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19 Cards in this Set
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What color are a foals hooves at birth?
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cream or white
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The foal should be assisted up and guided to the mare's udder if the foal is not nursing in what amount of time?
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2 hours after birth
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The foal can absorb antibodies from the colostrum for how long?
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36 hours after birth
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hormone signalling the start of the reproductive season
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gonadotropic releasing hormone
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What kind of bedding is preferred for a foaling stall?
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straw
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hormone stimulates the growth of follicles
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FSH
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acessory sex glands of stallion
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seminal vesicles (vesicular glands), bulbourethral (cowper's gland, and prostate gland
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foal heat
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first heat of a mare after foaling
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Which inherited lethal was originally called the Fredericksborg Lethal?
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Lethal White gene, W
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What is the term for characteristics that ultimately result in death?
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Delayed lethals
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Hosres have 33 different chromosome strings, the X and Y are called sex chromosomes, what are the others called?
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autosomes
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gene causing mottled, varnish roan, blanket with spots, blankets, frost, leopard, and a few leopard spots
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Leopard gene, Lp
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Why are all roan colored horses heterozygous Rnrn?
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homozygous roan horses die before birth
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What breed of horse homozygous for Dn gene?
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Fjord
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average length of gestation
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335-340 days
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rupture of follicle
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ovulation
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length of estrus period
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5-7 days
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age of puberty in stallions
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11 1/2 to 16 3/4 months
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first defecation of foal after parturition
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meconium
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