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NMS FFA Equine Science Chapter 8
Equine Science Chapter 8
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Agriculture
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03/12/2019

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What does TPR stand for?

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temperature pulse and respiration

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What is the normal temperature of a horse?

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99.5 - 101.4

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What is the normal pulse rate of a horse?

 

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60 beats per minute

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What is the normal respiration rate of a horse?
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8-16 breaths per minute

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What does digital mean?

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Of the foot

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What does CRT stand for?
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Capillary Refill Time
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What is the normal capillary refill time of a horse?
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1-3 seconds
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What color should a healthy horse's gums be?
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Medium-pink
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What is a skin-pinch test used to test?
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Dehydration
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What is the term that means to be able to be able to be spread from one animal to another through exposure to the illl animal itself.
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Contagious
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What is a vector?
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What are the 2 types of immunity?
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Passive and active

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What is passive immunity?
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Passed to offspring from the maternal parent
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What is active immunity?
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Obtained by building antibodies in response to a disease or to vaccination
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What is another name for strangles?
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Distemper
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What is another name for tetanus?
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Lockjaw
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Is there an approved vaccination for Lyme Disease?
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No
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What does EPM stand for?
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Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
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Which disease is associated with a geographic location?
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Potomac Horse Fever
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What is another name for Equine Infectious Anemia?
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Swamp Fever
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What is the test that that tests for EIA?
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Coggins Test
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What does EVA stand for?
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Equine Viral Arteritis
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What is another name for Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis?
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Sleeping Sickness
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What does WNV stand for?

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West Nile virus

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In which disease does a tumor grow on the pituitary gland?
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Equine Cushing's Disease

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What is the common name for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
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Heaves

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What is another name for founder?

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Laminitis

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What is another name for White-line Disease?

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Seedy Toe

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what are the two types of parasites?

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internal and external

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What is the life cycle of most parasites?
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Egg, larvae, pupa, adult

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What are the 5 main types of external parasites?
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Flies, lice, mites, ticks, and a fungus causing ringworm

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What is another name for Strongyles?
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Blood worms

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What is another name for ascarids?
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Roundworms
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What is biosecurity?

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Keeping biological things from being infected with agents that can cause health and disease issues
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