Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The normal presentation of the foal during birth is
a. | Front Feet, heels up, followed by nose | b. | Front feet, heels down, followed by
nose | c. | nose followed by front feet, heels down | d. | nose followed by
front feet, heels down |
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While pregnant, the mares greatest nutritional needs are during the
a. | Middle third of pregnancy | c. | First half of
pregnancy | b. | Last third of pregnancy | d. | 2 days before birth |
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The heat period of the mare recurs at about
a. | 21 day intervals | c. | 18 day intervals | b. | 24 day intervals | d. | 28 day
intervals |
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The afterbirth should be expelled within
a. | 1 to 6 hours after foaling | c. | one half hour after
foaling | b. | 6 to 12 hours after foaling | d. | 12 to 24 hours after foaling |
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The colt usually reaches puberty at
a. | 24 months of age | c. | 6 to 9 months of age | b. | 5 to 6 months of age | d. | 18 months of
age |
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6.
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A stable vice caused by boredom and nervousness where the horse puts its teeth
on a stationary object, pulls his neck into an arch and swallows gulps of air is
a. | grain bolting | b. | weaving | c. | heaves | d. | cribbing |
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Symptoms including the horse lying on its side, abdominal pain and kicking of
the abdomen are an indication of
a. | Strangles | b. | colic | c. | heaves | d. | bots |
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The viral disease which is likely to occur during shipping and changing weather
conditions, is common in young horses and is spread by indirect contact is
a. | ascarids | b. | pneumonia | c. | influenza | d. | infectious
anemia |
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Worms which damage the heart, liver and blood vessels and which grow to two
inches in length are
a. | Ascarids | c. | pin worms | b. | stomach worms | d. | strongyles |
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A disease caused by improper feeding and watering, worms or fatigue is
a. | Rabies | b. | Heaves | c. | Strangles | d. | Colic |
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A bacterial disease of the lymph glands that causes swelling of the neck
is
a. | founder | b. | tetanus | c. | strangles | d. | heaves |
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Worms that are 1 to 6 inches long, white in color, causing inflammation of the
lower intestine and depositing eggs near the anus causing itching are
a. | pin worms | c. | strongyles | b. | stomach worms | d. | ascarids |
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A contagious respiratory virus causing colds in young horses and abortion in
pregnant mares which is transmitted by coughing and sneezing and dirty equipment
a. | influenza | c. | encephalomyelitis | b. | rhinopneumonitis | d. | infectious
anemia |
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Night blindness, reproductive difficulties, uneven hoof development and lack of
coordination can result from a deficiency of
a. | vitamin D | c. | vitamin A | b. | iron | d. | riboflavin |
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Soybean meal is the most widely used protein supplement in the United States. It
usually is________ protein
a. | 20 percent | b. | 35 percent | c. | 55 percent | d. | 44
percent |
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A good supplement of the B-complex vitamins would be
a. | pasture | c. | alfalfa hay | b. | brewers yeast | d. | oats |
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The feeding of dusty or moldy hay to horses may cause a condition called
a. | Night blindness | c. | heaves | b. | osteomalacia | d. | rickets |
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Fats have______ as much energy per pound as do carbohydrates.
a. | 3.5 times | c. | 2.25 times | b. | 1.5 times | d. | 4 times |
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The horse has limited bacterial action to break down the fiber found in forges
in its
a. | Cecum | c. | small intestine | b. | stomach | d. | large intestine |
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20.
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Which of the following horses is NOT considered a 3-gaited horse?
a. | American Saddlebred | c. | buckskin | b. | Morgan | d. | lipizzan |
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This horse is native to France, black or gray and used for draft purposes
a. | Morgan | c. | American Quarter Horse | b. | Belgian | d. | Percheron |
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A disease of the frog caused by unsanitary conditions is......
a. | spavin | b. | thrush | c. | quittor | d. | stringhalt |
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To determine the age of a horse at 20 years of age, one would look for
a. | galvayne’s groove all the way down | b. | galvayne’s
groove all the way down, incisors slanted and tables present | c. | missing central
incisors | d. | cups in intermediate teeth |
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The_______ is a slow restrained, three- beat gait where the two diagonal legs
are paired, thus produced a single beat which falls between the successive beats of the other
unpaired feet.
a. | rack | b. | canter | c. | pace | d. | gallop |
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25.
