Objective:

1. Objective: • Know the Proper terms to use when talking about horses. • Be able to recognize some of the different color patterns of horses.

2. Roles of Vet Tech in Equine Industry • 1) Assist in Diagnosis/Treatment of: • -Respiratory Diseases • -Digestive Diseases/Colic • Lameness • Reproductive Diseases • 2) Assist with pre and post op surgery in the clinic and field • 3)Assist with pre-breeding exams (mares and stallion) • 4) Coggins • 5) Heard Health • -vaccines • Deworming/pasture management • Sanitation/ventilation • Neonate care • Nutrition • 6)Research • …and much more

3. Horse Terms

4. Anatomical Terms

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7. Drive horse harnes

8. Saddles • English Western

9. Ferrier

10. Mare • Female horse • Usually after having an offspring.

11. Brood Mare • Mare that is used strictly for breeding

12. Stallion • Male horse • STUD • (Rig- cryptorchid)

13. Gelding • Male horse castrated before reaching sexual maturity

14. Colt • Young male horse

15. Filly • Young female horse

16. Foal • Young Horse male or female

17. Jack • Male donkey

18. Jennet (Jenny) • Female donkey

19. Mule • Offspring of a mare mated to a jack

20. Hinny • Offspring of a jenny mated to a stallion

21. Zonie • Offspring of a jenny mated to zebra stallion

22. Zorse • Offspring of a stallion zebra mated to a mare

23. Hand • Unit of measurement for horses • A hand is equal to 4 inches. • The height of a horse is measured at the withers.

24. Light Horses • Most horses, usually riding breeds; small bones and thin legs • Above 14.2 hands • 900 – 1200 lbs. • AQH, Arabian, Thoroughbreed, Morgan, Standarbreed, Tennessee walking….

25. Draft Horses • Was developed in Northern Europe as war horses • Above 16 hands • 1,500 – 2,500 lbs • Large bones and thick • Percheron, Clydesdale, Belgian

26. Pony • A breed of horse that is under 14.2 hands. • <800 lb. • Welsh, Pony of Americas, Shetland

27. Breed registries with color requirements • Do not breed true • American paint horse, Pinto, Appaloosa, Palomino, Buckskin…

28. Horse Colors

29. Horse Colors Continued

30. Bay • A brown, chestnut or sorrel horse • Black lower legs mane and tail is bay • Black ‚“points“ • May have white on face and legs

31. Black Completely black- muzzle, ears, flanks, main and tail Appear bluish to violet in direct light

32. Brown Appearance of a black horse that looks brown Anywhere on the body during the year usually on the muzzle and flanks

33. Chestnut • A brown horse with a red hue

34. Sorrel • Brown horse with a dull red hue • The only breed that recognize this color is the AQHA

35. Gray • The skin of most of the horses is black • Flea bitten or Dapple

36. Paint • A color breed, but is a foundation of a stock type horse, ie- Thoroughbred, Quarter horse, no 5 gaited horses • Further breaks down into color patterns

37. Overo- white does not go over horses back • Tobiano- white comes up legs, and over back • Piebald- black and white • Shewbald- anything not black • To make it more confusing- you can have a combo of both Overo and Tobiano

38. Spotted and Blanket

39. Palomino • Golden in color with white, silver, or ivory mane and tail • Also a color breed. Quarter Horse

40. Pinto • Similar to a paint, BUT is all other breeds including 5 gaited horses and Q-horse and Thoroughbred

41. Color (pinto.org) A Pinto horse must have four square inches of cumulative white in the qualifying zone and underlying pink skin. The requirement is modified with the size of the equine requiring only three square inches for ponies and two square inches for miniatures. Any Pinto that is registered with an approved outcross breed and has documented color on the outcross papers is eligible for registration. • The equines that do not meet the color requirement, but have at least two or more Pinto characteristics (blue eyes; leg white above the knee or hock; white or multi-colored hooves; collective white in the eligible zones, but not enough to qualify for color; pink skin) are registered Breeding Stock. • www.pinto.org • So- a horse can be a paint and pinto registered but a pinto would not be able to be a paint unless is a Quarter horse or Tbred

42. Dun • Yellow than as the main body color and the same black lower legs, mane and tail as a baby • Has a dorsal stripe • (washed out bay)

43. Buckskin • Same color as a Dun but does not have a dorsal stripe • (varation of a light bay)

44. White • Born white, remains white, pink skin

45. Roan - Red, Bay, or Blue Blue- Black with white hairs Most Roans tend to have whitish body with solid color heads

46. Bay Roan • Bay with white hairs

47. Strawberry or Red Roan • Chestnut or Sorrel with white fur

48. Brindle horse

49. Markings • The accurate description of coat color and white markings is the most common method used to identify horses. Although there is some regional or breed variation in the terminology used, the basic terminology is fairly standard. • Page 117 LACP

50. Markings • Full Stocking • ¾ Stocking • ½ Stocking