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Malocclusion

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Where the top and bottom teeth do not meet

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Chestnut

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Horny growths on medial surface of equine leg or a coat colour of horses

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Galvaynes groove

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Mark in labial surface of the equine tooth; usually appears around 10 years of age

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Laminitis

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Inflammation of the sensitive lamina under the horny wall os the hoof, a common sequela is founder

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Sequela

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Condition following a consequence of another condition

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Halter

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Device to lead and tie a horse

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Hobble

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Restraint for feet

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Rasp

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Used for leveling a horses foot

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Cribbing

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Vice of equine in which an object is grasped b/w the teeth, pressure is applied and air is swallowed

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Floating

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Filing off the sharp edges of equine teeth

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Twitch

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Mode of restraint in which a device is twisted on the upper lip or muzzle

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Farrier

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Person who cares for equine feet

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Hand

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Unit to measure height (= to 4 inches)

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Near side

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Left side

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Far side/off side

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Right side

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Settle

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To breed successfully

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Shod

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Equine with horseshoes

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Amble

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Lateral gait that is different from the pace by being lower and more broken in cadence

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Back

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Slowly trotting in reverse

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Beat

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Time when the foot touches the ground

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Canter

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Slow, restrained three beat gait in which two diagonal legs are paired

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Fox trot

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Slow, short, broken type of gait in which the head usually nods

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Gait

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pattern of footfalls resulting in movement

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Gallop

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Four beat gait in which the feet strike the ground separately

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Gymkhana
Racing events on horseback
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Pace
Fast two beat gait in which the front and hind feet on the same side start and stop ant the same time
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Pointing
Stride in which extension is more pronounced then flexion
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Rack
Fast, flashy, unnatural four beat gait in which each foot meets the ground separately at equal intervals
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Rolling
Excessive side to side shoulder motion
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Running walk
Slow four beat gait intermediate in speed b/w walk and run
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Stride
Distance b/w successive imprints of the same foot
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Suspension
Time in which none of the feet are in contact with the ground
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Trappy
Short, quick, choppy stride
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Trot
Natural, slow fat footed four beat gait in which each foot takes off and strikes the ground at separate intervals
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Bad mouth
Malocclusion in which the top and bottom teeth do not meet
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Bag up
Development of mammary glands or udder near parturition
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Bars
Support structure that angles forward from the hoof wall to keep it form overextending
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Bay
Coat colour that is light brown to reddish brown with a black main, tail, and legs
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Bishoping
Artificial altering of teeth of an older horse to sell is as a younger horse
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Buckskin
Coat colour is darker in colour with a black main, tail, legs
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Check ligament
1 or 2 ligaments to the digital flexors of equine
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Cracks
Hoof wall defects that form b/c the hoof is too long and not trimmed frequently enough
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Croup
Top part of equine rump
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Cups
Deep indentations of the incisors in the center of the occlusal surface in young equine
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curb
Enlargement on the caudal aspect of the hind leg below the hock
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Flehmen reaction
Response of a stallion to the scent of a female horses urine in which he extends his head and curls his lip
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lamina
Tissue that attaches hoof to the underlying foot structure
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Overo
Marking pattern for paint or pinto horses that are irregular or scattered along the body
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Quitter
Festering the foot anywhere along the border of the coronet
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Stock type
Muscular body type that is consistent with the desired body type of a working horse
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Bog spavin
Enlargement of proximal hock caused by distention of the joint capsule
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Bone spavin
Bony enlargement at the base and medial surface of the hock
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Osselets
Soft swelling on the cranial of the fetlock joint
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Poll evil
Fistula on the poll that does not heal easy
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Quitter
Festering of the foot along the border of the coronet
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Sweeney
Atrophy of the shoulder muscle
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Equine encephalomyelitis
Mosquito transmitted infectious alphaviral disease that is associated with motor irritation, paralysis, and altered consciousness
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Equine influenza
Myxovirus infection of horses also known as flu
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Equine protozoal myelitis
Protozoal infection caused by Sarcocytis neurona that causes weakness, ataxia, weight loss, seizures, and other CNS signs
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E viral arteritis
Togavirus infection of horses that is associated w upper resp disease, abortion, and lesions in small arteries
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E iral rhinopnuemotitis
Herpesvirus infection of horses that is associated with upper resp disease and abortion
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Potomac horse fever
Rickettsial bacterial disease of horses
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Strangles
Contagious bacterial disease of horses caused by Streptococcus equi
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West Nile virus
Mosquito borne viral encephalitis that entered the US in 1999
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EEE
Eastern equine encephalitis
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EIA
Equine infectious anemia
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EPM
Equine protozoal myelitis
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EVA
Equine viral arteritis
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EVR
Equine viral rhinopneumontitis
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PHF
Potomac horse fever
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WEE
Western equine encephalitis
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WNV
West Nile Virus
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VEE
Venezuelan equine encephalitis

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