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A varicose vein enlargement which appears on the insides of the hock is
a. | bone spavin | c. | bog spavin | b. | blood spavin | d. | spavin |
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26.
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The height of horses is measured in hands. a hand is considered a measurement of
a. | 4 inches | b. | 6 inches | c. | 2 inches | d. | 8
inches |
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The______ is the fast, flashy, unnatural, four-beat gaited in which each foot
meets the ground separately at equal intervals.
a. | rack | b. | canter | c. | gallop | d. | pace |
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The_______is a fast, two beat gait in which the front and hind feet on the same
side start and stop at the same time.
a. | canter | b. | pace | c. | rack | d. | gallop |
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A chronic condition in which the hoof becomes soft, rings are formed and
eventually the hoof drops off is......
a. | gravel | b. | sweeney | c. | founder | d. | corns |
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30.
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A nervous injury that causes a depression in shoulder muscles is known as a
.........
a. | sweeney | c. | stringhalt | b. | spavin | d. | fistulous
withers |
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Bony growths formed on the cannon bone are.......
a. | splints | c. | quittor | b. | side bone | d. | thrush |
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32.
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This horse is the oldest of breeds, having a beautiful head, great endurance, a
tapering nose and dished face may be bay, chestnut, or gray in color.
a. | Thoroughbred | c. | Arabian | b. | Morgan | d. | American Quarter
Horse |
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33.
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What is the average length of the estrous cycle for a mare?
a. | 21 days | b. | 17 days | c. | 12 days | d. | 10
days |
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34.
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The average length of the gestation of a horse:
a. | 180 days | b. | 260 days | c. | 336 days | d. | 420
days |
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35.
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What is the normal temperature of a horse?
a. | 96.8º F | b. | 98.6º F | c. | 100.5º F | d. | 102.5º
F |
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Mares usually come in heat 7 to 10 days post foaling, this is known as:
a. | Parturition | b. | gestation | c. | foal heat | d. | diestrus |
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37.
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What grain is commonly fed to horses because of its high fiber content?
a. | corn | c. | oats | b. | sorghum | d. | all are correct |
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38.
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How can the age of a horse be determined?
a. | markings | b. | teeth | c. | color | d. | height |
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What two minerals are primarily needed for the formation of bone?
a. | copper and zinc | c. | calcium and phosphorus | b. | Magnesium and
potassium | d. | zinc and
lysine |
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40.
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Early signs of pregnancy can be determined by:
a. | palpation | c. | if the mare ceases to cycle | b. | ultrasound | d. | All of these are correct |
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41.
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A horse should not be fed_____one hour before hard work is preformed.
a. | water | b. | hay | c. | concentrates | d. | grass |
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42.
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Hay over 1 year old is usually not an adequate source of what vitamin?
a. | Vitamin D | b. | Vitamin C | c. | Vitamin B | d. | Vitamin
A |
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43.
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What is the most commonly used techniques for estimating a horses body
weight
a. | height tape | c. | forearm circumference | b. | bone
density | d. | weight tape / heart
girth tape |
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44.
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Where are the majority of nutrients absorbed in the horse?
a. | stomach | c. | large intestine | b. | small intestine | d. | Cecum |
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45.
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What is the name for the structure that allows foals to eat without interference
from the mare?
a. | stanchion feeder | c. | tie stall | b. | creep feeder | d. | all are correct |
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46.
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How many hours of light are necessary per day to bring a mare into heat prior to
normal breeding season?
a. | 10-12 hours | c. | 16 hours | b. | 20 hours | d. | 11-12 hours |
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47.
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If your horse consumed 25 pounds of hay per day and your hay cost was $5/bale
(75 pounds). What would your hay cost be for a 30 day period?
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48.
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What is the single most important factor affecting quality of a forage at
harvest?
a. | harvesting techniques | c. | plant stage of maturity | b. | plants
variety | d. | direction of the
wind |
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49.
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When a mare ovulates, but fails to show behavioral signs of estrus, what is this
referred to?
a. | heat | c. | estrus | b. | silent heat | d. | none are
correct |
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50.
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Which structures carry blood away from the heart?
a. | vessels | c. | arteries | b. | capillaries | d. | none are
correct |
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