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ANSC 1000 Exam #4

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Roughage   grazing hay, silage, crop residues. High in fiber, but low digestibility, only about 50-65%  
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Concentrates   cereal grains: corn, what, oats, barley. oil meals: soybean, cottonseed, whey. Higher in energy and/or protein. Low in fiber, high in digestibility (80-90%), A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE  
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Nutrient   feed components that support life  
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What animals need daily to live   energy for individual cells and tissues to function, structural components to replace "worn out" parts, and the ability to eliminate harmful by-products of life  
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Classes of Nutrients   water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, minerals, vitamins  
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Water   most important single nutrient! usually refers to drinking water  
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Moisture   the water content of feed  
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Dry Matter   is the feed minus the moisture  
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Importance of water   needed for metabolic reactions. Transport medium, body temperature control, cell shape and integrity  
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Carbohydrates   composed of carbon + hydrogen + oxygen. Primary source of readily avaliable energy  
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Simple Carbohydrates   Starches, like cereal grains and sugars. Easy to digest!  
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Complex Carbohydrates   Cellulose, like in plant cell walls. Harder to digest. rumen microbes digest this and make it part of their body, and cows can then digest the microbes  
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Lipids   Fats. 2.25x more energy that carbohydrates per unit weight. Made of a 3 carbon backbone called glycerol and 3 fatty acid chains attached  
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Saturated Fat   refers to H+ bonding to carbon atoms  
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Unsaturated Fat   indicates missing H+ and double bonds among carbon atoms. More common in plants. Crisco is a plant oil that has been saturated with hyrdrogen to make it a solid  
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Essential Fatty Acids   must be in diet because the animal cannot synthesize them: Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid, Arachidonic acid  
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Importance of Fats   structural component in cell membrane. Chemical energy stored in C-H bonds and C-C bonds. Precursors for hormones  
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Proteins   carbon + hydrogen + oxygen + nitrogen. On average protein is about 16% nitrogen by weight. 6.25 conversion factor  
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Importance of Protein in diets   tissue growth and repair, transport binding proteins, regulation of hormones and hormone receptors  
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Minerals   inorgainc elements (no carbon bonds to break by burning). It is the ask that's left after burning.  
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Macro minerals   needed in relatively large amounts. Calcium, Phosphorus, Chlorine, Sodium, and Potassium, Magnesium, and Sulfur  
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Calcium   needed for cell function, bone strength, and lactation  
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Phosphorus   2:1 Calcium to Phosphorus ratio, for growth and lactation  
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Chlorine, Sodium, and Potassium   for osmotic balance  
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Magnesium   for cell physiology  
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Sulfur   for protein structure  
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Micro minerals   Cobalt, Copper, Flourine, Iron, Manganese, Selenium, Zinc. Needed for incorporate into molecules for structure and function, help catalyze reactions.  
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Vitamins   "Vital Amines", first discovered in the Dairy Science department at U Wisconsin.  
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Vitamin A   Fat Soluble Vitamin. Helps the integrity of epithelial linings. Polar bears concentrate this in the liver and it can become toxic  
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Vitamin D   Fat Soluble Vitamin. Bone growth and repair with Calcium. Deficiency in vitamin D is called rickets. Can get through sun exposure!  
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Vitamin E   Fat Soluble Vitamin. Antioxidant, free radical scavenger  
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Vitamin K   Fat soluble vitamin, blood clotting  
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Vitamin C   Water Soluble Vitamin. Deficiency in this is called Scurvy: resulting in spongy gums and loose teeth  
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Vitamin B1   Water Soluble. Deficiency in this is called Beriberi: polyneuritis, and paralysis  
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Niacin   Water Soluble Vitamin. Deficiency in this is called Pellagra: inflamed membranes  
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Vitamin B12   Water soluble. Deficiency in this is called Pernicious anemia: small red blood cells  
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Digestibility   that portion of feed consumed that passes through the gut wall into the blood. Almost impossible to measure directly. Measure by difference: Intake - fecal content = amount digested.  
