VTNE - Large Animal (VETFLIX) exam questions and answers 2024

Equine horses Bovine cows Caprine goats Ovine sheep Porcine pigs Camelus llama Equine - different terms Equis, equid, equidae Male horse (intact) Stallion Castrated male horse Gelding Female horse Mare Young Female horse Filly Young Male horse Colt Gestation in horses 11 months 11 days (320-370 days) Horses behavior fight or flight animals What body part do you watch on horses to read behavior Ears What side do you stand on of the horse always the same side as VET Which side do you approach a horse on Always approach from "near" side LEFT horses will kick straight back Basic restraint for the horse Halter What are some additional (advanced) restraints in horses - chain twitch - humane twitch - place over the lip and squeeze the lip (like a muzzle for a dog) Normal temp in horses 99 to 101.5 Normal heart rate in a horse 28-40 bpm Normal respiratory rate in a horse 6-12 rpm Where to get a pulse in a horse - facial artery is best - also Coccygeal artery How to weigh a horse weight tape, around their barrel How do you measure a horse Measured in "HANDS" 1 HAND = 4 INCHES - place height tape on ground - stand on marked area - measure up to the top of the hightest point of the withers (shoulders) 15-2 HANDS = 15 x 4 + 2 = 62 INCHES Guttural pouch in a horse in distal pharynx prone to fungus Bars in a horse space b/t incisors and molars (where the bit goes) Chestnuts in a horse small callous on proximal surface of the legs Ergot of a horse 3rd toe residual on back of fetlock Cannon bone of a horse shin bones Coffin bone of a horse distal most toe bone, phalanx of the hoof What are horses when it comes to GI motility horses are hindgut fermenters they require a constant food source Lack of motility is called "what" in horse COLIC What is alfalfa? legume (vegetable) not a grass hay higher in protein and Ca+ what are grass hays timothy bermuda orchard the main nutrition for horses is grass hay Horses are what kind of fermenters hindgut borborigmi gut sounds in a horse when you do an exam on a horse how many quadrants do you auscultate 4 quadrants colic severe abdominal pain