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Vet 2
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7th Grade
12/13/2011

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Albino

 

Definition
Animal with no pigment in hair, skin, or eyes.
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Bald Face
Definition
A white face, including the eyes and the nostrils.
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Barren Mare
Definition
A sterile mare, or one not able to reproduce.
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Bay
Definition
Reddish coat with a black mane and tail.
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Blaze
Definition
A broad white marking covering almost all the forehead but not including the eyes or nostrils.
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Brood Mare
Definition
Mares used for raising young.
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Chestnut
Definition
Hair color from gold to red; mane and tail are the same color.
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Colt
Definition
A young stallion.
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Dun
Definition
Bay or chestnut with black mane and tail, and a dark stripe on the dorsal midline.
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Equine
Definition
A term referring to all the members of the horse family; including horses, zebras, and asses.
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Filly
Definition
A young female horse under two years.
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Foal
Definition
A colt or fily under one year.
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Foaling
Definition
The act of giving birth in horses; parturition.
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Gelding
Definition
A male horse castrated before he is three years old.
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Gray
Definition
A color that has equal numbers of black and white hairs, with the number of white hairs increasing with age.
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Hand
Definition
Unit for measuring a horse's height from the ground to the top of the withers; 4 inches.
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Hinny
Definition
The offspring from a stallion and a jennet.
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Isabella
Definition
Golden to red color with a flaxen or silver mane and tail.
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Jack
Definition
A male ass
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Jennet (Jenny)
Definition
A female ass
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Mare
Definition
The adult female horse.
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Mule
Definition
The offspring from a cross of a jack and a mare
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Near side
Definition
Left side of a horse.
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Offside
Definition
The right side of a horse.
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Pinto or paint hair
Definition
Color pattern in which irregular white areas are mixed with areas of any other color.
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Roached
Definition
To cut the mane short and tapered, so it will stand up straight.
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Roan
Definition
A color that is a mixture of white with some other color such as chestnut, red, or black.
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Ship
Definition
A white mark between the nostrils or on the lip.
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Star
Definition
Any white mark on a horse's forehead located above an imaginary line running from eye to eye.
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Stocking
Definition
White hair extending from knee to hoof.
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Stripe
Definition
A narrow, white marking that extends from about the line of the eyes to the nostrils.
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Swayback
Definition
A concave curvature of the back between the withers and the hipbones.
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Weaning
Definition
A weaned foal.
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