Animal Handling Flashcards
Restraint
Control of an animal so that it can be examined or treated
Physical restraint
Humane and safe restraint with the use of manual or mechanical means to limit an animals normal voluntary movement for purpose of examination,collection of samples, drug administration, therapy, or manipulation
Chemical restraint
Sedative or tranquilizer given to a patient to reduce agitaion or potentially hazardous behavior
Temperment
The peculiar behavioral character and mental cast of an animal
Recumbent
Lying down
Dorsal recumbency
Lying on the back
Ventral recumbency
(Stomach, sternal) lying on the back
Left later recumbency
Lying on the left side
Right lateral recumbency
Lying on the right ride
Scruffing
Grasping the cat by the scruff of the neck
Positioning
Passive arrangement of the head,neck,and trunk or limbs in order to obtain the optimum X-ray image or to make a physical clinical examination
Trough
M shaped false top that is placed on a surgical table for patients to be laid in and propped up in the groove
Otic
Pertaining to the ear
Aural
Pertaining to the ear, external ear
Oral
Pertaining to the mouth
Ophthalmic
Pertaining to the eye
Topical
Pertaining to a particular area
Acepromazine
prior to anesthesia and surgery because of its sedative effects and its ability to prevent vomiting. It’s also used as an aid in controlling excited animals during examinations, treatments, and grooming.
Ketamine
Administered intravenously or intramuscularly to produce dissociative anesthesia
Diazepam
Used as an anti-anxiety agent, a skeletal muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant, and as an appetite stimulant
Xylazine
Analgesic and sedative which has become very popular for the immobilization of adult ruminants. Also for dogs cats horses deer elk
Often combined with ketamine
Fractious
Irritable, unruly, readily angered
