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Large Animal Review
VT 209 Large Animal - Wilks
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| "Blackberry" spleen | seen on necropsy in animals afflicted with Bacillus anthracis |
| Swine erysipelas | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae |
| 4 parts of an exam | auscultation,inspection, palpation, percussion |
| acepromazine | sedative known to cause prolonged penile relaxation in males, increasing risk of injury |
| Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae | pleuropneumonia in swine |
| Age at camelid castration | 2 years |
| anaerobic | prefers to grow in oxygen deprived enviornment |
| Anemia | low number of RBC |
| Arabian | breed of horse known for "dished" face and less lumbar vertebrae |
| artificial insemination | a method of breeding wherein semen is collected from the male, evaluated and inserted into the female |
| artificial vagina | a device used to collect semen from stallions, where a warm water chamber surrounds the rubber penile receptacle, mimicking the mare's vagina |
| Atrophic rhinitis | disease of pigs that causes atrophy of the nasal turbinates. caused by Bordatella bronchiseptica or Pasturella multocida |
| ballotment | easy, but not necessarily accurate to determine pregnancy late in term. |
| barnes dehorners | lever style dehorner used on cattle |
| bay | horse coloring with a brown body, black mane tail and distal extremeties |
| Berserk male syndrome | seen in camelids who bond with humans instead of other camelids at a young age. |
| blepharospasm | spasms of eyelids, involuntary blinking |
| Bluetongue | |
| Boar penile shape | corkscrew |
| borborygmi | gut sounds |
| Brucella ovis | Brucellosis in sheep, causes epididymitis |
| Brucellosis | a disease caused by genus Brucella, with fertility issues |
| by products | |
| calving | |
| canter | |
| caps | |
| care for recumbent patient | |
| caruncle | |
| Caseous lymphadenitis | |
| casting | |
| cervix | |
| chestnut | |
| chewing cud | |
| Chlamydophilosis | |
| Clostridium chauvoei | |
| Clostridium novyi | |
| Clostridium organisms | |
| Clostridium perfringens | |
| Clostridium perfringens | |
| Clostridium sordellii | |
| Clostridium tetani | |
| CMT | |
| Collecting urine in a camelid | |
| colostrum | |
| COPD | |
| Copper sensitivity | |
| corneal ulcers | |
| Corynebacterium | |
| cotyledon | |
| cria | |
| crohn's disease | |
| crossbreeding | |
| CSF tap | |
| cups | |
| Cutaneous papillomas | |
| cyanosis | |
| decubital ulcers | |
| dehorning | |
| Dermatophilus congolensis | |
| Dermatophytosis | |
| Descenting a buck | |
| Differences in llamas and alpacas | |
| donkey | |
| downer patients | |
| Duroc | |
| ear notching | |
| ear twitch | |
| EEE | |
| ELISA | |
| emasculator | |
| Enteric colibacillosis | |
| Enterotoxemia | |
| Epididymitis | |
| EPM | |
| equine facial markings | |
| Equine influenza | |
| FARAD | |
| Fiber goat breed | |
| Fine wool breed | |
| Finnish sheep | |
| flight zone | |
| floating teeth | |
| foot rot | |
| freemartin | |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum | |
| gallop | |
| gestation length in cows | |
| gestation length in horses | |
| gestation length in swine | |
| gilt | |
| giving IM inj in cattle | |
| grade A milk | |
| Grade B milk | |
| hand mating | |
| hanking | |
| height measurement | |
| herringbone parlor | |
| hobbles | |
| hog snare | |
| hoof pick | |
| hot brand | |
| hot zone | |
| hyperthermia | |
| Hypoventilation | |
| HYPP | |
| IM injections in camelids | |
| inbreeding | |
| individual breeding | |
| Iron dextran | |
| Jersey | |
| kidding | |
| L block | |
| lambing | |
| Lameness | |
| Lateral auricular vein | |
