Equine Science

Assignment for Wednesday, November 19th and Friday, November 21st 2014
Use computers to find the answers to the following questions. Type up the answers and make sure I
have it by the first B day after Thanksgiving vacation. You can email it to me or put it in my inbox or just
print.
1. What does assimilation mean?
2. What is the length of the digestive tract of a mature, light horse?
3. What is the capacity of an average horses digestive tract? Try to find even more specific
answers.how much can each SECTION or organ hold?
4. What is the cecum, how does it function and why is it important?
5. What is forage?
6. What is the fancy term for chewing?
7. How large is the cecum?
8. What are concentrates?
9. How can concentrates cause problems in the cecum?
10. What is colic?
11. What is founder?
12. What is laminitis?
13. How does lactic acid cause problems with digestion?