Across
- 3. Pasture rotation reduces the problem of _________
- 6. nonstructural carbohydrate
- 10. major site of digestion and absorption of many nutrients
- 11. sugar that is tolerable to horses up to 3 years of age
- 13. concentrated source of energy that contains 2.25 times more energy per unit of weight than do carbohydrates or proteins
- 14. In feeding horses, a good rule of thumb is to feed at least one pound of hay for every ____ pounds of BW of the horses
- 17. Possible result of giving milk to horse older than 3 years of age
- 20. Common and rather serious problem resulting from infrequent drinking
Down
- 1. one of the 7 macrominerals
- 2. High-energy feeds
- 4. serious disease caused by continued heavy grain feeding during the horse's day off
- 5. condition as a result from loss of chloride due to heavy sweating
- 7. effect of vitamin K deficiency
- 8. nutritionally the best of the legumes
- 9. Type of hay that is higher in protein and mineral and is more palatable than grass hays
- 12. greatest expense of owning a horse
- 15. Deficiency of this mineral results to hair loss, scaly skin, poor wound healing; reproductive, behavioral, and skeletal abnormalities
- 16. Deficiency of this mineral results to anemia, lack of stamina, and poor growth
- 18. Fiber digestion happens in colon and what?
- 19. A horse requires at least how many acres of pasture for maintenance?