poor growth, weight loss w/ distended belly, decreased food efficiency, colic, diarrhea, pneumonia

insects, adult is fly, larvae live in stomach, eggs laid on hair, ingested through the mouth, cause stomach irritation and colic

Technical term for dewormers, given via gastric tube or orally

Number of incisors, premolars, and molars

attrition

blood worms, causes thromboembolic colic, causes blood clots and blockages

eggs laid around anus, cause irritation and tail rubbing

use against adult strongyles, roundworms, and pinworms, small strongyles are resistant

number of canines and wolf teeth

composition of teeth

encrust gut wall, infected by pasture, most prevalent, cause colic, weight loos, and diarrhea

infests young foals, larvae passed from mare milk, causes diarrhea, immune by 5 months

against roundworms, strongyles and adult pinworms, small strongyles are resistant

unique about the position of the upper jaw in regards to the lower

amount of reserve crown

host specific, infects horses up to 2yrs, adults immune, travel through lungs, build up in intestines, can cause colic or rupture, visible in manure

donkey parasite, passed from donkeys living with horses, ingested in stomach and travels to lungs

against roundworms (less effective), strongyles, bots, and pinworms, will kill encrusted small strongyle, careful with young/small horses

term for teeth erupting over lifetime

teeth present in a foal? weanling?

cestodes, develop as mite on forage, 1/-30in long, can cause colic

Habronema, live in stomach, largest threat is summer sores, often around eyes or wounds, painful and difficult to heal

only known against tapeworms

rate of growth

Age when all permanent teeth are present