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Formula for Digestibility   In feed- in feces/in feed x 100 = % digested  
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Energy Values of Feeds   energy is stored in C-C bonds of CHO's, fats, and proteins. Oxidation of carbon bonds releases energy  
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Chemical energy   drives other chemical reactions, and provides body heat  
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Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN)   older method for determining energy values. Expressed in units of weight, does not reflect the amount of useable chemical energy  
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Net Energy System (NE)   newer method. Measures useable energy, expressed in calories per unit weight  
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Maintenance Energy (NEm)   used fro basal metabolism, thermoregulation, and voluntary activity  
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Production Energy (NEp)   Used for Growth (NEg), Lactation (NEl), Fat Deposition, Reproduction, and Hair/wool growth  
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Back in the day, what happened to sailors on long voyages who didn't take citrus fruit along with them?   Tooth loss, Scurvy  
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As presented in class regarding nutrition, what does TDN stand for?   Total Digestible Nutrients  
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Regarding digestion, what occurs in the mouth?   NONE OF THE ABOVE  
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What is the normal flow of food through a non-ruminant animal?   esophagus --> abomasum --> duodenum --> colon  
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Production of ova is an example of an ovary's:   exocrine function  
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which stage of follicular development represents a mature, dominant follicle ready to ovulate?   Graafian follicle  
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As described in class, where in the female reproductive tract does fertilization occur?   the oviduct and the AIJ  
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Into which segment of the female reproductive tract does urine from the bladder and urethra first enter?   Vagina  
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in regard to cyclicity in females, what structure produces and released GnRH?   Hypothalamus  
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Which of the following species has a 21-day estrous cycle and a 340 day pregnancy?   Horses  
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Name either the 4-carbon or the 3 carbon volatile fatty acid produced in the rumen   Propionic acid and Butyric acid  
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What hormone in the female is produced by the uterus when pregnancy does not occur and directs the demise of the corpus luteum so that a new cycle can start?   PGF(alpha 2)  
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What is the primary hormone product of the testes?   testosterone  
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When a feed is classified as a "by-pass" feed, what does that mean?   It is a feed that is heated or has a special crust on it to help it go straight to the abomasum, without the microorganisms touching it. It allows the animal to get nutrients that it would not get from normal feed.  
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What happens to an animal when a virus disrupts the cells lining the inside of the LARGE intestine to the extent that it can't do what it is primarily responsible for doing?   the large intestine is for water absorbption and compacting the feces. if the water is not absorbed the animal will get diharrea  
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Carnivores   eat meat, mostly monogastrics  
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Herbivores   eat plants, both ruminants and monogastrics  
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Omnivores   eat both plants and meat, mostly monogastric  
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Digestion   breakdown of food molecules to small enough molecules to cross across the membrane of the gut  
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Pepsin   enzyme that breaks down proteins  
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Ruminant stomach   4 distinct compartments: Reticulum, Rumen, Omasum, Abomasum  
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Reticulum   Where feed first arrives from esophagus, honeycomb appearance. Where injested hardware will remain  
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Rumen   the next segment of the cow's stomach. Biological fermentation vat, ideal for microorganisms to grow, warm, moist, and nutrient rich.  
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Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA's)   Butyric Acid (C4), Proplonic acid (C3), Acetic Acid (C2)  
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Belching   Eructation  
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Bloat   caused by not belching in ruminants. Can restrict breathing and cause death.  
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Papillae   projections within the rumen with give it a felt-like appearance and increases the surface area  
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Omasum   many folds of tissue, further fine grinding and mixing of chyme  
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Abomasum   true stomach, functions much like the monogastric stomach  
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Small Intestine   further splitting of molecules and absorption happens here. Made of 3 segments: Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum  
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Duodenum   cells secrete various compounds. Stimulate gall bladder to release liver bile. Fat is emulsified.  
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Jejunum and Ileum   Absorption and final breakdown of products. Passive absorption through simple and active diffusion.  
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Ileocecal valve   one way valve that doesn't allow bacteria from the colon to back flow into the small intestine  
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Liver   metabolizes useful substances and detoxifies harmful substances  
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Large Intestine   water reabsorption, and some nutrient absorption  
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Rectum   final straight segment of colon, formation of feces and timing of defecation  
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Ovary   both exocrine and endocrine functions. Exocrine --> release of ova, Endocrine --> synthesize and release hormones  
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Primary Follicle   haploid germ cell, 1 layer of flat cells  
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Secondary follicles   2 layers of cells  
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Tertiary follicle   visible to naked eye, fluid filled antrum  
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Graafian follicle   mature and ready to ovulate, oocyte. Granulosa cells produce FSH and estrogen. Theca cells produce LH and androgrens  
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Corpus hermorrhagicum   red body: the structure that results after ovulation when the follicle collapses. It is blood filled  
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Corpus Lutem   yellow body, progesterone and relaxin are produced by this  
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Corpus Albicans   white body, consists of the cellular remnants when the corpus luteum reduces  
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Ampulla   the 1st half of the oviduct. cilliated cells move ova towards the uterus  
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Isthmus   2nd half of oviduct, moves sperm up and new zygote down  
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Ampullary-Isthmic Junction   AIJ, middle segment of oviduct. Site of fertilization  
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Uterotubal Junction   where oviduct joint uterus. Barrier to sperm, passage for zygote  
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Cervix   made of fibrous tissue, 1st degree barrier protecting the uterus. Landmark for A.I. Gelatinous plug forms during pregnancy for protection. DIlates during parturition  
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Vagina   organ of copulation, birth canal, and drainage for urethra from bladder. Avoid during AI  
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Vuvla   External Genitalia. Observable signs of estrus: retains blood and water, swollen, moist and red.  
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Clitoris   developmental rudiment of penis. Highly innervated, neuroendocrine response.  
