2.0 Flashcards
The hair type of the fleece
of sheep
wool hairs
– the long hair of the
horse –forelock, mane, tail and “feathers”
(behind the fetlock)
Long hair
the hair coat of the pig; the cilia
(eyelashes), vibrissae (hairs of the
nostrils) and “beard” (hair of the
submandibular region ) of the goat
Bristles
Composed of wool hairs or undercoat of animals bred
for their ability to produce usable fibers
wool of sheep
Lacks guard hairs so that the fleece is soft and curly,
made up of long fine hairs
Wool of sheep
Has oily feel due to _____, a
product of cutaneous sebaceous glands
lanolin
– acquired from sheep (merino and
rambouillet)
commercial wool
– compound hair follicles with single primary hair
and a group of smaller secondary hairs
dog
single follicles grouped in clusters
pigs
single follicle with primary guard hair surrounded
by clusters of compound follicles
cat
– hoof pads or bulbs are comparable to the
digital pads of carnivores
ruminant
at medial canthus of eye, larger in rams
than in ewes; used for marking
infraorbital pouches
– on the midline above the hoofs between
the digits of all four feet; used as trail markers
interdigital pouches
near the base of the udder or scrotum
inguinal pouches
– caudal to the base of the horn, secretion is
increased during breeding season and especially pungent in
bucks
horn glands
two glands below the tail responsible for
the bucks characteristic smell
Sub-caudal glands
on the mediopalmar aspect of the
carpus; Produce sexual pheromones, marking the
sow during mating
carpal glands
wart-like skin eminence on
the chin; has both tactile and secretory (marking)
functions
Mental (chin) glands
– in all domestic species; in the wall
of the external auditory canal; produce “ear wax”
which protects the tympanic membrane from foreign
bodies
ceruminous glands
– only in cats; in the skin
around the mouth esp the lower lip; called “cleaning
glands” but functional significance is probably for
marking
Circumoral/ Perioral glands
– secretions mix with degenerated cells
to form a substance called smegma in horses
Preputial glands
predominant in man
Restricted in the footpads of carnivores, frog of the
horse, nasolabial region of ruminants and swine, and
carpus of pig
eccrine sweat glands
Function relates to territorial markings and
thermoregulation
eccrine sweat glands
predominates in domestic
species
apocrrine sweat glands
Distributed throughout the skin, ducts open into hair
follicles
apocrine sweat glands
Can be found over the entire bodies of farm animals,
including the horse, cow, sheep, pig although sparse
sweat glands
Planum nasolabiale
cow
Planum nasale
sheep
Planum nasale
pig
is rich in protein and will foam when agitated
by working mucles.
equine sweat
term designating all the mammae in the
ruminants and the horse (sometimes in sow)
udder
the four parts of the bovine udder each
associated with one teat; all four quarters are
completely seperated from each other
quarters
– external indication of the
separation of the two halves of the udder
intermammary groove
: usually 10 mammae; 5 (4-6) mammary
complexes on each side separated by an intermammary
groove
bitch
8 mammae, four on each side of the ventral
adominal wall
queen
14 (10-18) mammae; seven on each side
Cow : 4 mammae, Two (quarters) on each side, all
bound together to form an udder
sow
: 2 mammae forming a pendulous udder
Mare : 2 mammae forming a small udde
goat and sheep
teats; usually have the same number as females
males
extra teats may or may not be connected to primary
mammary gland tissue in both male and female
accessory teats or supernumerary teats
found caudal to other four but can be between or
cranial to them
cow
if found are usually cranial to
scrotum
bullas, ram, and bucks
– extra mammae
polymastia
the mammary secretion in the first few days
after parturition; with essential nutrients and
immunoglobulins; also has laxative effect to stimulate
the expulsion of the neonates first stool (meconium)
colostrum
– inflammation of the mammary gland
mastitis
the complete emptying of a quarter;
done before treating the infected quarter.
milking out
hoofed animals, farm animals
fall in this category; Artiodactyls – even–
toed ungulates; Perisodactyls – odd–toed
ungulates
ungolates
– the visible part of the standing horse’ hoof
wall
dorsal part of wall
toe
medial and lateral wall parts
quarters
the palmar/plantar aspect of wall
heels