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Large animal nursing and husbandry

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Agammaglobulinemic   Without immunoglobulins.  
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Body Condition score   Method of subjectively quantifying subcutaneous body fat reserves.  
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Boluses   Large tablets.  
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Byproducts feeds   Residues of the feed-processing industry; are found in a wide array of feedstuffs.  
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Chain twitch   Flat chain loop attached to the end of a stout wooden handle to form a loop.  
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Colostrometer   A tool that measures the specific gravity of colostrum.  
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Commissure   A site of union of corresponding parts, such as the angle of the lips.  
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Concentrates   Feeds that are low in fiber and high in energy and/or protein.  
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Cross tying   Another way to secure a horse's head and to keep it from rearing.  
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Crutched   This procedure removes the wool from around the vulva and the udder, done to ewes close to parturition.  
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Decubital ulcers   Pressure sores exacerbated by recumbency, increased skin moisture, and irritation; pressure sores (bed sores) that result from an animal lying on a bony prominence for too long.  
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Diastema   A gap in the dental arcade, as seen between the incisors and check teeth of some species.  
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Drenching   Giving small volumes of liquids PO  
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Ensiling   Harvesting process by which forage is chopped and placed into a storage unit (e.g., silo) that excludes oxygen  
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Farrowing   Is a term specific to swine that refers to the action of giving birth.  
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Feed analysis   Procedure by which chemical analysis determines the proportion of specific components of a feedstuff,  
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Feedstuff   Any dietary component that provides some essential nutrient or serves some other function.  
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Forages   Feeds made up of most or all of the plant.  
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Frick's speculum   May be used to give two or more boluses to cattle. Is a piece of veterinary equipment for use in cattle. It is a hollow metal cylinder with ferruled ends.  
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Gestation   Pregnancy length; is the period of development during the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside.  
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Gilts   Young female porcine before farrowing.  
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Hay   Forage that is cut and allowed to dry before being collected into bales for storage.  
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Hog snare   A mechanical restraint device consisting of a metal pipe with a cable loop on one end.  
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Humane twitch   Is a metal clamplike device that pinches the upper lip between two bars,  
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Laminitis   Inflammation of the hoof lamina, a cause of lameness; also called founder.  
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Needle teeth   The newborn piglet has eight very sharp canine teeth; also referred to as wolf.  
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Nonnutritive feed additives   Buffers, hormones, binders, and medications added to feeds.  
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Orosgastric administration   Also called "stomach tubing" is a quick and relatively painless method to deliver large quantities of liquid medication or fluids.  
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Perivascular   Pertaining to around a blood vessel.  
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Proximate analysis   Determination of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE, crude fat), crude fiber (CF), and ash.  
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Silage   A partially fermented forage state.  
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Spoilage   The forage harvested at a given stage of development and fed directly to an animal.  
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Squeeze chute   A capture device made of metal or wood that restrains cattle.  
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Thrush   A degenerative condition common in feet that are infrequently cleaned, or if the horse stands for long periods in damp bedding or muddy soil.  
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Wether   Castrated male ovines/caprines.  
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Withdrawal time   The minimum length of time that must pass from the last administration of medicine until the time that the animal is slaughtered for food or the milk is collected for human consumption.  
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