Equine diseases
What disease is characterized by inflammation of the navicular bone and the surrounding tissues of the hoof?
Navicular Disease
What horse color consists of brown with black tail, mane, and legs?
Bay
What’s the thing you put in your horse mouth?
The bit
This is the term for when a horse grabs a rail with its teeth and gulps air?
Cribbing
How many ribs does a horse have? (Excluding arabians)
36
What is one of the main symptoms of EPM?
Stumbling and weakness
What horse color features a reddish-brown body with a matching or lighter mane and tail?
Chestnut
What are the stirrups attached to?
Stirrup leathers
Why do horses freeze before bolting in some situations?
To assess danger
How many teeth does an adult stallion have? (Can be a range)
40-44
What disease is characterized by a hormonal disorder commonly found in older horses, and has an overactivity of the pituitary gland
Cushings Disease
What horse color has a golden or tan body with a black mane tail and legs?
Buckskin
What’s the thing that goes across the chest of a horse and offer attaches to the saddle?
Chest plate
Why do horses often imitate the emotional state of their handler?
They read body language for safety cues
What is the part of a horse called that sits on the top of the tail?
Dock
What are the symptoms of strangles disease?
fever, depression, loss of appetite, difficulty swallowing, coughing, nasal discharge, swollen and painful lymph nodes
What horse color has a chestnut base with white hairs mixed in, creating a pinkish hue, and the head, tail, mane, and lower legs typically remain solid colors?
Strawberry roan
What is the western word for the girth
Cinch
What is resource guarding behavior?
Guarding of their food/water
What is the V shaped pad on the bottom of a horse's hoof called?
Frog
What is the most common disease in horses
Colic
What horse color has a black body with white hairs evenly mixed throughout its body, creating a distinctive blue or steel-grey appearance, while its head, tail, mane, and lower legs remain solid black?
What is the thing that the stirrups and stirrups leathers attach to?
Stirrup bar
What is the flehman response and why do they do it?
Curling of the upper lip to better analyze odors
What is the part of a horse called that sits between their hock and stifle called?
Gaskin