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**NOTE: questions 22-24 are about pre-exercise feeding of GRAIN and relate to each other** If a horse will be ridden at low- to moderate-intensities for 8 hours, explain how feeding a large meal of grain 2 hours before exercise could impact the horse’s performance. 

True/False:  Peanut hulls are the most digestible type of hull, with a DE content similar to a grass hay.

True/False:  A benefit to adding vegetable oil to the equine diet is that it will lubricate the gut, preventing feed from getting stuck and causing impaction colic.

**NOTE: questions 22-24 are about pre-exercise feeding of GRAIN and relate to each other** The owner of the horse from Question #23 wants some advice for pre-exercise feeding. Briefly outline a strategy for feeding grain BEFORE exercise that you would recommend for this horse (low-moderate intensity work, 8 hours of exercise total) in order to optimize his performance.

Excluding vegetable oils (e.g., corn oil, soybean oil), list TWO specific feed ingredients that would be classified as high fat feedstuffs. 

True/False:  The endotoxins produced by endophyte-infected tall fescue forage negatively affect progesterone in the mare.

True/False:  During the breeding season, a stallion’s nutrient requirements are equivalent to a performance horse in moderate work.

Your region is experiencing a terrible drought and hay is hard to find. Which of the following feeds is NOT a suitable high fiber alternative to forage?

To help the broodmare transition out of lactation, explain how she should be fed in the period leading up to AND following the weaning of her foal.

When visually appraising a hay, which of these factors would be the least accurate for gauging stage of growth/maturity?