1. What is the common name for the disease Borreliosis? - ✔✔Lyme Disease
2. What does the term verminous colic mean? - ✔✔Colic caused by
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3. What is the name of this disease of the foot caused by
anaerobic microorganisms and characterized by a
pungent odor? - ✔✔Thrush
4. What is the term for a low grade infection affecting the
hair follicles and skin on the back of the pastern? - ✔✔Greased heel( scratches)
5. What is the most common way to check for dehydration
in a horse? - ✔✔Skin pliability test (skin turger)
6. Your horse had a puncture wound on its leg. Now the horse has spasms in its jaw muscles, the third eye lid is across the eye and its gait is very stiff. What possible disease might the horse have? - ✔✔Tetanus
7. What is the term for the bony enlargement that occurs in the region of the pastern bones and is caused by strain on ligaments of the coffin and pastern joints? - ✔✔Ring bone
8. What is moon blindness? - ✔✔An eye disease that causes a cloudy, inflamed condition of the eye that may lead to blindness
9. What is the difference between an internal parasite and external parasite? - ✔✔Internal parasite: lives in the internal organs external parasite: lives outside the body on skin and hair
10. What is the term for a tumor that is not malignant or
recurrent? - ✔✔Benign
11. What is the term used to describe an enlargement or inflammation of the flexor tendon or sheath at the back of the front cannon? - ✔✔Bowed tendon
12. What is the definition of Bone Spavin? - ✔✔A boney enlargement that appears on the inside and front of the hock at the point where the base of the hock tapers into the cannon bone.
13. Medically speaking, what is a block and why would one be used? - ✔✔Block - Anesthetic injection used to numb certain
parts of the body
Used - detect the location of lameness and for
standing surgeries.
14. What is the most common treatment for exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) ? - ✔✔Lasix (Furosemide)
15. What are the three main goals in wound treatment? - ✔✔1. To control hemorrhage
2. To turn the contaminated wound into a
clean one
3. To promote rapid wound healing
(Also accepted Protection, Immobilization
and Prevent Infection.)
16. Consumption of Milkweed or Dogbane would be classified as what specific type of sudden death poisoning? - ✔✔Cardiac glycoside-induced sudden death (also accept cardiac sudden death)
17. What type of medication is an alcohol based substance applied to the horses legs after exercise to prevent swelling? - ✔✔Brace (Liniment)
18. What is the purpose of applying a hot poultice? - ✔✔To increase the blood supply to an area, to draw out infection as with a sole abscess or puncture wound, to encourage an abscess to open and drain (only need to give one answer)
19. What is the common or slang term for Equine Infectious Anemia? - ✔✔Swamp fever
20. What type of bacteria is the most common cause of infectious enterocolitis in adult horses and results in lethargy, anorexia, colic and diarrhea? - ✔✔Salmonella
21. What test would be indicated for a horse that is suspected of having Equine Infectious Anemia? - ✔✔Coggins test
22. What is the most common type of internal parasite in the horse? - ✔✔Strongyles
23. What is the oldest described horse disease? - ✔✔Strangles (Streptococcus equi)
24. Healthy horses usually have what body condition score? - ✔✔4 to 6 (accept anything within that range)
25. In general what does the prefix "hepato" indicate? - ✔✔Condition related to the liver
26. The ingestion of which two plants would result in the condition nigropallidal encephalomalacia? - ✔✔Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and Russian Knapweed (Centaurea repens)
27. A spavin is a disease of the hock joint. What are the four different types of spavins? - ✔✔Blind spavin (occult spavin), Bone spavin (true spavin or jack spavin), Blood spavin, Bog spavin
28. Which internal parasite larvae cause the skin lesions known as "summer sores"? - ✔✔Stomach worms (Habronema)
29. What is a blemish? - ✔✔An abnormality which may detract from the appearance of the animal, but does not affect it's serviceability
30. What is the normal temperature for a horse? - ✔✔99-101 F
31. What is the normal heart rate for a horse? - ✔✔35-45 beats per minute
32. What is the resting respiration rate for a horse? - ✔✔8-15 breaths per minute
33. What does a Coggins Test for? - ✔✔It is a blood test that can detect Equine Infectious Anemia
34. What is a blemish? - ✔✔Any mark or deformity that diminishes the beauty of the horse but does not effect its usefulness.
35. The degree of fat covering the horse's ribs and total skeleton is referred to as what? - ✔✔Body Condition
36. What is heaves? - ✔✔Heaves is a respiratory disease in horses with symptoms including forced breathing, heaving of flanks and coughing.
37. A horse that is "quidding" is said to be doing what? - ✔✔spitting out a wad of grass, hay or grain and is an indication of dental problems.
38. What is a "Jack Spavin"? - ✔✔A Jack Spavin is an exceptionally large bone spavin in the hock.
39. What is a windpuff? - ✔✔A windpuff is a fluid enlarged area above the pastern joints.
40. If your horse has Wobbles what would you expect to see when you go to visit him in his stall? - ✔✔Wobbles is a disease affecting the cervical spinal cord of horses causing in-coordination and rear leg instability. Your horse would have difficulty maintaining his balance.
41. A horse that has a skull bone that is longer then its lower jaw and his upper incisors extend beyond the lower incisors is said to be what? - ✔✔Parrot-Mouth
42. What does an anthelmintic drug do? - ✔✔It is a drug designed to reduce the number of parasitic eggs in an environment by killing adult parasites (a deworming agent) (ID; 12)
43. Name three external parasites that horses have. - ✔✔Flies, mosquitoes, lice, mange mites, ticks, ringworm (ES; 186-187)
44. What does it mean when a horse person states that a horse has "Heaves" - ✔✔Heaves is a generic term to refer to breathing difficulties in a horse. Signs include cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath. (ES; 181)
45. What is active immunity? - ✔✔The body develops antibodies in response to a disease or vaccination. (ES; 169)
46. List four signs and or symptoms that are seen in a horse that is said to have colic. - ✔✔Switching tail, looking at belly, kicking, rolling, pawing, repeatedly lying down and then standing up, sweating, urinating and defecating frequently with little output, rapid ear movement. (ES; 180)
47. What is thrush? - ✔✔It is a disease of the frog. (HS; 13)
48. What does a coggins test for? - ✔✔Equine infectious Anemia (Swamp Fever) (ES 176)
49. What is a skin-pinch test assessing? - ✔✔The hydration status of a horse. (ES; 164)
50. If a horse is said to have heaves would this be considered a blemish or an unsoundness? [Show Less]