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1
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applied to a horse that is sensitive about the head and jerks away when touched

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Headshy

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an acquired habit that is annoying, or may interfere with the horse’s usefulness. ex. cribbing

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Vice

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the fore part of a horse; the forelegs, head, and shoulders is referred to what?

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Forehand

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3
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Proper balance or relationship of all parts is called what?

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Symmetrical

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any mark or blemish that imapairs usefulness; also called a defect

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Unsoundness

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unsoundness; cloudy or opaque appearance of the eye

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Cataract

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unsoundness; impaired vision or blindness

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Defective Eyes

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unsoundness; inflamed swelling of poll

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Poll Evil

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8
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blemish; outward arched profile of the nose area

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Roman Nose

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unsoundess; lower jaw is shorter than upper jaw. Also called parrot mouth

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Overshot Jaw

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10
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unsoundness or blemish; inflamed swelling of withers

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Fistula of Withers

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unsoundness; atrophy or decrease in size of a single muscle or group of muscles, usually found in shoulders

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Sweeny

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12
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blemish; soft, flabby swelling at the point of elbow

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Shoe Boil / Capped Elbow

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13
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unsoundness, faulty conformation; over on the knees

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Buck Knee / Knee-sprun

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14
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unsoundness; enlarged, stretched flexor tendons behind the cannon bones

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Bowed Tendons

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15
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unsoundness; bony growth above and toward the rear quarter of hoof head

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Side Bone

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16
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unsoundness; fistula of the hoof head

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Quittor

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17
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blemish; vertical split in the wall of the hoof

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Quarter / Sand Crack

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18
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unsoundness; difficult breathing, lung damage

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Heaves

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19
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unsoundness; difficult breathing due to an obstruction, usually in larynx

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Roaring

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20
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unsoundness; protrusion of internal organs through the wall (hernia) of the body.

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Rupture

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21
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faulty conformation; the condition of having a distinct fall or scoop in that portion of the back between the shoulders and hindquarters

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Sway Back

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22
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unsoundness; displaced patella of stifle joint

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Stifled

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23
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nervous disorder characterized by excessive jerking of the hind leg

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Stringhalt

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24
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unsoundness; puffy swelling which appears on upper part of hock and in front of the large tendon

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Thoroughpin

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25
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blemish or unsoundness; enlargement on point of hock. progresses from blemish to unsoundness

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Capped Hock

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26
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unsoundness; meaty, soft swelling occuring on inner front part of hock

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Bog Spavin

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27
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unsoundness; bony growth usually found on inside lower point of hock

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Bone Spavin / Jack Spavin

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28
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unsoundness; hard swelling on back surface of rear cannon about four inches below point of hock

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Curb

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29
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unsoundness; usually in hind feet, horse stands bent forward, due to contracted tendons

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Cocked Ankle

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30
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blemish; swelling of vein usually below seat of bog spavin

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Blood Spavin

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31
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the science of the structure of the animal body and the relation of its parts

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Anatomy

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32
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the corner incisors or those located back and adjacent to the forward edge of the interdental space (third set of incisors)

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Corners

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33
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the centrally located upper and lower incisors

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Centers

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34
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a bad habit of some horses in which the animal grasps the manger or other object with the incisor teeth, arches the neck, makes peculiar movements with the head, and swallows quanitities of air. also called wind-sucking

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Cribbing

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35
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the top of a tooth protruding above the gum

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Crown of Tooth

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36
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the hollow space on the wearing surface of an incisor

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Cups

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37
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A star shaped or circle like structure near the center of the wearing surface of the permanent incisors. not used for acurate age determination

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Dental Star

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38
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slender teeth in front used for biting grass, feed, etc.

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Incisor

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39
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parallel to the long part of a tooth

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Longitudinal (lengthwise)

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40
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the part of the tooth between the crown and root, located at the surface of the gums

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Neck of Tooth

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41
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refers to the amount of use or wear observed on the biting surface of the incisors

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Wear

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42
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appears at upper corner incisor at 10 years old, extends halfway down tooth at 15, and reaches wearing surface at 20. disappears at gum and is completely gone by 30.

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Galvayne’s Groove

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43
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an abnormal condition that an animal possesses at birth

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Congenital

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44
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the progeny of a stallion

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Get

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45
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the progeny of a mare

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Produce

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46
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normal cell division

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Mitosis

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47
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cell division that produces sex cells

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Meiosis

48
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glands located along the urethra of the male. produce fluids to nourish and preserve sperm.

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Accessory Glands

49
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includes the cervix and vagina of a female. the organs through which the unborn animal passes at birth

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Birth Canal

50
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removal of the testicles from a male. also: to alter, to geld

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Castration

51
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the narrow passage between the female’s vagina and uterus

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Cervix

52
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a male foal

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Colt

53
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a solid mass that forms in the follicle after the egg has left. produces a hormone which helps maintain pregnancy. prevents other follicles from developing while the unborn animal is growing in the uterus

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Corpus Luteum

54
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a mass of tubes conected to the testicle. used to store sperm

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Epididymis

55
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hormones that stimulate the development and maintenance of feminine sexual characters. the principle hormones are: estradiol, estrone, estriol

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Estrogenic Hormones

56
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the period commonly called “heat”

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Estrus

57
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the sperm entering the egg

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Fertilization

58
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the unborn animal as it develops in the uterus

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Fetus

59
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a bubble-like structure on the ovary which contains an egg

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Follicle

60
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comes from the pituitary and causes follicle growth

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Follicle Stimulating Hormone

61
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the length of time for the development of the foal from time of fertilization to it’s birth, about 11 months

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Gestation Period

62
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a body-regulating chemical secreted by a gland into the blood stream

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Hormone

63
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the funnel-like membrane that surrounds the ovary. It catches the egg when it is released by the ovary

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Infundibulum

64
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produced by the pituitary and regulates corpus luteim in female and testosterone secretion in male

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Luteinizing Hormone

65
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the dense center of the cell which contains genetic material

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Nucleus

66
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a female organ that produces eggs. there are 2.

