ANSC 1401 Exam Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified

ANSC 1401 Exam Questions with Correct
Answers 100% Verified

Horse Breeds with Color Requirement several genes determine coat colors don't breed true
b/c complex inheritance

American Paint, Pinto, Appaloosa, Palomino, Buckskin



American Paint Horse Foal -could be a quarter horse with too much white

-must have one spot above knee larger than a silver dollar



American Paint Horse -Parents must be paint, quarter horse or thoroughbred breeds




Tobiano white crosses the back between the withers and tailhead




Overo - Usually white will not

cross the back of the

horse between withers

and tail.

- Generally dark legs.

- Color is irregular,

scattered or splashy.

- Often loud head

, markings, for example, a

bald face.

- May be predominantly

dark or white.

- Tail is usually one color.



Tovero - Combination of tobiano

and overo characteristics.

- Dark pigment around ears.

- One or both eyes are

"glass" or blue eyes.

- Dark pigment around the

mouth.

- Usually have chest spots,

flank spots and spots

around the base of the tail.



Pinto more open book, no appaloosa or draft blood allowed similar to paint horse




Appaloosa developed by the New Perce Indians

req: white sclera, mottles skin, irregular spots, hooves striped vertically