Quiz: Amazing and Bizarre Facts About Horses!

1. Mares in good body condition will have a

Colt foal

A filly foal

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3. Which three behaviours can possible cause colic

Wood chewing, wind sucking, and weaving

Crib biting, wind sucking and wood chewing

Wind sucking, wood chewing, and self-mutilation

4. Juveniles leave the band at what age?

1 year

1.5 years

2 years

2.5 years

3 years

5. Bachelor bands are not any less hierarchical then family bands.

True

False

6. Musculoskeletal injuries occur more often in 5 year old TB's compared to young horses, and in the summer as compared to the winter

True

False

7. Family bands are made up of

1 or 2 stallions

3- 20 mares

Less than 3 mares

Yearlings

Foals

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8. You should not use a twitch on what part of the horse?

Nose

Ear

Neck

9. Which of the following is NOT a common welfare issue with horses?

Daily management- time

Laminitis

Fat horses

Hungry horses

Vaccinations

Old horses

10. Bands are

Stable

Hierarchical

Short term relationships

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11. Which of the following are the six basic ground moves?

Yield right from riders right leg (and opposite for yielding left)

Go forward from both legs

Turn right from right rein

Slow, stop, park from both reins

Turn left from left rein

Yield hindquarter to left from riders right leg (and opposite for yielding right)

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12. They will mates how many times a day?

2

3-5

2-4

3

13. Mares are in oestrous every

17 days

2 months

1 month

7 days

14. Which of the following are risk factors for stereotypical behaviours in horses

Social isolation

Concentrate feed

Genetics

Submissive mares' foals more susceptible

Working

Mares more susceptible than stallions

Younger more susceptible than older

Weaning time/ type

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15. Which of the following are signs of fear in the horse?

Head low

Eyes white

Snort/ nares

Ears flat

Limbs increasing speed

Elavation

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16. Match the following stereotypical behaviours with their causes:

crib-biting, or wind sucking

wood chewing

self-mutilation

weaving, circling, pacing

pawing

kicking stall

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17. Match the behavior with the treatment:

crib biting/ wind sucking

wood chewing

self-mutilation

pacing/ circling/ weaving

pawing

kicking stall

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Quiz: Amazing and Bizarre Facts About Horses!

1. Mares in good body condition will have a

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What is the ABC's of horse training?

3. Which three behaviours can possible cause colic

4. Juveniles leave the band at what age?

5. Bachelor bands are not any less hierarchical then family bands.

6. Musculoskeletal injuries occur more often in 5 year old TB's compared to young horses, and in the summer as compared to the winter

7. Family bands are made up of

8. You should not use a twitch on what part of the horse?

9. Which of the following is NOT a common welfare issue with horses?

10. Bands are

11. Which of the following are the six basic ground moves?

12. They will mates how many times a day?

13. Mares are in oestrous every

14. Which of the following are risk factors for stereotypical behaviours in horses

15. Which of the following are signs of fear in the horse?

16. Match the following stereotypical behaviours with their causes:

17. Match the behavior with the treatment: