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Total words in this section: 22

EARNINGS

How much money a horse (Especially a racehorse or rodeo horse) has won in its lifetime.

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EASY KEEPER

A horse that is easy to keep; usually one that keeps in a good weight without having to be fed extra supplements or rich feed. Also, a horse that has good hooves and overall good health, making him easy to keep.

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ébrillade

To jerk on a horse's rein when it does not turn. Archaic English word; not used today. The thing it describes (jerking on a rein) is not something that good riders do, nor is something that is often done; the actual meaning of the word when it was in use might have been different.

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ECLAMPSIA

Calcium deficiency in a lactating mare. Can cause convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, endema, and/or excess protein in the mare's urine. It usually occurs around two weeks after foaling and is associated with lactation and stress. Decreasing high-protein feeds in the mare's diet in late gestation may help to prevent it in susceptible mares; mares with eclampsia are treated by decreasing the calcium intake two to five weeks before foaling, then adding calcium to the mare's feed after she foals. High-protein, high-calcium diets help mares that are prone to eclampsia.

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EDEMA

The accumulation of abnormally large quantities of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces (spaces between cells); pulmonary edema refers specifically to fluid buildup in the lungs.

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EKKA

A small, one-horse carriage.

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ENDURANCE

An event in which riders and horses compete by seeing how far they and their horses can ride. Endurance rides can be 25, 50, or 100 rides usually, althought other distances are ridden. Arabians dominate the sport, especially at the longer distances. Special tack and equipment is used and the horses are highly conditioned. Horses are not just judged on the distance they go, but also their physical condition, heart rate, and respitory rate. There are checks in which vets evaluate each horse's status and take the horse's pulse and heart beat; it must be below a certain line for the horse to be allowed to go on. There are also certain time requirements that the horse and rider must meet before they are allowed to continue the ride; mostly they must rest for about 30 minutes.

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ENTIRE

Used to denote a male horse that has not been gelded; A colt or stallion.

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ENTEROLITH

An intestinal stone that can form in the horse's digestive tract. Is formed much in the same way that an oyester forms a pearl; the horse gets a rock, splinter, nail, or piece of some inedible matter in his intestines. Then, to keep that matter from injuring the intestine, the horse's body forms a layer around it, then another, and another; if the stone is not passed out with manure, it will continue to grow larger until it eventually kills the horse. The formation of enteroliths can also be affected by many other things, such as diet, exercise, and genetic predisposition. Stones may be triangular or circular, and can range in size from smaller than a marble to as large as a basketball. Eventually they will cause colic, and they will need to be removed surgically. The most affected horses are Arabians, followed by QuarterHorse. Enteroliths in Appys, Thoroughbreds, Morgans, and Mini horses have also been reported. Most reports of colic caused by enteroliths are from California, but it also occurs in other areas of the USA, as well as Tahiti, France, and the UK.

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EOHIPPUS

Also called Hyracotherium. A small, dog-sized, multi-toed ancestor of the horse that lived 55 million years ago during the Eocene Epoch.

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EQUESTRIAN

A person who rides, owns, or shows horses, or participates in horse activities.

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EQUIDAE

The scientific name for the family to which horses and their relatives belong. Asses, donkeys, zebras, mules, ponies, and horses are all a part of this family.

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EQUINE

A horse, or relative of a horse. Also, something that has to do with horses or their relatives (an equine disease; equine genetics).

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EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA (EIA, SWAMP FEVER)

An infectious, and sometimes fatal, disease caused by a virus that infects members of the equine family. There is no known treatment or cure for this disease. It is transmitted by unclean tack and tools, or by blood-sucking insects. There are different degrees of infection: Acute-- A horse exposed to the virus may develop severe, acute signs and die within 2-3 weeks. This type is difficult to diagnose because of its rapid onset. One-fifth of a teaspoon of blood from a horse with acute EIA contains enoug virus to infect 1 million horses. Chronic-- If a horse survives the first acute bout, it may develop chronic EIA. The horse's temperature may rise to as high as 108 *F, then dro back to normal. Small blood spots may appear on mucous membranes, the horse may get depressed an loose weight, have an irregular heartbeat, and its blood may become thin and watery. One-fifth a teaspoon of blood from a horse during a fever episode has enough virus to infect 10,000 horses. Inapparent-- The majority of EIA infections are inapparent: they carry the virus in their blood but show no signs of it. Sometimes, due to severe stress, hard work, or other diseases, this type of horse may turn chronic or acute. This type of horse has a very low virus count, and the probability of a horsefly picking up and transmitting the disease from this horse is 1 in 6 million.

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EQUISETUM

See HORSETAIL.

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EQUITATION

The art of riding horses and horsemanship.

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EQUIVOROUS

A thing or person who consumes horse flesh. This term is rarely used by horse people and is found more in general texts.

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EQUUS CABALLUS

The scientific name for the horse.

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ERGOT

A hard, horny growth found under the fetlock hair, on the horse's fetlock.

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ESTRAPADE

The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.

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EWE-NECK

A conformational default. The topline of the horse's neck dips down, instead of arching up. The entire neck may have a slight 'U' shape.

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EYES

The horse has the largest eye of any land mammal. Horses can see some color, but it is no known exactly what colors they see. A horse's vision is blurrier than our own, and they have evolved to be able to spot movement, rather than clear shapes. The horse's eyes are more mobile than those of humans; a horse turn can each eye independantly, looking in two directions at once. Horse's eyes also come in several colors. The most common is brown, but light blue, dark blue, green, hazel, amber, yellow, grey, and part-colored (usually part brown and part blue) exist.

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