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Estrus (noun)   the desire or willingness to mate  
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Reproduction involves   Brain (hypthalamus), Anterior/posterior pituitary glands, ovaries, and uterus  
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Hypothalamus produces   Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)  
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Anterior Pituitary produces   Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Lutenizing Hormone (LH)  
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Posterior Pituitary produces   Oxytocin  
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The Follicle Produces   Estrogen  
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Corpus Luteum produces   Progesterone, Relaxin, and Oxytocin  
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The Uterus produces   Prostaglanding F2 alpha  
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The Embryo produces   Interferon (in calves and lambs) and Estrogen (in pigs)  
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Function of Estrogen   induced estrous behavior, prepares uterus for mating, sperm transport, and stimulates surge of GnRH  
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Function of Lutenizing Hormone (LH)   initiates ovulation, and the conversion of follicle into a Corpus Lutem  
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Function of Progesterone   negative feedback on hypothalamus and anterior pituitary to inhibit follicle growth. prepares uterus for pregnancy.  
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Function of PGF2α   regresses corpus luteum, progesterone declines, and the estrous cycles begins again  
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If pregnant   embryo sends signal to uterus: maternal recognition of pregancy. This signal blocks PGF2α, the corpus luteum is retained, and progesterone remains high  
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Length of Estrous Cycle in Cows   21 days  
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Length of Estrous Cycles in Sow   21 days  
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Length of Estrous Cycles in Ewe   16 days  
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Length of Estrous Cycle in Mare   21 days  
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Duration of Estrous in Cows   18 hours  
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Duration of Estrous in Sow   3 days  
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Duration of Estrous in Ewe   30 hours  
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Duration of Estrous in MAre   6 days  
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Gestation length of Cow   285 days  
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Gestation length of Sow   114 days  
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Gestation length of Ewe   145 days  
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Gestation length of Mare   340  
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Polyestrus   many cycles  
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Male Gonad   Testicle. Outside of body proper, important for temperature regulation.  
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Exocrine function of Testes   produce male gamets (sperm)  
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Endocrine function of Testes   produce testosterone, give masculine appearance, mating behavior, and steroid binding protein  
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Castration   remove testicles, resulting in the removal of sperm and testosterone  
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Vasectomy   cut tubular excurrent duct system, vas defrens. this blocks sperm but not testosterone  
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Seminiferous Tubules   sperm produced within testes, inside of the seminiferous tubules  
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Sertoli Cells   nurture developing sperm cells.  
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Head of Epididymus   sperm maturation  
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Body of Epididymus   sperm concentration  
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Tail of Epididymus   sperm storage  
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Uterine Milke   early embryo gets nutrients from the secretion of this from glands in the uterus  
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Time of attachment in baby pigs   day 14-21  
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Caruncle   special places of the placenta where the dam and baby exchange nutrients and gases  
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Caruncle + Cotyledon =   Placentome  
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Cotyledon   place of nutrient and gas exchange associated with the baby  
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Embryonic stage   up until major organ formation is complete  
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Fetal Stage   once all major organs are in place, approximately day 45 in cattle.  
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Uterine Prolapse   ligaments that hold the uterus in place give way. uterus turns inside out through the vulva, you can save the animal but it is often infertile afterwards  
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Dystocia   the most common problem is that the calf is too large for the cows pelvic opening. Mal-presentation is also a problem  
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Estrous Synchronization   treat females with hormones to make her come into heat when desired. Lutalyse  
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Parity/-parous   condition of having borne some offspring  
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Nulliparous   never borne viable offspring  
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Virgin   never experienced sexual intercourse  
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Primiparous   given birth once  
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Multiparous   given birth multiple times  
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Open   not pregnant  
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Barren   incapable of producing offspring  
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Gravid   pregnant, containing developing young  
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Static Ovaries   No, or minimal follicular activity. NSS: no significant structures. Ovaries appear pre-puberal. Not receiving or responding to pituitary FSH/LH. Can try progestin synchronizing agents to dam up and then jumpstart the ovaries. Usually animal is culled  
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Ovarian Adhesions   slight bleeding at ovulation, blood can adhere ovary to body wall or uterus.  
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Oocia   sensation of pain at ovulation  
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Follicular Cyst   follicle falls to ovulate, and is trapped. It continues to grow past ovulatory size, granulose continues to produce estrogen. This results in nymphomania. May or may not respond to GnRH treatment. Can try removing problem ovary  
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Uterine atony   lack of hormonal tone or strength  
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Uterine inertia   inactivity and inabiltiy to move spontaneously. sluggishness of uterine contractions during labor  
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endometritis/metritis   bacterial infection of uterus, can disrupt function of endometrial cells where inflamed  
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pyometritis   inflammation and puss of the uterus. usually bad enough to block PGF2α production, and the animal stops cycling.  
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trichomoniasis   abortion is early pregnancy  
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viriosis   abortion in late pregnancy  
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retained placenta   more common with cotyledonary placentation. leave it alone  
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epistiotomy   vulvular tissue can tear during foaling if the foal is too large  
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Caslick procedure   suture vulva closed to repair episiotomy or prevent "wihascuking"  
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Left Displaced Abomasum (LDA)   shortly after calving, abdominal space vacated by calf being born. rumen expands with increased feed intake. torsion disrupts hormonal flow and blood supply  
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Edema   water retention in interstitial tissues of udder, more arterial blood flowing  
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