Brushes
What brush is #4?
Hoof Pick
Name bit #1
O ring Snaffle
Name 3 symptoms of colic (name 4 for extra 50 points!)
Quarter Horse
USA!!!
Fact! - Quarter horses were first found in 1660 and they are a mix of English Thoroughbreds and native horses.
What brush is #5?
Mane and Tail Brush, Hair Brush,
Name bit #2
Full cheek snaffle
West Nile Virus
Andalusian
Spain
Fact! - The Andalusian has been recognized as a distinct breed since the 15th century, and its conformation has changed very little over the centuries.
What brush is #3?
Hard Brush, Stiff Brush
Name bit #3
Myler, Shank
Name 1 symptoms of Tetanus (“Lockjaw”)
The tail is often held out straight and the horse develops an anxious expression because of facial muscle spasm. Any stimulus such as loud sound, bright light or touch can exacerbate the signs. The horse may sweat. In advanced cases the horse will collapse with spasms, convulsions and death from respiratory failure.
Fact! - There may be a delay of 1 to 3 weeks after infection, before symptoms of tetanus appear. More commonly, symptoms will appear after 9 or 10 days. Tetanus attacks the horse's central nervous system.
Gypsy Vanner
Ireland, United Kingdom
Fact! - Originally bred to pull the Gypsy wagon, these horse are now being used in all disciplines. You will see them pulling carts and carriages, ridden in the dressage ring, as well as over fences and as western pleasure horses
What brush is #5?
Curry, Metal Curry, Curry Comb
Name image #4
Bosal, Hackamore
Name 2 symptoms of Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIA)
The clinical signs in a horse vary and may be an acute form of the disease or a more chronic form. The acute form can be seen as a sudden high fever, lethargy, anemia, and low blood platelets. The chronic form presents as an intermittent fever, weight loss, edema in the legs and lower abdomen, and anemia.
Fact - in order to cross most boarders you must have a EIA or Coggins test that comes back negative. Coggins tests are considered valid for a year after the test date.
Paso Fino
Colombia, Puerto Rico
Fact! - Standard Paso Fino colors include bay, horses with a brown body and black points on the legs, mane and tail; chestnut, various shades of red; and brown, which often appears black except for brown shades on the muzzle, inner thigh and flanks; as well as a true black.
What are 2 names for Brush is #2?
Soft brush, Face Brush, Body brush
Name the 3 types of reins
(image 1,2,3,4)
1) Connected, looped, roping
2) Rawhide, Romel
3) Split
4) Mecate
Name 2 symptoms of Streptococcus equi (“Strangles”)
Depression, Loss of appetite/ Difficulty eating, Raised temperature, Cough, Nasal discharge, often thick and yellow (purulent or pus like), Swollen lymph nodes (glands) around the throat, Drainage of pus from the lymph nodes around the jaw
Fact! - The lymph nodes rupture at 7 to 10 days after the onset of signs. Ruptured lymph nodes drain a white to yellow pus for several days. A soft moist cough may be heard in some horses.
Akhal Teke
Turkmenistan
Fact! - While you don't usually see this with domestic animals, the Akhal-Teke is a threatened breed on the Conservancy's Conservation Priority List (CPL). Part of this is due to the political and economical turmoil that took place in Soviet Russia. The breeding barns that men established in the late 1800s gradually shut down.