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86 Cards in this Set
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Yorkshire |
Maternal breed; Always white; erect ears |
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Landrace |
Maternal breed; ears droop forward; white with black spots; 4th most popular breed |
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Chester White |
Maternal breed; white with limited freckles; 7th most popular breed |
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Duroc |
Paternal breed; solid red color; drooping ears; 2nd most popular swine breed |
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Hampshire |
Paternal breed; erect ears; black body with white belt; 3rd most popular breed |
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Spotted |
Paternal breed; Black and white spots spread evenly |
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Berkshire |
Paternal; Black with 6 white points; Erect ears; 6th most popular |
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Poland China |
Dual-purpose breed; droopy ears |
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Shetland |
Pony; short and stout in Britain; Fine bone and long neck in US |
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Hackney |
Pony; known for high gait; used for shows |
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Welsh |
Pony; second most popular; used for children |
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Iowa |
Pony; Arabian and quarter horse mixture |
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Haflinger |
Larger pony/shorter horse; Draft pony; excellent temper |
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Quarter Horse |
Light horse; Most popular; All colors; known for short burst of speed |
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Thoroughbred |
Light horse; 2nd most popular; Used for racing and English style riding |
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Paint |
Light horse; 3rd most popular; red and white spots; good all around horse |
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Tennessee Walker |
Light horse; 4th most popular; has a unique gait (running walk); used for pleasure and show; known for smooth ride |
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Standardbred |
Light horse; 5th most popular; Used for harness racing; can have a pacer or trotter gait |
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Arabian |
Light horse; 6th most popular; Oldest and purest breed; all horses trace back to this horse; black skin and various colors |
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Appaloosa |
Light horse; 7th most popular breed; spots and splashes of color; Gentle; used in Western showing |
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Morgan |
Light breed; First developed in US; strong; All colors but white; Stock saddle horses |
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Hanoverian |
Warmblood; used for military and carriage; athletic, tall and stocky |
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Percheron |
Draft breed; Black or gray; used for farm work or exhibition |
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Belgian |
Draft breed; most popular; Bay, chestnut, roan; most massive draft breed |
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Shire |
Draft breed; bay, brown or black; tallest draft breed; feathers on legs |
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Clydesdale |
Draft breed; Bay and brown w/white markings; Budweiser horse |
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Light horse |
Used for racing, showing, riding, stock work and harness; 14.2 - 17 hands tall; 900-1400 lbs |
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Pony |
Less than 14.2 hands tall; 500-900 lbs. |
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Draft |
Heavy work horses; used in war and farming; large animals |
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Walk |
4 hooves hit the ground separately; slowest gait; 4 beats |
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Trot |
Two hooves hit the ground at the same time alternatitng; two beats |
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Canter |
between a trot and a gallop; 3 beats |
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Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) |
Carried and transferred through mosquitos; No cure; Symptoms include abortion and uncoordination |
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) |
Carried through mosquitoes; Originates in blue jay; can be passed on to humans; Symptoms include drowsiness, seizures, abnormal gait and circling; no cure |
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Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis |
Transmitted through opossum feces; Horses are dead end hosts; Symptoms include seizures, muscle atrophy and hemorrhage of white and gray matter |
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Tetanus |
Found in soil; Symptoms include neck and back muscle spasms and prolapsed third eyelid |
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White Gene |
Horse is unable to form pigment in skin; Horses with this dominant gene are white |
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WW |
Homozygous dominant; Lethal
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Ww |
Heterozygous; Horse has pink skin, white hair, brown or blue eyes |
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ww |
Homozygous recessive; Expression of other colors |
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Gray gene |
Causes graying over time; horse may be another color initially |
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Extension Gene |
Ability to grow black hair |
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EE |
Homozygous dominant; Black skin/hair |
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Ee |
Heterozygous; Black skin/hair |
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Agouti Gene |
Distribution of black hair; only relevant if horse contains extension gene |
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AA |
Homozygous dominant; Black at points |
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Aa |
Heterozygous; Black at points |
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GG |
Homozygous dominant;Horse becomes gray |
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Gg |
Heterozygous; Horse becomes gray |
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gg |
Homozygous recessive; no gray |
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ee |
Homozygous recessive; red hair, black skin |
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aa |
Homozygous recessive; Black over entire body |
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Cream gene |
Causes pigment dilution |
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CcrCcr |
Red and black dilutes to pale cream |
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CCcr |
Red dilutes to yellow |
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CC |
Other gene pigments will show |
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Day 1 |
Formation of head, backbone and central nervous system |
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Day 2 |
Formation of heart and first beats; eyes begin forming |
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Day 9 |
Beak formation; embryo starts to look birdlike |
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Day 16 |
Albumen is nearly gone and yolk is main source of energy |
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Day 19 |
Yolk sac enters body through umbilicus |
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Day 20 |
Embryo becomes a chick; breaks amnion; breathes air from air cell |
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Shell |
Calcium carbonate; pores for oxygen |
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Membranes |
air cell; inner and outer membrane |
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Albumen |
3 layers |
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Chalaza |
holds yolk in center for proper embryo development |
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Germinal disk |
site where embryo begins development |
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Endoderm |
cells that form the digestive tract, lungs and bladder |
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Mesoderm |
skeletal structure; muscle and connective tissue |
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Ectoderm |
skin, hair, brain, spinal cord |
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Epiblast |
Structure that becomes chick |
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Hypoblast |
Structure that becomes extra-embryonic membranes |
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22 weeks |
The time in which hens begin laying eggs |
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Leghorn |
Breed of poultry known for laying eggs |
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Cornish |
Breed of poultry known for its meat (broiler) abilities |
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Plymouth Rock |
Breed of poultry known for its meat (abilities); superior reproductive traits |
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White Cornish x White Plymouth Rock |
Common breed cross for broiler production |
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Small White and Large Broad White |
Major breeds of Turkey |
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Produces a White horse |
Ww |
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Produces a Gray horse |
GG/Gg |
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Produces a Bay horse |
EE/Ee;AA/Aa;CC;ww;gg |
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Produces a Black horse |
EE/Ee;aa;CC;ww;gg |
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Produces a Chestnut/Red/Sorrel horse |
ee;aa/Aa/AA;CC;ww;gg |
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Produces a Buckskin horse |
EE/Ee;AA/Aa;CCcr;ww;gg |
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Produces a Cremello horse |
CcrCcr |
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Produces a Palomino horse |
ee;AA/Aa/aa;CCcr,ww,gg |