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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | The scientific name for a horse is | a. | Bovine | b. | Equis | c. | Equine | d. | Cainine | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2. | _________ is a condition were the upper jaw extends over the lower jaw. | a. | Monkey mouth | b. | Forged mouth | c. | Dog jaw | d. | Parrot mouth | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3. | __________is a lateral gait that is slower and more broken in cadence. | a. | Amble | b. | Trot | c. | Pace | d. | Hack | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4. | A horse with a full mouth, cups in all incisors is how old? | a. | 15 years | b. | 10 years | c. | 5 years | d. | 4 years | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | The following are all internal parasites except | a. | Strongyles | b. | Ascarids | c. | Round Worm | d. | All of these | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6. | The following is the normal respiration rate for horses: | a. | 8-16 min. | b. | 3-15 min | c. | 4-12 min | d. | 9-20 min | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7. | The normal temperature for a horse is: | a. | 95.9-99.0F | b. | 89.5 - 90.6 F | c. | 99.0 - 100.8 F | d. | 105 - 109 F | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 8. | What causes the horse to grow a winter coat? | a. | Day light length | c. | Snow falling | | b. | Temperature outside | d. | Regular cycle in the animal not influenced by outside features. | | | | | | |
| | 9. | Moldy hay can cause which of the following? | a. | Rhino | b. | Hypp | c. | Tetanus | d. | Heaves | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10. | Upper respiratory diseases are more prevalent and more severe during the winter months because of: | a. | The increase in parasites | c. | Stress placed on the horses immune system by weather | | b. | The decrease in parasites | d. | The fact that the hair growth is long | | | | | | |
| | 11. | _________ are most significant and most common of all the equine’s internal parasites. | a. | Ascarids | b. | Pinworms | c. | Stomach worms | d. | Stongyles | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | ______________pastures helps break up manure deposits and exposes larvae to existing climate conditions. | a. | Mowing and Harrowing | c. | Disking and Harrowing | | b. | Clipping and Dragging | d. | Dragging and Disking | | | | | | |
| | 13. | _________ pastures help break up manure deposits and exposes larvae to existing climate conditions. | a. | Mowing and Harrowing | c. | Disking and Harrowing | | b. | Clipping and Dragging | d. | Dragging and Disking | | | | | | |
| | 14. | Horses should be vaccinated against tetanus using: | a. | Tetanus Antitoxin | c. | Tetanus Mulase | | b. | Tetanus Dioxide | d. | Tetanus Toxoid | | | | | | |
| | 15. | Broodmares should be vaccinated at what intervals of gestation for rhino prevention in foals? | a. | 4th,6th, and 9th month gestation | c. | 5th,8th, and 12th month gestation | | b. | 2nd, 5th, and 11th month gestation | d. | 5th,7th, and 9th month gestation | | | | | | |
| | 16. | One year of the horses life is equal to____ years of a humans life. |
| | 17. | _______ is a pus pocket or an infection of the sensitive structures of the foot | a. | Corn | c. | Sole bruise | | b. | Abscess | d. | Hernia | | | | | | |
| | 18. | All of the following are tools used to care for the hooves of horses except: | a. | hoof nippers | c. | driving hammer | | b. | clinch cutter | d. | All are tools used for hoof care | | | | | | |
| | 19. | One of the earliest signs of Streptocuccus equi(strangles) is: | a. | Fever | c. | Loss of Appetite | | b. | Depression | d. | All are early signs | | | | | | |
| | 20. | Hay should be free of what? | a. | dust | c. | grass | | b. | leaves | d. | green color | | | | | | |
| | 21. | The nutritional requirements during a mare’s first eight months of pregnancy are the ______ as a mature idle horse | a. | same | c. | decreased | | b. | increased | d. | can’t be determined | | | | | | |
| | 22. | __________ is a hormone that aids in the let down of milk in the teats. | a. | Estrogen | c. | LH | | b. | Progesterone | d. | Oxytocin | | | | | | |
| | 23. | Conception rates are the highest when mares are bred_____ days prior to ovulation. | a. | 1-2 days | b. | 3-4 days | c. | 1 - 2 hours | d. | 3 - 5 days | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 24. | When bringing a mare into heat using lighting you should use___hours of light to___ hours of darkness. | a. | 16, 18 | c. | 12, 12 | | b. | 8, 16 | d. | 15, 9 | | | | | | |