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Ovary

67
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the tube which carries the egg from the ovary to the uterus

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Oviduct

68
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the time when the follicle bursts and the egg is released

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Ovulation

69
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scientific name for egg, the female reproductive cell

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Ovum

70
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the membrane by which the fetus is attached to the uterus. Nutrients from the mother pass into this and then through the naval chord to the fetus. When the animal is born, this is expelled, commonly called the “after-birth”

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Placenta

71
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the gland is located at the base of the brain and secretes hormones which regulates the body

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Pituitary

72
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the time during which the fertilized egg develops in the uterus

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Pregnancy

73
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a steroid hormone secreted by the hypertrophied cells of the corpus leteum. Aids in the development of the uterus for implantation and effective nutrition of the embryo

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Progesterone

74
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a hormone produced in the anterior pituitary gland. Starts lactation. In the case of nursing mothers, milk secretion is stimulated

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Prolactin

75
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a male horse that has retained one or both testicles in his body cavity

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Ridgling

76
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the egg and the sperm. they transmit genetic material from parents to offspring

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Sex Cells

77
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the sac-like pouch that suspends the testicles outside of the male

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Scrotum

78
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male sex cells produced in the testicles

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Sperm

79
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sperm mixed with fluids from the accessory glands

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Semen

80
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an unaltered male horse

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Stallion

81
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a male gland which produces sperm. there are 2.

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Testicle

82
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the tube through which both semen and urine pass through the penis of the male

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Urethra

83
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the canal which leads from the uterus to outside the female. Sperm is deposited there by the male. The fetus passes through this at birth

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Vagina

84
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the muscular, spongy organ of the female where the unborn animal develops, commonly called the womb

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Uterus

85
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the tube that carries sperm from the epididymis to the urethra of the male

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Vas Deferens

86
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a feed constituent that aids in the support of life

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Nutrient

87
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the less digestable form of carbohydrates found in feedstuffs

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Fiber

88
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complex compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which mainly supply building material for the body

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Proteins

89
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compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which mainly supply energy to the body

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Carbohydrates

90
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the amount of a nutrient found in feed

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Crude / Total Nutrient

91
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that part of each nutrient which is digested, taken into the body, and utilized

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Digestable Nutrient

92
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that part of the total or crude protein of a feed that can be utilized by the animal

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Digestive Protein

93
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the entire feed allowed to an animal during a 24-hour day whether all is given at one time or at different times

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Ration

94
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a ration that contains all of the digestible nutrients that will properly nourish an animal for 24 hours

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Balanced Ration

95
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a ration that furnishes just enough of each of the nutreints required to support an animal, which is doing no work and yielding no product, so that it will neither gain nor lose weight

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Maintenance Ration

96
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the sum of the digestible protein, digestible carbohydrates, and digestible fat

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Total Digestible Nutrients

97
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what is left in a feed sample after the water has been removed

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Dry Matter

98
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minerals that are needed in very small amounts for the normal functioning of the body

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Trace Minerals

99
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a plant pigment that is the precursor of vitamin A

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Carotene

100
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the part of the ration that is a concentrated form of one or more of the essential nutrients

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Supplement

101
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chemical substances used in the treatment of infectious diseases

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Antibiotics

102
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a feedstuff produced as a secondary product in the manufacturing of another feed, usually a grain. Wheat bran is the outer layer of the grain kernel.

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By-Product Feed

103
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drugs that cause contraction of infected areas, such as tannic acid, alum and zinc oxide or sulphate

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Astringent

104
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a diseased condition

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Pathological

105
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one who is trained and skilled in the treating of diseases and injuries of animals

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Veterinarian

106
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a reduction in the hemoglobin of red blood cells with a deficiency of oxygen in the blood

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Anemia

107
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a substance capable of destroying or eliminating parasitic worms

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Anthelmintic

108
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inflammation of the bronchial tubes (extensions of the windpipe)

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Bronchitis

109
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an acute abdominal pain; may be caused by a great variety of disorders

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Colic

110
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the lodgment of an abnormal or foreign particle, such as a blood clot, in a tube or canal of the circulatory, with the tube being too small to permit its passage

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Embolism

111
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organisms in the early stages of development

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Embryos

112
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an insect which carries and transmits disease-causing microorganisms

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Insect Vector

113
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the immature, wormlike form into which insects hatch the egg.

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Larva

114
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a soft-boddied, grub like, footless larva of an insect; applied especially to forms living in decaying matter

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Maggot

115
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to cast off or shed the hair, feathers, horns, outer layer of skin, etc., being replaced by new growth

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Molt

116
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an intermediate, usually motionless, form assumed by metabolic insects after the larval stage, and maintained until the beginning development of the adult stage

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Pupa

117
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abnormal passage connecting an abscess or hollow organ to the body surface or connecting two hollow organs

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Fistula

Horse bowl (48 decks)

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