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Agri-science Mr. Bailey
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How many breeds can you name?
• Clydesdale• Quarter horse• Morgan• American Paint• Thoroughbred
• Appaloosa• Arabian • Tennessee Walker• Palomino• Mustang
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How did horse get here?
• Actually they were already here!
• Horses started in America and spread to Europe and Asia
• They became extinct and then re-introduced by Columbus on his 2nd voyage
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Why does the horse and donkey have the same terminology?
• They are in the same scientific taxonomic family
• Equus
• Ancient Greek word meaning “quickness”
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What were the first domesticated horses used for?
• Ridden
• Milk
Horse milk is still drunk today in the Middle East
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What did horse domestication help improve?
• The domestication of horses advanced:
Communications Transport Food production Warfare
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How long is the gestation of a horse?
• Gestation - carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female
• 11 months
A horse is fully grown when it is 3-4 years old
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We measure the height of horses with sticks and tapes
Wither
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How did early horse traders measure horses?
• Early horse traders used their hands
• They would count hand-widths from the ground to the horse’s withers
• 14.2 hands, 14 hands and two incheshuman hands are generally 4 inches wide
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What do horses eat?
• Short juicy grass and hay
• Extra high energy foods:obarley, oats, maize, chaff, bran or
processed pony nuts
• Horses have small stomachs and need to eat often
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Horse Digestion System • Horses are not ruminant animals
• They have a simple stomach (one or non-ruminate) like humans but can digest cellulose
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How old can horses get?
• An average life span for a horse is around 20 -25 years
• Horses’ age can be told by the wearing of the teeth
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Can I eat a horse?• Yes!!
• USDA has passed a law making horse slaughter legal again after a 5 year ban
• They were shipped to Mexico and Canada
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Exit Slip 1. What was the first domesticated horse
used for?
2. Define gestation?
3. Horses average life span is?
4. What did horse domestication help improve?