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| Stallion semen volume per ejaculate in ml |
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| 16 hours daylight, 8 hours darknes |
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| 2 yr. old stallion will breed how many females in a breeding season? |
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Hand mating-10
Pasture mating-5 |
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| 3 yr. old stallion will mate how many females in a breeding season? |
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Hand mating-30
Pasture mating-15 |
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| 4 yr. old stallion will mate how many females in a breeding season? |
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Hand mating-35 to 40
Pasture mating-20 |
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| 5 yr. old stallion will mate how many females in a breeding season? |
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Hand mating-40 to 75
Pasture mating-20 to 25 |
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| When will a foal absorb antibodies from colostrum? |
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First 6-24 hrs.
Mares stop producing colostrum after 48 hrs. |
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| When drops of sticky, clear, or amber-colored fluid excreted prior to parturition become dried and hard, coating the ends of the teats giving them a waxy appearance. |
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| a suture closing her vulva to prevent infection |
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| The uterus begins to contract, the foal moves into place, and the cervix relaxes, completed when the water breaks |
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| Intense labor contractions that push the foal through the birth canal, complete when foal has been born |
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| Complete when placenta and fetal membranes are expelled |
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| heat occuring 6-12 days postpartum, conception rate for foal heat is only 40% |
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| Ovulation without external signs of estrous |
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| What is flushing a mare and when should it be performed? |
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| Flushing is performed 7 or 8 days after insemination or breeding and involves lavaging the microscopic embryo out of the uterus using a special sterile solution. |
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| Using hormones to make a mare come into season early |
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| How do you calculate crude proteing? |
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| What is the ratio of calcium to phosphorus? |
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| Compare legume hays to grass hays |
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Legume-higher in protein in mineral and are more palatable than grass hays
Grass-yield less per acre and are lower in protein, calcium, and vitamins, but are less likely to be moldy and dusty than legume hays |
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| List signs of good health in a horse |
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| A shiny, glossy hair coat, growth of hoof at 1/4 to 1/2 inch per month, bright and clear eyes, firm stools, pink mucous membranes |
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Toxicity ++
Colic, diarrhea, dilation of pupils, excitability, depression |
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Hypersensitivity, trembling, collapse, convulsions |
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Trembling, incoordination, diarrhea |
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Depression, colic, diarrhea, photosenstization |
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Frequent urination/defecation, tremors, gasping, convulsions |
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Nervousness, difficult breathing, incoordination, convulsions |
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Toxicity ++
Diarrhea or constipation, stupor, laminitis, appetite loss |
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Increased temperature, laminitis, swelling in legs, heart and respiratory rates increased |
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| Chokecherry/wild black cherry |
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Toxicity +++
Convulsions, frequent urination/defecation, gasping, tremors |
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Dark mucous membranes, depression, colic, red or brown urine |
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| What is the toxin produced by blister beetles? |
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| What does DE, ME, NE, and TDN stand for? |
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DE-digestible energy
ME-metabolizable energy
NE-net energy
TDN-total digestible nutrients |
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| Cu, I, Fe, Se, Co, Mn, F, Zn |
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What family is the blister beetle in?
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Where is canthardin found?
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How many days does it take to determine the sex of a foal?
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| How long before a fetal heartrate can be felt? |
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How soon after conception can you detect pregnancy?
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| What is a common name for tetanus? |
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| Spasms and rigidity 10-14 days after injury |
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| Shaker foal syndrome is a problem in young foals when mares are being fed what kind of diet? |
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| High energy, high protein |
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| infection of muscle masses by one or more clostridial bacteria |
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| Sleeping sickness is also called |
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| Who are resevoirs and the vectors for sleeping sickness? |
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| Wild animals and birds, mosquitos |
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| Swamp fever is also called |
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| EIA, equine infectious anemia (viral disease), transmitted through blood sucking insects and not being sterile |
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| encephalitis, transmitted by mosquitos, symptoms develop 3-14 days after being bitten |
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| viral disease that attacks the central nervous system, symptoms occur within two weeks, quarantine for two weeks |
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| Vesticular stomatitis causes |
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| blisters and raw ulcers under the mouth, on the tongue, teats, (virus), incubation period 2-8 days, transmitted by insects |
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