Parasites
The names of the 2 major groups of parasites.
What are internal and external parasites?
A horse with a dark brown body and black points (mane, tail, and black on the lower legs).
What is bay?
Which breed would be expected to provide the softest, most comfortable ride: a pacing standardbred or Paso Fino?
What is a Paso Fino?
When feeding outside and being mindful to minimize internal parasites, this one of these 2 methods is recommended: Feeding hay On the ground or in a feeder off the ground.
What is in a feeder off the ground?
This is what a coggins test, tests for.
What is EIA - Equine Infectious Anemia?
Flies and mosquitoes are examples of this type of parasite.
What is external?
This color is a light to golden yellow color. They also have a color registry for this color.
What is palomino.
This breed is often used in ranch work, but it's versatility can find it in any event. They are an American breed and are known for the ability to sprint short distances the fastest.
What is the American Quarter Horse.
If you were looking at a concentrate feed bag, what term would be used to label the level of "lipids"?
What are fats?
This describes a preventative injection of bacteria or virus that have been modified or inactivated to immunize a horse against a certain diseases.
What are vaccinations?
The 4 stages of the life cycle of a fly.
What are egg, larva, pupae, adult?
A horse with a light brown body, black mane and tail, and black points.
What is buckskin.
Maximum height a pony can be before it can no longer be considered a pony.
The most important nutrient horses can't live without.
What is water?
This is what EAV stands for.
What is Equine Arteritis Virus.
What do male and female stable flies eat?
What is blood?
Name two color patterns of the paint horse?
What are tobiano, overo, tovero.
3 horse registries that have color patterns or specific color requirements for registration. (Breed and color registries)
What are Palomino, Buckskin, American Cream, Appaloosa, and Paint?
Hay is categorized into these two categories
What are grass hays and legumes. (Grass hays - timothy, bermudagrass, e.g and legumes - alfalfa, clover, peanut, e.g)
The oldest described horse disease?
What is strangles (streptococcus equi)?
These are the most common type of intestinal parasite in the horse.
What are strongyles?
This is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body.
What is roan.
An American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing, where members of the breed compete at either a trot or pace.
What is a Saddlebred.
These are the fat-soluble vitamins.
What are A, D, E, and K.
With the mosquito as the vector (carrier), this viral disease of birds, horses, AND humans can be fatal as it attacks the central nervous system, but a vaccine can prevent this disease.
What is West Nile Virus?