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LG Animal Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cow | mature female bovine |
| Bull | mature male bovine |
| Steer | castrated male bovine |
| Heifer | immature female bovine |
| Calf | neonate bovine |
| Heifer calf | neonate female bovine < 1 year of age |
| Bull calf | neonate male bovine < 1 year of age |
| Calving | Act of parturition in the bovine |
| Doe /nanny | adult female caprine |
| Caprine | Goat |
| Bovine | Cattle |
| Ovine | Sheep |
| Porcine | Swine / pigs |
| Buck / billy | adult male caprine |
| Wether | castrated male caprine or ovine |
| yearling doe | immature female caprine |
| Kid | neonate caprine |
| Kidding | act of parturition in caprine |
| Mare | mature female equine |
| Equine | horse |
| Broodmare | female equine being used for breeding |
| Stallion | intack male equine between 2 and 3 years of age |
| Gelding | castrated male equine of any age |
| Foal | young horse from birth to weaning (4-7 mos) |
| Yearling | Horse 1-1 1/2 years |
| Long yearling | Horse 1 1/2 - 2 years old |
| Colt | Intact male horse between 2 and 3 years of age |
| Filly | Female horse between 2 and 3 years of age |
| Ewe | adult female ovine |
| Ram | adult male ovine |
| Yearling ewe | immature female ewe |
| Lamb | neonate ovine |
| Wether lamb | castrated neonate ovine |
| Ram lamb | intact male noenate ovine |
| Ewe lamb | female ovine lamb |
| Lambing | actof parturition in ovine |
| Swine | refers to porcine species |
| Sow | mature intact female porcine |
| Boar | mature intact male procine |
| Barrow | male castrated porcine before puberty |
| Stag | male castrated porcine after puberty |
| Gilt | immature female porcine; before birth of first litter |
| Farrowing | act of parturition in porcine |
| Piglet | very young, small pig; from birth to weaning |
| Shoat | intact male porcine before puberty; synonym for pig |
| Pig | young swine, either sex; <120 pounds |
| Hog | lagre swine, either sex; >120 pounds |
| foaling | act of equine parturition |
| backgrounding | growing and feeding calvesfrom weaning till ready for feedlot |
| cesarean section | the birth of a fetus removed surgically through the maternal abdomen and uterus |
| dry lot | a type of pen in which the main feed source is not grass |
| nursery | a building where weaned piglets are kept |
| pasture | a pen where grass is the main feed source |
| USDA | United Stated Department of Agriculture |
| biosecurity | security from transmission of infectious diseases, parasites and pests |
| chestnut | the callosity on the inner side of the leg of a horse |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| tailing | a restraint technique used in cattle |
| artificial insemination | implantation of live spermatazoa into the genital tract of the female |
| black baldy | a blackk bovine with a solid white face |
| black brockle face | black bovine with a blotchy white face |
| calf jack | a mechanical device used as a pulley system used in bovines in dystocia |
| dystocia | difficult / painful birth |
| crossbreeding | mating of different breeds; hybridization |
| diestrus | period of quiescence between metestrus and the next proestrus |
| embryo transfer | placing an embryo (fertilized egg) into the uterus for implantation |
| estrus | period of sexual receptivity in female mammals |
| estrus synchronization | use of hormones to alter the reproductive cycle of females so they are all at the same frame of estrus at the same time |
| fetotomy | dissection of a dead fetus in utero |
| flushing | increaseing a female's intake of protein or carbs just before to increase ovulation and conception rates |
| gomer | a male urgically prepared to ensure it cannot mate or is not fertile |
| harem | a mating scheme where many females are bred to one male |
| inbreeding | the breeding of closely related individuals |
| individual breeding | mating of two animals unobserved |
| linebreeding | inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor |
| live cover | natural practice of a male natrually mating a female |
| lordosis | a stance that will allow a male to mount for breeding |
| metaestrus | period of subsiding follicular function or rest following estrus |
| outcrossing | introducing unrelated genetic material into a breeding line |
| penile paralysis | inability to retract penis into the prepuce due to nerve or muscle damage |
| phimosis | inability to extend the penis from the prepuce, due to excessive swelling of the prepuce |
| pizzle | prepuce of cattle |
| priapism | prolonged erection unrelated to sexual desire |
| proestrus | the period of heighted follicular activity preceeding estrus |
| semen straw | a plastic straw to hold frozen semen |
| stillbirths | fetal death |
| teaser | animal used to sexually tease members of the opposite sex; usually male |
| decubital ulcers | ulcers acquired from lying down |
| filed service | a type of practice where the doctor goes to the animal instead of the animal coming to him or her |
| hot zone | area of clinic where equipment can enter but leave until disinfected |
| stripping | removing all bedding within a stall for cleaning |
| bishoping | alterating incisor teeth of an older horse for it to appear younger |
| borborygmi | rumbling noise caused by propulsion of gas through intestines |
| ecchymotic hemorrhages | hemorrhage larger than petechia, in the skin, blue or purplish in color |
| EID | Electronic Identification Tags |
| FARAD | Food Animal Residue Avoidance and Depletion Program |
| NAIS | National Animal Identification System |
| National Farm Identification and Records system | national animal ID and traceability system. Includes ATD - Animal Tracking Database |
| panal tag | a tag placed in ear as form of identification |
| points | black hair on horses usually seen on ears, mane, tail and lower legs |
| Premise Registration | a portionof NAIS that farmer/rancher register with the government their properties where animals are kept |
| withdrawl times | length of time it takes for a drug to be eliminated from animal tissue or products after it is used |
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