ANSC 1011 : Exam 4 Notes
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Horse lecture- pamela mitcham lecture 11/7/2011 3:41:00 pm. Mongolia (natural habitat: about 13 hands, more like ponies, at the end of pleistocene era = megafaunal extinction in north. Modern horse classifications: light horse breeds, lighter than the draft horse breeds, draft horse breeds, ponies, horses = > 14. 2 hands, ponies = < 14. 2 hands, hand = unit of measurement = 4 inches, height measured at withers. Parts of a horse: know hock, knee, withers, cannon bone, fetlock, pastern, ergot, Hoof: not expected to know all parts but know major parts. Horse terms: mature male:stallion, mature female: mare, young male: colt, young female: filly, newborn: foal, castrated male: gelding, groups: herd. Horse digestion: monogastric, nonruminant herbivore, hindgut fermentor. If meal fed ********* important: 2 meals / day, if grain exceeds 0. 5% bw, 3 meals / day, if grain exceeds 1. 0% bw.
