Colors & Markings
First Aid & Vital Signs
The Foot
100

body color ranging from tan to red, to reddish brown with black points; black mane/tail and lower legs

Bay

100

healthy gums should be ______ in color

Pink

100

The _______ is used to clean their hooves

Hoof Pick

200

a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction then the rest of the hair

Cowlick

200

The equine temperature range is...

99.0 to 101.5

200

The ________ is the outer layer of the foot

Wall

300

Very broad blaze extending from forehead to the eyes, nose, and parts of muzzle

Bald Face

300

Broken limb bones used to be considered a ___________

Death Sentence

300

These are the three weight bearing structures of the hoof

Wall, Bar & Frog

400

Any marking , usually vertical between nostrils

Snip

400

If pressure is applied to gums, color should return within ________ seconds

Two

400

The ______ layer of the wall contains the pigment.

Second

500

Body Color reddish or copper-red; mane and tail usually same color as body, but nay be flaxen

Sorrel

500

Infection is present when temperature is above ______

103o

500

All foot structures are ________ and _________

Springy and Yeilding