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Med Term:
Ch. 20 & 21
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| range 1) | 1) large tracts of land for raising animals; most often used to describe land in the Western or Plains states |
| cod | remnants of steer scrotum |
| colostrum (liquid gold) | first milk like substance produced by female after parturition |
| dental pad | hard surface of upper mouth of ruminants that serves in place of upper teeth |
| finish | degree of fat on an animal that is ready for slaughter |
| feeders | beef cattle that are placed in a feed lot based on age and weight |
| dehorn | to remove horns/horn buds by mechanical, thermal, or chemical means |
| concentrate | type of feed that is high in total digestible nutreinet sand low in fiber |
| condition | amount of fat cover on the breeding animal |
| teat cannula | short/narrow, round-pointed metal or plastic tube used to pass from the exterior through the teat canal and into the teat cistern to relieve teat obstructions |
| downer | recumbent animal that has failed to respond to treatment |
| creep feed | high energy feed that you give to bottle calves |
| crossbred | having resulted from the mating of two different breeds withing the same species |
| heart girth | circumference around the thoracic cavity used to estimate and animal's weight and capacity of the heart and lung |
| lead rope | piece of rope, leather, or nylon that is attached via a clasp to a halter |
| marbling | streaks of fat interspersed throughout the fat to increase its flavor |
| render | to melt down fat by heat |
| embryo transfer | removal of an embryo from a female of superior genetics and placing it in the reproductive tract of another female |
| stall | small compartment to house an animal |
| spotter bull/gomer bull | vasectomized male bovine used to find/mark female bovines in estrus |
| beef checkoff | federal program where one dollar from every beef animal sold goes to state and national organizations to promote the beef industry and fund research related to the beef industry |
| cleaning a cow | common term for removal of a clean placenta |
| scurs | underdeveloped horns that are not attached to the skull |
| malpresentation | abnormal position of a fetus just before parturition |
| strip cup | metal cup with a lid that is used for detecting mastitis |
| somatic cell count | how milk is evaluated |
| humming | muted sound produced by a camelids to communicate with each other |
| ringing | act of implanting a wire ring through a pig's nose to discourage rooting |
| sling | swine restrain device with four leg holes and an additional hole under the neck for blood collection; device looks like a hammock |
| closed herd | group of animals that restricts entrance of new animals |
| Bordatella | bacteria causing respiratory disease; atrophic rhinitis pathogen |
| farrow-finish | full-service swine operation that houses breeders, newborns, weanlings, and feeder stock |
| farrow-wean | swine operation that houses breeding sows and offspring until they reach weaning age or weight |
| feeder-finish | swine operation that raises weanling pigs to market weight (born to bacon) |
| finisher pig | swine over 100 pounds to slaughter |
| grower pig | swine from about 40-100 pounds |
| open herd | group of animals in which animals from other groups are allowed to join the existing group |
| starter pig | swine from about 10 to 40 pounds; also called feeder pig |
| Pasteurella | bacteria causing respiratory disease that sometimes leads to pericarditis and pleuritis (bacteria pneumonia) |
| Mycoplasma | bacteria causing respiratory disease seen largely in young pigs with severe cough |
| bacon | meat product from the side of the pig |
| farrowing pen | sow holding area that has guardrails and floor junctures that allow young pigs to escape; used before and during parturition; pen ins larger than a crate |
| farrowing crate | holding pen that limits sow movement vefore and during parturition |
| farrowing house | building deddicated to the delivery and raising of piglets to weaning |
| dunging pattern | tendency for animals to eliminate wastes in a particular location |
| Haemophilus | bacteria causing respiratory disease associated with acute onset, pyrexia, and reluctnace to move |
| swine influenza | orthomyxoviral infection that causes respiratory disease |
| tusk | overgrown canine tooth of boar |
| wallow | natural or artificial wading area for swine to cool themselves or avoid biting insects |
| lard | soft, white fat that is the product of rending pig fat |
| backfat | the thickness of fat along the dorsum of the pig |
| needle teeth | eight temporary incisors/canine teeth of young swine |
| rotavirus | rotavirus associated with villous destruction in the intestine, malabsorption, and diarrhea |
| clostridium perfringens type C | bacteria causing enterotoxemia that results in diarrhea and high mortality |
| barrow | neutered male pig |
| sow | mature female pig |
| boar | mature unneutered male pig |
| gilt | immature female pig |
| tail docking | removal of the distal part of the tail to prevent fecal contamination and/or tail biting |
| cannibalization | |
| rectal prolapse | |
| specific pathogen free | national system of accrediting an animal free of specific diseases; animals are obtained by cesarean section and raised in isolation to prevent certain infectious diseases; abbreviated SPF; not disease-free |
| hog hurdle | portable partition used to move swine by blocking the area in which the pig should not go (hog boards) |
| boar taint | odor of pork that is harvested form an adult boar; as boar ages, boar taint becomes more pronounced and results in an unpalatable product |
| dressing | amount of meat produced by one pig |
| cross-fostering | moving piglets from one litter to another to balance litter size (done in the first day or two of life) |
| piles | common term for a prolapsed rectum in swine |
| hog tight | fencing tha tprevents animal escape |
| hog snare | restraint method in which pig's snout is secured by a loop tie that is attached to a long handle; also called snare |
| atrophic rhinitis | inflammation in the nasal passages making nasal bones atrophic |
| parvo virus | parvovirus infection affecting mainly gilts and associated with abortion |
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