| leading from the poll | |
| Leptospirosis | |
| Leptospirosis pomona | |
| linebreeding | |
| Live cover | |
| Long wool breed | |
| Lyme disease | |
| mad cow disease | |
| Making a ewe urinate | |
| malignant edema | |
| Maternal lines | |
| milking parlor | |
| Molly | |
| Moon blindness | |
| mortality | |
| Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae | |
| Nasal edema | |
| necropsy position in ruminant | |
| neonatal foal timeline | |
| Neorickettsia risticii | |
| NPO | |
| Nubian | |
| obtaining feces | |
| open vs closed castration in horses | |
| OPP | |
| Orf | |
| palomino | |
| paralumbar fossa | |
| passive transfer | |
| PEMDA | |
| Pinto | |
| Piroplasmosis | |
| posting up | |
| Potbellied pig | |
| prepuce | |
| proud cut | |
| Proud cut | |
| pseudoruminant | |
| Pseudoruminants | |
| purebreeding | |
| quick release knot | |
| Quittor | |
| rain rot | |
| Rhinopneumonitis | |
| Risks of electric dehorner in goats | |
| roan | |
| rotary parlor | |
| Saanen | |
| salmonella | |
| Sawhorse stance | |
| Scrapie | |
| seasonally polyestrous | |
| SMEDI | |
| sow | |
| Spider lamb | |
| Stag | |
| standing heat | |
| Staphylococcus hyicus | |
| steer | |
| steps of milking | |
| stocks | |
| Streptococcus equi | |
| sudden death | |
| Suffolk Punch | |
| surgical recovery | |
| Swamp fever | |
| tail jack | |
| tail tie | |
| temporary id | |
| Tetanus | |
| Toxoplasa gondii | |
| trot | |
| tuberculosis | |
| types of stall bedding | |
| types of trailers | |
| Vaccinations in horses | |
| vaginal prolapse | |
| Vaginal retainer | |
| walk | |
| West Nile virus | |
| where to palpaate pulse in horse | |
| where to palpate pulse in cattle | |
| wolf tooth | |
| yearling | |
| Zoonotic diseases | |
| Zoonotic diseases of horses | |
| Bacillus anthracis | |
| big head | |
| Black disease | |
| black walnut | |
| Blackleg | |
| Boer goat | |
| Breeding soundness exam | |
| chain shank | |
| Chlamydia psittaci | |
| choke | |
| Clostridium novyi type B | |
| coccygeal vein | |
| colic | |
| cranial vena cava | |
| creeping paralysis | |
| curry comb | |
| EAE | |
| ear tagging | |
| EIA | |
| electric dehorner | |
| embryo transfer | |
| exudative epidermitis | |
| failure of passive transfer | |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum | |
| giving IM injection in horse | |
| induced ovulators | |
| Iron deficiency | |
| Johne's disease | |
| lamb dysentery | |
| leptospirosis in swine | |
| Lumpy jaw | |
| manual stimulation | |
| meconium | |
| medium wool breed | |
| methods of pregnancy detection | |
| patent urachus | |
| polled intersex gene | |
| Potomac horse fever | |
| rabies | |
| reasons why horses cannot vomit | |
| retropharyngeal lymph nodes | |
| ruminant | animals with a 4 compartmented stomach |
| toxic dose of lidocaine in small ruminants | 10 mg/kg |
| TSE | |
| types of insurance | |
| uterine prolapse | |
| vesicular stomatitis | |
| white line disease | |
| windsucker | |
| zoonotic diseases of sheep and goats | |
| camelid position for c section | lateral recumbency or dorsal recumbency |
| captive bolt | humane euthanasia device |
| extenders | |
| flehmen response | the uplifted upper lip response |
| ischemia | lack of blood flow to tissues, can be due to compartment syndrome |
| nasal edema | |
| pleuropneumonia | |
| ribs in camelids | 12 ribs instead of 13 |
| salmonella | |
| semen straw | |
| strangles | |
| thrush | |
| weanling | |
| Botulism | |
| castration | |
| cria | |
| elastrator | closed method of castration, also used for tail docking lambs |
| boar | intact male pig |
| bowed tendon | |
| bowline | a type of nonslip knot |
| buckskin | |
| bull | intact male bovid |
| calving | parturition in cattle |
| cannon bone | |
