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VT 240
Week 2
60
Veterinary Medicine
Not Applicable
01/20/2015

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Term
Foal
Definition
Baby horse
Term
Suckling
Definition
Nursing foal
Term
Weaning
Definition
Foal no longer nursing
Term
Yearling
Definition
1 yr old
Term
Filly
Definition
From birth to 3 yrs
Term
Mare
Definition
Female 4 yrs of age and Up
Term
Broodmare
Definition
Mare used for breeding
Term
Colt
Definition
Intact male
From birth- 4 yrs
Term
Stallion/Stud
Definition
Intact male
4 yrs and up
Term
Gelding
Definition
Castrated male
Term
Barren
Definition
Mare whos been bred; not canceived
Term
Cannon Bone
Definition
Metacarpal 3 and Metatarsal 3
Term
Hook
Definition
Tarsus (Wrist)
Term
Term of measurement for the horse and is = to 4"?
Definition
Hand
Term
How is a horsed measured?
Definition
from the ground to the wither
Term
Size: Miniature
Definition
< 8.2 hands
Term
Size: Pony
Definition
10-14.2
Term
Size: Light
Definition
14.2-17.3
Term
Size: Draft
Definition
17-19.2
Term
Cold-blooded
Definition
draft breeds; easy-going; slow movers
Term
Warm-blooded
Definition
2 catefories: athletic and larger; more mellow than the hot blooded
Term
Hot-blooded
Definition
High strung; fast to react;
Term
Paints
Definition
Color
Term
Pony
Definition
Shetland Pony
Term
Light
Definition
Arabian
Term
Draft
Definition
Shire
Term
Black
Definition
w/ or w/o white markings
blue hint
Term
Grey
Definition
Born another color than fades to white
Term
White
Definition
born white
Pink muzzle, nose, and around eyes
sometimes blue eyes
Term
Heterozygous Ww is
Definition
Color trait
Term
Homozygous WW is
Definition
Lethal White/ Fatal
aborted/born stillborn
Term
APHA
Definition
The American Paint Horse Association
Term
Bay
Definition
Brown w/ 4 black points mane and tail.
Term
Chestnut
Definition
Brown w/ a yellow tinge under the sun
Term
Sorrel
Definition
Brown w/ red tinge under the sun
Term
Buckskin
Definition
Brown diluted to a yellow/tan color
Term
Palomino
Definition
blonde mane/tail
Term
Appaloosa
Definition
can be Blk, BRN, grey w/ spots on the hindquarters
Term
Roan
Definition
Varies of diluted colors with spots
Term
Fetotomy
Definition
Remove dead body in pieces form the mom
Term
What are the 3 stages of Labor?
Definition
1. Restlessness, sweating, contraction
2. Labor
3. Placenta
Term
Dystocia
Definition
Difficult Birth
Term
Which disease does a mare has to be vaccinate against because it causes abortions?
Definition
EHV-1
Term
What Vacs does a mare get 4-6 wks before breeding
Definition
EEE,WEE
Tetanus
Flu/Rhino
Nile
Rabies
Term
Common Inj, Sites
Definition
IV: Jug
IM: Butt
SQ: Axilla (arm pits)
Term
Dunn
Definition
Like Buckskin but as a dark dorsal strip
Term
Potomac Horse Fever
Definition
E. risticii
Term
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
Definition
Retroviris
Term
Strangles
Definition
Streptococcus Epi
Term
Botulism
Definition
Clostridium Botulinum
Term
Equine Protozoal Myritis (EPM)
Definition
Sarcocystis Neurona
Term
Tetanus
Definition
Clostridium Tetani
Term
WEE and EEE
Definition
Virus ( Sleeping Sickness)
Term
Rhinopneumonitis
Definition
Herpesvirus
Term
EHV-1
Definition
Pneumonia
Neurologic disease
abortion
Term
EHV-4
Definition
Pneumonia in young horses
Term
How long is a horses gestation period
Definition
340 day (11m 10d)
Term
What type of estrus
Definition
Seasonal polyestrus (long day breeders)
Term
Overo
Definition
Solid color w/ random splashes of color
Term
Tobiano
Definition
Solid color w/ white on back leaving small patches of color on side and back
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