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1 | |
The horse was domesticated about how many years ago? |
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| | A) | 2,500 |
| | B) | 5,000 |
| | C) | 7,500 |
| | D) | 9,000 |
| | E) | 12,000 |
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2 | |
Which compound obtained from the urine of pregnant mares is utilized in hormone replacement therapy in women? |
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| | A) | progesterone |
| | B) | insulin |
| | C) | oxytocin |
| | D) | estrogen |
| | E) | prolactin |
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3 | |
The height of a horse is measured in "hands". What is the actual value of a "hand" in inches? |
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| | A) | 2 |
| | B) | 4 |
| | C) | 6 |
| | D) | 8 |
| | E) | 12 |
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4 | |
Which of the following is a typical "cold blood" breed of horses? |
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| | A) | American Quarter Horse |
| | B) | Arabian |
| | C) | Shetland Pony |
| | D) | Thoroughbred |
| | E) | Clydesdale |
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5 | |
Horses have four natural gaits. They are walk, trot, lope, and what other gait? |
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| | A) | canter |
| | B) | gallop |
| | C) | pace |
| | D) | spring |
| | E) | fox trot |
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6 | |
Which horse color refers to a red shade of chestnut with body, mane and tail being essentially the same color? |
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| | A) | bay |
| | B) | palomino |
| | C) | sorrel |
| | D) | buckskin |
| | E) | roan |
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7 | |
The true albino genetic condition in the horse is believed to be which of the following? |
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| | A) | lethal |
| | B) | found in about 25 percent of Palomino horses |
| | C) | nonexistent |
| | D) | masked by the dominant gene for overo color pattern |
| | E) | only found in the subspecies Equus caballus przewalski |
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8 | |
A white color pattern that extends around the leg from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone is generally described as what marking? |
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| | A) | strip |
| | B) | blaze |
| | C) | coronet |
| | D) | sock |
| | E) | snip |
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9 | |
The most common breeding and foaling times for horses are in what season? |
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| | A) | spring |
| | B) | summer |
| | C) | fall |
| | D) | winter |
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10 | |
Fillies to be used as broodmares are generally not bred for the first time until about what age? |
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| | A) | one year |
| | B) | two years |
| | C) | three years |
| | D) | four years |
| | E) | five years |
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11 | |
Gestation length in mares is about how many days? |
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| | A) | 150 |
| | B) | 277 |
| | C) | 340 |
| | D) | 395 |
| | E) | 454 |
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12 | |
What common disorder in horses is often related to impacted stomach or intestine causing pain in the abdomen? |
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| | A) | croup |
| | B) | colic |
| | C) | dystocia |
| | D) | metritis |
| | E) | navel ill |
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13 | |
Overfeeding of concentrate can cause colic and what other related overeating disease in horses? |
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| | A) | concentrate fever |
| | B) | bloat |
| | C) | founder |
| | D) | navel ill |
| | E) | joint ill |
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14 | |
Working horses have a much higher need for what dietary nutrient when compared to the needs of idle horses? |
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| | A) | iodine |
| | B) | copper |
| | C) | iron |
| | D) | Vitamin C |
| | E) | salt |
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15 | |
Which of the following nutrients are synthesized in the large intestine of the horse? |
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| | A) | vitamin C |
| | B) | vitamin D |
| | C) | vitamin A |
| | D) | B-vitamins |
| | E) | thiaminase |
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16 | |
Horses are susceptible to rabies. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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17 | |
"Moon blindness" in horses is caused primarily by deficiency in dietary iron. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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18 | |
Most horse owners castrate male foals between one and two months of age. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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19 | |
Colostrum consumption is just as important to foal survival as it is to piglet or calf survival. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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20 | |
Prehistoric horses were native to America, but vanished and did not return until 1519 when Cortes invaded Mexico. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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