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23 Cards in this Set
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Aggression |
angry, destructive behavior with intent to harm |
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Binocular vision |
vision in which both eyes are used together to produce an image |
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blind spot |
area directly in front of or behind a horse, where he cannot see you |
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Cow-kick |
a kick from a rear leg directly to the side and back |
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Cradle |
A barred restraint device, tied around the neck of a horse like a loose splint. Prevents the horse from biting/licking itself |
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Cross-tie |
method of restraint for horses; horse is tied on each side |
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Displacement behaviors |
behavior in dogs & cats that serves as a coping mechanism to help reduce anxiety levels. They include grooming for cats, and yawning, scratching and lip licking in dogs. |
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diversionary restraint |
type of restraint using various techniques to distract the horse. |
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Double barrel kick |
kicking with both hind legs together. |
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Fear biting |
tendency of a fearful animal to bite |
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Flight or fight response |
reaction to a perceived threat |
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Flight zone |
area surrounding an animal (livestock) that, when entered by a predator, will cause the animal to move. |
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Humane twitch |
restraint device with a hinged metal device that is placed over the upper lip of the horse and clipped to the halter. |
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Hobbles |
leather straps fastened around the pasterns of horses to restrict movement |
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Passerine |
of/related to the order Passeriformes of birds. Includes half of all living birds and consists chiefly of songbirds. |
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Point of Balance |
the point on a livestock animal that if you took a step in either direction, the animal would move in the opposite direction |
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Psittacine |
of/related to parrots |
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Raptorial species |
of/related to birds of prey |
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Stocks |
vertical pillars arranged in a rectangular shape and connected by horizontal bars, designed to restrain horses or cattle standing within |
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Tail tie |
restraint of horse or cow tail by tying a quick release knot in the switch and the free end to the animal. |
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Tortoise |
land turtle |
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Turtles |
any of an order (Testudinata) of land, marine and freshwater reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates |
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Twitch |
horse restraint device: consists of a handle with a loop of chain or rope that is twisted around the horses nose. This is believed to release endorphins and relaxes the horse. |
