VTT 254 Equine Anatomy & Husbandry ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Exam with accurate solutions ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Paddock is smaller than a pasture - correct answer✔✔True ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
P1 - correct answer✔✔The 1st phalanx or the Long Pastern
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P2 - correct answer✔✔The 2nd Phalanx or the Short Pastern
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P3 - correct answer✔✔The 3rd Phalanx or the Coffin Bone
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Vertebral Formula - correct answer✔✔C7, T18, L6, Coccygeal 15-21 ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
A paddock and pasture both require shelters - correct answer✔✔True
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How many acres is needed per horse, ideally? - correct answer✔✔1.5
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How high should the fence be? - correct answer✔✔4-6 ft, no barbed wire, electrical ok
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Describe Pipe corral - correct answer✔✔4-5 galvanized steel rails, larger than box stalls, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
needs a shelter, allows for direct interaction with other horses
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Describe Box stall - correct answer✔✔Combines enclosed shelter with outside run, 12x12, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
requires bedding, mucked 1-2x daily & stripped weekly, ventilated well, with no electrical
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outlets within the stall ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
, Fooling stalls - correct answer✔✔12x24 room for mother & foal, straw bedding. The mare
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is moved into the stall 1 month prior to parturition. Ideally the mare is monitored with a
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camera to decrease human interaction during birth, which is stressful for the mare.
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"Picking" - correct answer✔✔Husbandry term for removing soiled areas/ replace any soiled ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding
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"Stripping" - correct answer✔✔Husbandry term for removing all bedding and cleaning the ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
stalls completely, once weekly ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Flooring of shelter - correct answer✔✔Cement/concrete+ rubber mats+ additional ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding for comfort; or dirt/packed clay +/- mats ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Walls - correct answer✔✔Wood or concrete
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Equipment for mucking - correct answer✔✔Wheelbarrow, shovel, manure fork, rake, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding, scrub brush, disinfectant, broom bucket, feed manger tub, and hay net ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Daily cleaning - correct answer✔✔Lead horse out of the stall. Remove large piles of
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manure, sift bedding for remaining manure. Remove wet bedding and replace. Clean, refill
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or replace water buckets. Replace horse to stall.
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Wood shaving - correct answer✔✔Hard and soft wood mixed
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Straw - correct answer✔✔Oat and wheat ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Shaving pros - correct answer✔✔Less dusty, good cushion effect, good absorbency, less
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likely to eat ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Exam with accurate solutions ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Paddock is smaller than a pasture - correct answer✔✔True ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
P1 - correct answer✔✔The 1st phalanx or the Long Pastern
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P2 - correct answer✔✔The 2nd Phalanx or the Short Pastern
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P3 - correct answer✔✔The 3rd Phalanx or the Coffin Bone
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Vertebral Formula - correct answer✔✔C7, T18, L6, Coccygeal 15-21 ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
A paddock and pasture both require shelters - correct answer✔✔True
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How many acres is needed per horse, ideally? - correct answer✔✔1.5
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How high should the fence be? - correct answer✔✔4-6 ft, no barbed wire, electrical ok
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Describe Pipe corral - correct answer✔✔4-5 galvanized steel rails, larger than box stalls, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
needs a shelter, allows for direct interaction with other horses
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Describe Box stall - correct answer✔✔Combines enclosed shelter with outside run, 12x12, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
requires bedding, mucked 1-2x daily & stripped weekly, ventilated well, with no electrical
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outlets within the stall ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
, Fooling stalls - correct answer✔✔12x24 room for mother & foal, straw bedding. The mare
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is moved into the stall 1 month prior to parturition. Ideally the mare is monitored with a
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camera to decrease human interaction during birth, which is stressful for the mare.
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"Picking" - correct answer✔✔Husbandry term for removing soiled areas/ replace any soiled ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding
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"Stripping" - correct answer✔✔Husbandry term for removing all bedding and cleaning the ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
stalls completely, once weekly ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Flooring of shelter - correct answer✔✔Cement/concrete+ rubber mats+ additional ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding for comfort; or dirt/packed clay +/- mats ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Walls - correct answer✔✔Wood or concrete
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Equipment for mucking - correct answer✔✔Wheelbarrow, shovel, manure fork, rake, ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
bedding, scrub brush, disinfectant, broom bucket, feed manger tub, and hay net ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Daily cleaning - correct answer✔✔Lead horse out of the stall. Remove large piles of
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manure, sift bedding for remaining manure. Remove wet bedding and replace. Clean, refill
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or replace water buckets. Replace horse to stall.
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Wood shaving - correct answer✔✔Hard and soft wood mixed
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Straw - correct answer✔✔Oat and wheat ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Shaving pros - correct answer✔✔Less dusty, good cushion effect, good absorbency, less
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likely to eat ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
