PHN Equine Terms
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- Equine Glossary
- Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
- Aged Horse
- Aging
- Akhal-Teke
- Alfalfa
- Amateur
- Amble
- American Paint Horse
- Amino Acids
- Andalusian
- Anhidrosis
- Anti-Oxidants
- Appaloosa
- Arabian
- Arena
- Artificial Insemination (AI)
- As Fed Basis
- Average Earning Index (AEI)
- Azoturia
- Azteca Horse
- Back
- Back-breeding
- Balancer
- Balk
- Barefoot or Unshod
- Barley
- Barrel
- Barrel Racing
- Bearing Rein
- Beet Pulp
- Belgian Horse
- Bell Boot
- Billet
- Bio-Available Minerals
- Bio-Available Selenium
- Biotin
- Bit
- Blazer horse
- Blemish
- Blistering
- Blood Horse
- Bloodstock
- Blowing
- Body Condition Scoring (BCS)
- Bolting
- Bone
- Botfly
- Bowed Tendon
- Box Stall Loose-Box
- Bran Mash
- Breeching
- Breeder
- Breeding
- Bridle
- Bronc
- Broodmare
- Broodmare
- Bucking
- Bute
- Buttock
- C3 Plants
- C4 Plants
- Calcium
- Cannon Bone
- Canter
- Carbohydrates
- Carriage Horse
- Cart Horse (Coldblood)
- Castration
- Cereal
- Chelated Minerals
- Chelates
- Chestnut
- Chin Groove
- Choke
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cleveland Bay
- Clydesdale
- Coach Horse
- Cob
- Cobalt
- Coffin Bone
- Coggins
- Cold Weather
- Colic
- Colonic Ulcers (Hindgut)
- Colt
- Combined Driving
- Competitive Trail Riding
- Compond Feed
- Concentrate Feed
- Conditioning
- Conformation
- Connemara Pony
- Copper
- Coprophagia
- Corn
- Coronet or Coronary Band
- Cribbing
- Crossbreeding
- Cross Country Equestrian Jumping
- Croup
- Crude Fat
- Crude Fiber (CF)
- Crude Protein
- Curb
- Curly
- Cushing’s Disease
- Cutting
- Dales Pony
- Dam
- Dartmoor Pony
- Development Orthopedic Disease (DOD)
- Diarrhea
- Digestible
- Digestible Energy
- Digestive Enhancer
- Dock
- Draft Horse
- Dressage
- Driving
- Dry COB
- Dry Matter Basis
- Dutch Warmblood
- Easy Keeper
- E.G.U.S – Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome
- Elbow
- Electrolytes
- Endurance Riding
- Energy
- Energy Dense
- English Riding
- EPM – Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
- EPSM: Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy
- Equine
- Equine Metabolic Syndrome
- Ergot
- Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrate (ESC)
- Eventing
- Extrusion
- Face
- Farearm
- Farrier
- Fat Soluble Vitamins
- Fatty Acid
- Feathering
- Feedbag
- Fell Pony
- Feral Horse
- Fetlock
- Filly
- Fjord
- Flank
- Flax
- Flexor Tendon
- Float
- Foal
- Folic Acid (Vit. B9)
- Forage
- Forarm
- Founder
- Friesian
- Frog
- Fructans
- Furlong
- Futurity
- Gaited Horse
- Gaits
- Gallop
- Galloway
- Gaskin
- Gastric Ulcers
- Gelding
- Girth
- Glandular Gastric Ulcer
- Glycogen
- Grain Free
- Gymkhana
- Hackamore
- Hackney
- Haflinger
- Haflinger
- Hands
- Hanoverian
- Hard Keeper
- Harness Racing
- Heaves
- Heavy Hunter
- Highland Pony
- Hindquarters
- Hinney
- Hitch
- Hives
- Hobble
- Hock
- Holsteiner
- Hoof
- Horseshoe
- Hostler
- Hot Weather
- Hunter
- Hunt Seat
- Hybrid
- Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP)
- Icelandic Horse
- Insulin Resistance
- Irish Draught Horse
- Iron
- Jack
- Jennet
- Jenny
- Jockey
- Jog
- Jumper
- Juvenile
- Knabstruper
- Knee
- Laminitis
- Lead
- Length
- Lignin
- Lippizan
- Livery Stable
- Loin
- Lope
- Low Calorie
- Lucerne
- Lusitano
- Lymphangitis
- Lysine
- Macro Minerals
- Magnesium
- Maiden Race
- Mammoth Jack
- Mane
- Mannan-Oligossacharide
- Mare
- Metabolism
- Methionine
- Micro Minerals
- Minerals
- Missouri Foxtrotter
- Monday Morning Disease
- Morab Horse
- Morgan Horse
- Mule
- Muzzle
- Muzzle
- Mycotoxins
- Navicular Disease
- Navicular Syndrome
- Neglected Horse
- Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF)
- New Forest Pony
- Niacin (Vit. B3)
- Non-Fiber Carbohydrate (NFC)
- Non-Structural Carbohydrate (NSC)
- Nutrient Dense
- Nutritionally Senior Horse
- Oats
- Obesity
- Oldenburg
- Orlov Trotter
- Orphan Foal
- Pace
- Pack Horse
- Paso Fino
- Pastern
- Pasture
- Pectin
- Pelleting
- Percheron
- Performance Class
- Peruvian Paso
- Phosphorus
- Pleasure Riding
- Pole Bending
- Poll
- Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (EPSM, PSSM, EPSSM)
- Pony
- Potassium
- Prebiotics
- Probiotics
- Prohibited Substance
- Protein
- Purebred
- Quality Protein
- Quarter Horse
- Root of the Tail or Root of the Dock
- Roping
- Shetland Pony
- Shire Horse
- Shivers
- Shoulder
- Show Jumping
- Sire
- Sodium
- Soybean Meal
- Soybean Oil
- Soybean Seed Coats (Hulls)
- Splints
- Sport Horse
- Squamous Gastric Ulcer
- Stable
- Stallion
- Standardbred
- Starch
- Stifle
- Stock Horse
- Stud
- Suckling Foal
- Sulky
- Supplements
- Suspensory Ligament
- Sway Back (Dipped)
- Tail
- Tennesse Walking Horse
- Thoroughbred Horse
- Throatlatch
- Topline
- Trot
- Turnout
- Tying Up
- Unsound
- Vanner
- Vitamin E
- Vitamins
- Walk
- Warmblood
- Water-Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
- Welsh Pony
- Wild Horse
- Withers
- Working Cow Horse
- Yearling
- Yeast
- Zebra
- Zebroid
- Zinc
Some Resources Courtesy of :
Source: Wikipedia, “Glossary of Equestrian Terms,” accessed 06/26/2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_equestrian_terms
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