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| How long is the Digestive system of a horse |
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| What is the capacity of the horses stomach |
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| What are some signs that a horse has problems with thier teeth |
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| horse holding head sideways, dropping grain when eating |
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| where are the large protien chains broken down |
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| compare he capacity of the horses stomach to that of a cow |
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| Where are starches, proteins and fats broken down in the small intestines |
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| Where is most of the Ca absorbed in the horse |
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| Where is bile produced in the horse |
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| How long does feed stay in the stomach |
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| When does the hindgut become functional in the foal |
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| what are some of the causes of colic |
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| eating/drinking while over heated. eating to quickly, overeating |
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| What are the 5 categories of horse feeding |
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| maintence, working horses, nursing mare, preg mare, growing horse |
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| Define maintenance feeding |
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| feed required to maintain wieght and energy |
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| what are the two primary nutritional needs of the horse |
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| how are energy needs expressed in the horses diet |
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| percent crude protien, pounds of protien in the diet |
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| how much protien and energy does the maintance diet require for a 1100 pound horse |
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| 8% crude protien, 1.4lbs protien |
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| at what rate does the fetus grow druing the last 90 days of gestation |
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| compare the nutrient requirements of the first 8 mths to that of the last 3 mths of the preg mare. |
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| during the first 8mths foal doesnt grow very much, last three months gains a pound a day |
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| what are the protein requirments for the lactating mare |
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| what are the energy requirements for the lactating mare |
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| What percent protien should a weanling and yearling ration be |
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| How much should a three and a half month old foal gain per day |
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| What are the most important minerals in a horses diet |
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| calcium, phosphorous , salt |
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| what is the Ca to P ratio |
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| what are some common sources of Ca and P |
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| how is salt generally fed to horses |
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| what are the three basic categories of feed stuffs |
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| roughages , energy, protien |
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| What are two categories of roughages |
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| list some feeds high energy |
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| what are some problems wiht fine ground feeds |
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| respiratory problems because of the dust |
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| what protien feeds are the best to fill the amino acid requirements |
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| how does fiber and energy relate in a feed |
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| the lower the fiber the higher the energy |
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| why is feeding by volume a problem |
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| horses don't require a certian volume, they require wieght |
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| what is the term used when a horse eats feces |
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| what is feces eating usually associated with |
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| not enough food --- low protien |
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| what can feed refusal indicate |
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| over fed, something wrong with food, sick horse |
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| how should hay nets be placed |
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| tie high enough so the hooves wont get caught |
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| how should feed changes be made |
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| changes should be done gradually, non working horses can be fed once a day, working horses can be fed twice a day |
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| large shallow box or rocks that are to big for the horse to swallow placed in the feeder |
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| what can be done to help the timid eater |
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| feed them in a quiet room with a deep narrow feeder |
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| how should groups of horses be fed |
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| indivdually fed if possible |
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| how can competition be reduced during feeding time |
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| seperate and feed by type (aggressive, timid) several feeders |
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| where should creep feeders be placed |
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| where the mother cant reach |
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| when should water not be available to a horse |
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| hot horse,only sips when the horse is hot |
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| what forms of salt can be fed |
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| what are horses greatest enemies |
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| boredom, lack of exercise, nutritional imbalance |
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| how can wood chewing be prevented |
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| design or modify stalls to keep wood away from the horse, chicken wire around trees |
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| how does one approach a horse |
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| left side-- directly straight to left |
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| what part of the horse can the horse not see |
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| directly in front and directly behind |
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| why would you blow in a horses nose |
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| what does rubbing under the horses eye do to a horse |
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| what side should the handler be on when working with a horse |
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| how close should you side to a horse when working on a horse |
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| minor restraint-- roll skin on neck |
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| where should a twitch be applied |
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| horse nose-- upper and lower lip |
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| grasp your hand over front of nose |
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| where does the chain go in a horses mouth |
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| underneath upper lip and above gums |
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| Describe how to puck up a leg. |
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| W/ left hand on the body of the horse, bend down and with right hand lift the leg |
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| Describe how to tie up a front leg |
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| Pick the leg up, put looped rope over pastern and over forearm |
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| loop rope over horses neck at the poll and loop through mouth can tighten to apply more restraint... very painful |
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| Device horse can be put in for restraint |
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| What are the three areas in a first aid kit? |
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| Equipment, medication, bandage material |
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| How can a plastic sleeve be used? |
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| bandage over leg of the hrosecan be used to sweat the horse's leg |
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| What are the vital signs of the horse? |
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| How are the vitals taken? |
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| Thermometer, stethoscope, watch flanks |
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| How can one tell if arterial blood is bleeding? |
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| bright red, spurts with pulse |
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| Why is pressure applied to a wound? |
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| To help stop the bleeding of the wound, creating hemostasis |
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| When using memory type of bandage howmuch stretch-ability should be used? |
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| Should be stretched to its full extent for a pressure bandage, 1/2 of it's stretch ability for regular bandages |
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| What is the problem when bandaging above the knee? |
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| Act as a funnel, larger at the top, smaller at the bottom |
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| barrier bandage w/porous material and with cotton in the middle to prevent contamination of wound |
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| What is the clear straw colored fluid when the laceration includes a joint? |
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| joint fluid or tendon sheath fluid |
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| When is pantyhose used in badnaging a wound? |
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| when bandaging a wound over the nose and head area |
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| When should irritants be used on a wound? |
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| a splint used to stabilize the fracture when you don't have any other materials |
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| Where should the splints be placed in relationship to the ground? |
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| at the baring surface of the ground |
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| What can PVC pipe be used for? |
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| What should be used to treat swollen joints? |
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| How is a sweat applied to a horse? |
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| massaged into the soft tissue then wrapped in plastic |
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| wrapped around tendon, don't pull it tightly, gives support and cools |
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| Describe how to medicate the eye of the horse? |
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| Place medication on the mucous membrane, be careful not to scrape it |
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| What are the symptoms of a horse that is over heated? |
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Brick red/purple mucous membranes
temp 108 |
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| How should a horse be cooled down? |
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| Put water on the animals body, don't pour over the back |
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| What should be done for a horse that is tying up? |
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| Keep them still, massage musles, keep them cooled down |
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| What are the symptoms of tying up? |
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| cramping in muscles, show pain, reluctance to move |
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what effect does myoglobin have on the kidney?
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| What are symptoms of colic? |
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| Rolling around, kicking at stomach |
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| Compare colic to tying up |
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| Colic decreased digestive sound, with tying up syndorve wont' have decreased gut sound |
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| What should be done for a horse that has laminitis? |
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| treat it as an emergency, call vet |
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| rare, metabollic disease, rhythmic, jerky flank along w/heartbeat. Need calcium! Calcium deficiency. |
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