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WorksheetsForage for Horses
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
How can grass be conserved as forage for horses?
Hay
Haylage
Packaged forage
All of these
What is the optimum growth period for grass?
February to August
April to Sept
June to Oct
Aug to Dec
Horses are occasionally fed sileage but great care must be taken in the way in which it is made to ensure the risk of (a) is reduced
Depending on quality, grass, hay or haylage may be used as the sole feed type for horses in:
Maintenance to light work
Light to medium work
Medium to hard work
Fast work
Hay which is made from grass grown specifically as a crop and only containing a limited variety of grass types is called:
(a)
Hay which has been made from permanent pasture which has been harvested and contains a wide variety of grasses, herbs and sometimes weeds is called:
(a)
Which type of hay has the highest nutritional value?
Seed Hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay has the widest range of minerals?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay is the most palatable?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay is the most likely to be made with higher standards of care?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay is the most likely to be made with weeds and poisonous plants in?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay is the most likely to be more expensive?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
Which type of hay is the most likely to have higher levels of fibre?
Seed hay
Meadow hay
What percentage of moisture should good quality hay have?
5 - 10%
10 - 15%
15 - 20%
20 - 25%
What percentage of moisture should good quality haylage have?
10 - 15%
15 - 20%
15 - 30%
15 - 40%
Hay or haylage which has a higher than recommended moisture content is more likely to become
(a)
Haylage is made in a similar way to hay but is not permitted to completely dry out before being
Turned over
Put in a sileage clamp
Baled and wrapped in plastic
Fed to horses
The amount of dietary substances (such as protein, carbohydrate etc) contained within a foodstuff is called the
(a)
The amount of nutrient able to be easily absorbed by the horse is called
(a)
How acceptable or agreeable to taste a particular food is to the horse is called
(a)
When feeding seed hay, meadow hay or haylage, you should:
Feed as much as the horse will eat
Feed by ad lib
Feed by volume
Feed by weight
When feeding haylage, you would need to feed
More than you would hay
the same as you would hay
less than you would hay
Which is usually the most expensive to buy?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which is usually the least expensive to buy?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
If moving from hay to haylage, you would:
(Hard feed = concentrate feed - eg mix, nuts etc)
feed more hard feed
feed less hard feed
feed the same amount of hard feed
If moving from hay to haylage, you would:
Do it slowly
Do it quickly
feed hay & haylage mixed, gradually increasing the amount of haylage
Which would be most suited to a pony who suffers from laminitis?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which would be most suited to a horse with EMS?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which would be most suited to a horse in light work?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which would be most suited to a horse in hard work?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which would be most suited to a horse with a respiratory condition?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Which would be most suited to a horse in medium work with gastric ulcers?
Meadow hay
Seed hay
Haylage
Seed hay has a higher nutritional value than meadow hay because the grasses used are those which all do what at the same time?
(a)
The longer hay is stored for, the more (a) it will lose
Hay should be stored for how long after being baled to ensure it is dried out sufficiently before being fed to horses?
2 - 8 hours
2 - 8 days
2-8 weeks
2 - 8 months
Which of the following when found in hay, is NOT safe to give to horses?
Ragwort
Nettles
Buttercups
Docks.
Haylage needs time to ferment after being baled, how soon after being baled can good quality haylage be fed to horses?
Straight away
2 - 3 weeks
6 - 8 weeks
10 - 12 weeks
Haylage bales which are opened or pierced / damaged will let air in which will make the haylage go
(a)
In hot weather, haylage bales will "go off" more quickly so should be used within how long of being opened
straight away
the same day
2 days
a week
In cold weather, haylage bales will not "go off" as quickly so can be used within how long of being opened?
straight away
the same day
2 days
a week