| | 25. | A _______ watt incandescent bulb provides adequate light in the average stall. | a. | 400 | b. | 600 | c. | 200 | d. | 500 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 26. | If a homozygous recessive mare is crossed with a homozygous dominant stallion the foal will: | a. | exhibit the dominant trait | c. | show both traits | | b. | exhibit the recessive trait | d. | exhibit the dominant trait , but carry the recessive trait. | | | | | | |
| | 27. | The following breed was the result of a cross between a half arabian stallion and a norwegian mountain mare. | a. | Morgan | c. | Haflinger | | b. | Aandalusian | d. | trakehner | | | | | | |
| | 28. | The average horse produces____________ tons of manure per 1000 lbs. per year. |
| | 29. | A mare is interested in the stallion as demonstrated through facial expressioin, tail raising,flexion of pelvis(posturing), winking and urination. Which of the following is the best option in trying to insure the mare is bred? | a. | a hand mate the stallioin and mare today and every other day for the next three days or until the mare is out of heat | | b. | wait 5 days the hand mate the sare and stallion | | c. | give the mare a shot to make her cycle | | d. | dont worry about breeding you have at lease a week before she ovulates | | | | |
| | 30. | A foal at birth normally weighs __________ percent of the mares body wieght. | a. | 9-10 | b. | 12-14 | c. | 18-20 | d. | 6-8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 31. | Foaling on average takes how long? | a. | 50-60 min | b. | 10-20 min | c. | 20-30 min | d. | 40-50 min | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 32. | A swollen, fereish udder is an indication that ______________ | a. | a foal has not nursed | c. | the mare needs a shot of banimean | | b. | the mare has not let milk down | d. | the foal is scouring | | | | | | |
| | 33. | During what stage of the foaling process is the uterus shurnk and the placenta expelled normally without assistance? | a. | stage 1 | c. | stage 3 | | b. | stage 2 | d. | stage 4 | | | | | | |
| | 34. | On average mares normally foal at what time? | a. | 12:00 am- 1:00 pm | c. | 7:00 pm- 7:00 am | | b. | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | d. | 9:00 am-10:00 am | | | | | | |
| | 35. | ______________ is a mare that has never ben bred. | a. | brood mare | c. | nurse mare | | b. | maden mare | d. | carrier mare | | | | | | |
| | 36. | ________ is an intact male over the age of two years. | a. | gelding | c. | foal | | b. | colt | d. | stallion | | | | | | |
| | 37. | The three steps to use artifical insem ination in order are: | a. | evaluation, collection, and insemination | c. | collection, evaluation, and insemination | | b. | insemination, collection, and evaluation | d. | collection, insemination, and evaluation | | | | | | |
| | 38. | ______ is female horse under the age of two year old. | a. | filly | c. | colt | | b. | mare | d. | gelding | | | | | | |
| | 39. | ______ is an animal with one or both testes undescended into | a. | gelding | c. | cryptorchids | | b. | stallion | d. | colt | | | | | | |
| | 40. | when training a foal lessons should be about how long? | a. | 30-40 min | c. | 15-30 min | | b. | 5-50 min | d. | 45-60 min | | | | | | |
| | 41. | _______ is when the offspring of a certain mating are especially outstanding and in general better than their parents. | a. | purebreeding | c. | closebreeding | | b. | nicking | d. | linebreeding | | | | | | |
| | 42. | Which of the following is not a type of horse shoe nail? | a. | town | c. | regualr | | b. | frosthead | d. | city | | | | | | |
| | 43. | The foward seat is also known as the _____ seat. | a. | American hunter | c. | saddle | | b. | western | d. | english | | | | | | |
| | 44. | A _________ horse is any hors whose coat carries white hairs intermingled with one or more bare colors. | a. | pinto | c. | roan | | b. | paint | d. | palomino | | | | | | |
| | 45. | Oats mormally weigh ___ lbs. per bushel. |
| | 46. | Fillies generally start coming in heat when they are at what age? | a. | 12-15 years | c. | 2-2.5 years | | b. | 1.7-1.9 years | d. | 12-15 months | | | | | | |
| | 47. | Which of the following is not a function of feed? | a. | maintenance | c. | reproduction | | b. | growth | d. | none of these | | | | | | |
| | 48. | ___________is a hormone that stimulates growth if the follicle. | a. | LH | c. | GnRH | | b. | FSH | d. | CL | | | | | | |
| | 49. | __________ has the highest heritability average | a. | body length | c. | pulling power | | b. | wither height | d. | cow sense | | | | | | |
| | 50. | ________is a relatively low heritablity average | a. | movement | c. | pulling power | | b. | troting speed | d. | reproductive traits | | | | | | |