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Where is the hoof wall the thinnest?
Quarters
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What is meant by malalignment of teeth?
Improperly positioned teeth
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A pain originating from or referable to the gastrointestinal tract is called what?
colic
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Adult bot flies are most active when?
July until frost
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What is the most common name for ascarids?
Large roundworms
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Born dark, black-brown, brown or mouse-gray, what breed of horse turns white somewhere between the ages of 6 and 10?
Lippizzan
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In the horse world, what do the initials U.S.D.F. stand for?
United States Dressage Federation
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What is a mare called that has never been bred and usually 2 or 3 years old?
Maiden mare
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Hay baled with too high moisture content without preservatives will generally do what?
Mold and/or get hot
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The most common legume fed as hay to horses is what?
Alfalfa
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Why is a pig eye not desirable?
The horse has limited vision and is typically more difficult to train.
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At what stage of growth are the horses hooves growing at the highest rate?
Foals
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Feeding extra (what) helps any horse generate more body heat to stay warm?
Hay
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Under normal conditions, how does the horse regulate its temperature?
Sweating
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How many cheek teeth do horses generally have?
Six on each side of each jaw on each side or 24
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What is often the only way to determine if back lower molars have hooks?
Palpation ( to examine by touch )
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The American Miniature is a height breed and can measure no more than how many inches in height at maturity?
34 inches
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The Lipizzan has become world famous because of its connection with what?
Spanish Riding School of Vienna
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The foregut of the horse includes what?
Mouth, esophagus, stomach and small intestine
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A green color of hay would indicate that high levels of what fat-soluble vitamin is present?
Vitamin A
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Name the processing method where ground feeds are forced through a die under pressure and steam heat.
Extrusion (extruded feeds)
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What happens to the "angle of incidence" as a horse ages?
Becomes less
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What must be taken into consideration when fitting shoes to the horse's foot?
Functions and movement of the foot
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What management practice is needed if a horse passes large particles of hay or unchewed kernels of grain in the manure?
Teeth need to be floated
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A distinct red color in the urine is a sign of what?
Bleeding in the urinary tract
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The entire life cycle from egg to adult of a bot fly is what?
A year
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What may happen to a horse if a horse consumed blister beetles while eating?
Become sick and possible die
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What Indian tribe became one of the primary methods of spreading the Spanish horses across the west?
Apache
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Dales ponies are native to England and were bred specifically for what use?
Pack ponies
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How long doesfood remain in the stomach before passing?
About 15 minutes
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On the body condition scorecard, a horse with a "poor" condition rating would have numerical condition of what?
One
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An insect that contaminates alfalfa hay is commonly called what?
A blister beetle
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When examining the horse's mouth, what are two defects to be aware of?
- Parrot mouth (overshot muzzle)
- Monkey mouth (undershot muzzle)
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What is defined as a mechanical technique to align and support the horse's stance or to change the timing of its gait?
Corrective shoeing
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If the middle incisors of the upper jaw are so far forward that they do not contact the incisors of the lower jaw, this horse is said to be what?
Parrot-mouthed
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Hyperthermia is a term used to indicate what condition of a horse?
Overheating
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What type of open wounds have torn rather than cut eges, may be irregular in shape and result in tags or flaps of skin?
Lacerations or tears
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How often should young (less than 1 year of age) horses be dewormed to control ascrids?
Every 2 months throug the first year of life?
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What father of an American Breed started life as a small rough coated colt known as "Figure"?
Justin Morgan
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What breed of horse is registered in the United States Trotting Association?
Standard bred
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