| caudal epidural | |
| colic | |
| cow | |
| cow/calf producer | |
| Dairy goat breed | |
| Dermatophilus congolensis | |
| detusking | |
| draft breed of horse | |
| Eastern equine encephalomyelitis | |
| Entropion | |
| eructation | |
| estrous cycle | |
| fighting teeth | |
| foaling | |
| galvayne's groove | |
| Glasser disease | |
| Hampshire pig | |
| head gate | |
| heifer | |
| hinny | |
| Hypothyroidism | |
| LaMancha | |
| light horse breeds | |
| lumbosacral | |
| mule | |
| nasogastric tube | |
| paratuberculosis | |
| paravertebral block | |
| Paso Fino | |
| Pasturella Multocida | |
| Quarter Horse | |
| rain rot | |
| rectal palpation | |
| rumping a sheep | |
| Sarcocystis neurona | |
| squeeze chute | |
| stallion | |
| tail wrap | |
| tattoo | |
| treatments for foot rot | |
| vaccines in sheep/goats | |
| Vibriosis | |
| windswept foal | |
| age of horse castration | |
| Anthrax | |
| Babesia caballi | |
| baby piglet minimum temperature | |
| barrow | |
| Bleeding from orifices | |
| bloat | |
| Bodratella bronchiseptica | |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | |
| Brucella abortus | |
| Brucella meletensis | |
| Brucella suis | |
| CAE | |
| camelids | llamas and alpacas |
| caslick | |
| cleaning after isolation case is dismissed | |
| Clostridium botulinum | |
| Coggins test | |
| colostrum | |
| compartment syndrome | |
| crutching | |
| cryptorchid | |
| cushed | in camelids, laying down with legs tucked underneath body |
| diseases spread by mosquito | |
| dun | |
| dystocia | difficult birth |
| EBV | |
| electroejaculator | |
| EPD | |
| equine euthanasia | |
| estrus synchronization | |
| feedlot | |
| fetotomy | |
| foal | |
| freeze brand | |
| frick speculum | |
| grading up | |
| heat detection in sow | |
| hoof knife | |
| hoof nippers | |
| hulet rod | |
| joint ill | |
| jugular vein | large vein in the neck, often used for venipuncture |
| Laminitis | |
| late term abortion | sign of brucellosis in cattle |
| layers of bandage | |
| lumbosacral epidural | |
| Malta fever | caused by Brucella meletensis |
| microchipping | permanent form of ID |
| nonambulatory | unable to stand and walk |
| nose tongs | restraint device that grips the nasal septum |
| open vs closed castration in cattle | |
| outcrossing | |
| parturition | |
| pen mating | |
| permanent id | |
| rectal prolapse | |
| Romanov | |
| seed stock producer | |
| Shipping fever | |
| shire | |
| sigmoid flexure | |
| smegma | |
| sorrel | AQHA term for chestnut |
| stages of labor | 1 - fetus in position 2 - delivery 3- passing placenta |
| strangles | Streptococcus equi causes abcessation of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes |
| styles of trailers | |
| terminal lines | bloodlines used for meat production, not intended to be bred |
| twitch | |
| valgus deformity | |
| varus deformity | |
| Wobbler | instability of C1 vertebrae |
| Xylazine | |
| Detusking | removal of the lower canine teeth in swine |
| Atrophic rhinitis | |
| Greasy pig | |
| Staphylococcus hyicus | |
| Eperythozoonosis | |
| Enteric colicobacillosis | |
| Glasser disease | |
| Haemophilus parasuis | |
| Mycoplasma pleumoniae | |
| SMEDI | stillbirth,mummification, embryonic death and infertility |
| Pleuropneumonia | |
| Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae | |
| Streptococcus suis | |
| Swine dysentery | |
| Serpulina hyodysenteriae | |
| Hog cholera | |
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | swine erysipelas |
| PPV | |
| PRRS | |
| Pseudorabies | |
| Aujeszky disease | |
| Swine flu | |
| Malignant hyperthermia | |
| Parakeratosis | |
| Iron dextran | injection given commonly to newborn piglets to prevent anemia |
| Baby pig thumps | aka anemia |