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Horses

Any of various equine mammals, or even certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

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navicular

Animals; Horses

Tiny bone, part of coffin joint; disease of this bone causing lameness.

septicemia

Animals; Horses

Acute generalized infection from virus or bacteria ("blood poisoning").

umbilical cord

Animals; Horses

Naval cord. Attaches foal to mother, at the navel, through which nutrients and waste pass between the mares placenta and the foal.

test jump

Animals; Horses

To allow a teaser to mount a mare before the actual breeding stallion is risked.

spasmodic colic

Animals; Horses

Acute intermittent colic as digestive tract spasms (usually involves small intestine).

retained placenta

Animals; Horses

Afterbirth that has not been expelled in first three hours after foaling.

on deck

Animals; Horses

Next to go in the pen.

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