Across
- 2. Papers, documents denoting an animal’s health records
- 5. administering drugs orally using a wormer, dewormer or drench
- 7. Waterer, labor saving device; automatically fills with water for a horse to drink at its leisure
- 9. disease which sometimes causes abortion in pregnant mares
- 10. Test, diagnostic test for equine infections anemia; developed by Dr. Leroy Coggins in the 1970s
- 11. Quality, quality of hay, whether good or bad; is affected maturity at harvest, color, and amount of weeds, mold and dust present
- 12. Watering System, water placed in a large tank for horses to drink out of
- 13. disease affecting horses which is the inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- 14. eating numerous small meals throughout the day
- 15. Fold Test, test which checks for dehydration
- 16. piece of equipment out of which horses eat
- 17. Heart Rate, heart rate measurement taken when relaxed, but awake
Down
- 1. Rate, number of breaths taken within a set amount of time
- 3. anaerobic bacteria; infectious disease introduced through a puncture wound which is characterized by the spasm of involuntary muscles
- 4. highly contagious infection of the nose, throat and lungs
- 6. act of vaccinating; introduction of previously treated microorganisms with the intent to develop immunity
- 8. equine distemper, contagious upper respiratory tract infection
- 9. plant material such as pasture or hay
- 13. Infectious Anemia, also called swamp fever; disease affecting horses which is transmitted by bloodsucking insects
- 17. deadly viral infection spread by infected animals