandry

Question 1

What is a mare?

Answer 1

female after 3rd birthday

Question 2

What is a broadmare?

Answer 2

female used for breeding

Question 3

What is a stallion?

Answer 3

intact male

Question 4

What is a gelding?

Answer 4

castrated male of any age

Question 5

What is a foal?

Answer 5

young horse, from birth to weaning

Question 6

What is a weanling?

Answer 6

young horse from weaning to 1st birthday

Question 7

What is a yearling?

Answer 7

a horse 1 - 1 1/2 years old

Question 8

What is a colt?

Answer 8

intact male between 2-3 years of age

Question 9

What is a filly?

Answer 9

female between 2-3 years of age

Question 10

What is a horse’s normal temperature?

Answer 10

99F-101.5F

Question 11

What is an adult horse’s normal heartrate?

Answer 11

28-44bpm

Question 12

What is an athletic horse’s normal heartrate?

Answer 12

<28bpm

Question 13

What is a foals normal heartrate at birth?

Answer 13

60-80bpm

Question 14

What is a foals normal heartrate the first two weeks?

Answer 14

70-100bpm

Question 15

What is a horse’s normal respiration rate?

Answer 15

6-12 bpm

Question 16

What is the deciduous dental formula?

Answer 16

2(I3/3 C0/0 PM 3/3) = 24 teeth

Question 17

What is the permanent dental formula?

Answer 17

2(I3/3 C0-1/0-1 PM3-4/3-4 M3/3) = 36, 38, 40, 42 teeth

Question 18

What is the flehman response?

Answer 18

to get better exposure to be able to smell things better, such as pheromones

Question 19

Horses are known as _____________.

Answer 19

hindgut fermenters

Question 20

Horses can’t _______.

Answer 20

vomit

Question 21

How do horses digest fiber?

Answer 21

use microbial fermentation in the large intestines and secum

Question 22

How long does it take food to go through a horse’s GI tract?

Answer 22

36-72 hours

Question 23

Horses have no ___________.

Answer 23

gallbladder

Question 24

What is roughage?

Answer 24

hay

Question 25

Why should you avoid straw/corn stalks?

Answer 25

poor nutrition and causes compaction

Question 26

Why should you avoid sweet clover?

Answer 26

lead to toxicity/hemorrhage

Question 27

Why should you avoid fescue grass that contains fungus?

Answer 27

lameness, poor weight gain, increased TPR

Question 28

What are concentrates?

Answer 28

oats, corn, wheat, barley

Question 29

Why should you use concentrates?

Answer 29

used to increase caloric intake for working, racing, growing, or pregnant horses

Question 30

What scale is used for body condition score?

Answer 30

0-5 (0 = very poor, 5 = very fat)