Horse Test Questions

A 6 year old gelding weighs 1000 lbs. How much total feed should you plan on feeding each day?

• 5lbs

• 10lbs

• 15lbs

• 30lbs

Your feed 5 lbs of a 50/50 mix of oats and corn each day. If your oats are 10% protein and your corn is 5%, how many lbs of protein are you feeding each day?

• .375lbs

• .15lbs

• 1.5lbs

• 3.75lbs

Your horse experiences some minor colic and the vet prescribes a medication for pain. Which drug might he prescribe?

• Nuflor

• Draxxin

• Banamine

• Panacur

Banamine is typically injected by IM route. What does IM stand for?

• Intravenous Medication

• Intra-oral Medication

• Intramodified

• Intramuscular

The top of your horse’s tail is full of broken hairs and sticks out everywhere. What should you suspect is causing the problem?

• Dry Skin

• Worms

• Pasture mate is chewing

• Caught tail in the fence

This horseshoe is typically referred to as a ____________ shoe.

• Heartbar

• Eggbutt

• Correction

• Support

A mature horse’s resting heart rate is typically_________.

• 38-40 bpm

• 20-22 bpm

• 48-50 bpm

• 28-40 bpm

Normal body temperature for a horse is ___________.

• 94-96 degrees

• 99-101 degrees

• 103-105 degrees

• 90-92 degrees

The most abundant ingredient in a feed will be listed ____ in the ingredients list.

• First

• Last

• Can't tell because it's alphabetical

When it comes to parts of the horse, chestnuts are found...

• Only in stallions

• Behind the frog

• On the underline

• On the legs