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

6. terms

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

51. Star A star is any white marking on the forehead of the horse. A star can be small, large, regular or irregular in shape, in the center of the forehead or off to the left or right side of the forehead.

52. Stripe or Strip A stripe or strip is a white marking on the bridge of the horse's nose, below the level of the eyes and above the level of the nostrils

53. Connected Star and Stripe A star is often connected to a stripe and is described as a connected star and stripe. A stripe or strip can be long, short, wide, narrow, centered on the face of the horse or off to the left or right side.

54. Snip A snip is any white mark that is located between the nostrils of the horse. A snip may be small, large, centered or extend into one or both nostrils. A snip is often connected to a stripe, and many times with a star and stripe.

55. Blaze A blaze is a wider white marking that usually covers the region of a star, stripe and snip, but extends to the width of the bridge of the horse's nose.

56. Bald A bald face is a very wide blaze that extends to and may cover the eyes, nostrils, and upper lip Bald face with white extending to lower lip.

57. Heel.-Horses will commonly have a white marking that covers one or both heels. Coronet.- White covering the coronary band or coronet

58. Half Pastern White extending approximately half way up the pastern Pastern A white marking which includes the entire pastern.

59. Fetlock or Ankle A white marking that extends to and covers the fetlock. Sock A white marking that extends half way up the front or rear cannon. Often called a Half Stocking

60. Stocking A white marking that extends from the coronet to the knee or hock

61. Identification -Natural Markings -often difficult, a lot of horses look similar, scars -Branding Hot- skin is burnt and hair doesn’t grow back Freeze- dry ice, or liquid nitrogen. Hair Grown back white. Often considered the more humane of the two -Microchip Goes in nuchal ligament. Need correct scanner to find chip -Tattoo- - Lip or neck Race horses, Mustangs, Arabians, EIA -Bloodtyping $ -DNA testing $

62. Resources http://www.equusite.com/cgi- bin/dictionary/dictionary.cgi http://www.equusite.com/cgi- bin/dictionary/dictionary.cgi