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30-40 bpm
The more fit a horse is, the lower it can go |
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8-12 breaths per minute
The more fit a horse is, the lower it can go |
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| What is the first instinct a horse has when it senses "danger" |
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| What body language with a horse use to ward off predators |
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| Turn its hind quarters as a threat or can even charge with head down |
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| True or false: Horses are herd animals |
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| True, if isolated behaviour problems that are stress related may occur |
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| What is one way that horses bond with each other |
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| Where are the blind spots |
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| Blind spot directly in front of their nose and directly behind |
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| What does the eye position allow the horse to do? |
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| Eye position allows for a small field of Binocular vision directly in front allowing for accurate depth perception however outside of this overlap depth perception may not be good |
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| How does a horse use its sense of smell |
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Important social signal
- can smell when a mare is in season
- smell usual odours
- curl top lip |
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| How does a horse use its sense of hearing |
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Mobile ears - locate sounds from different sources
Pretty good hearing |
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| What is the Stay Apparatus |
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Locks the leg joints in place to enable standing for long periods of time without fatiguing muscles
Enables a quick get away in response to predators |
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| Where does fermentation take place |
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HIndgut = Caecum
Needs poorly digestible or low grade hay and grasses at a constant rate |
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| How often do horses need food |
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| Horses are designed to graze for a large portion of their day i.e. 22 hours per day |
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Chewing wood although generally used interchangeably with wind sucking
Ways to reduce:
Increase quantity of fibre available
Provide toys/ entertainment
Provide companions |
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Transferring weight from one front leg to the other while swaying the head and neck
Ways to reduce:
Put in a stall with a 'V' shaped door
Provide companions
Mirror where they can see it (ease anxiety) |
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Often in young stallions
Anxiety release |
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