EmailMe Form - Winter Horse Care Quiz

You go out to the snow
covered pasture to bring
your mare in and notice a
patch of red/orange in the
snow where your horse
recently urinated. You
check over your horse and
don’t note any abnormalities.
What should you do next? *
Call the vet immediately, your horse probably has a urinary tract infection.
Keep an eye on your horse but it probably isn’t a big deal because a protein in horse urine often reacts with air turning the urine reddish in color.
Don’t worry, the urine is red because your mare is in heat.
You need to deworm your horse because she has parasites in her bladder causing some blood in the urine.
Which of these feeding
options represents the best
way to keep your horse
warm through the winter? *
Increase your horse’s grain. More calories mean more fuel to burn to keep the horse warm.
Give your horse a nice warm bran mash on the coldest nights. Just like hot chocolate for you, the warm meal will warm your horse up.
Increase your horse’s hay. As the hay is digested in the large intestine heat is released, helping keep your horse warm.
Add one tablespoon of chili powder to your horse’s food to warm him up.
Which of these horses
doesn’t need to be
blanketed on a 25 degree,
sunny winter day? *
A 6 year old show horse who has been body clipped
A one week old foal
A 25 year old quarter horse gelding who is a bit underweight
A 10 year old pudgy Shetland pony
Which of the following
diseases are NOT often
spread between horses
during the winter? *
West Nile Virus
Influenza
Rhinopneumonitis (Equine Herpes Virus)
Strangles
Which of the following
represents the best way to
decrease your horse’s
chance of impaction colic
during the winter? *
Put large stones in his feed trough so he can’t bolt his food.
Increase his water intake by providing a heated water bucket, adding a teaspoon of salt to his grain and adding warm water to his feed.
Add alfalfa hay to his diet.
Change his grain to a complete feed such as equine senior.
Which of the following is
NOT an effective way to
deal with scabby skin
infections such as rain rot or
scratches. *
Apply mineral oil to the scabs to help soften them for easier removal.
Remove scabs and treat the underlying skin with an antimicrobial product.
Apply an antimicrobial spray on top of the scabs.
Clip the hair from the affected area to allow bathing with an iodine shampoo.
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Will you be attending the
Winter Horse Care Seminar
at 2:00 pm on January 28th
at the Newark Public Library?
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