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Animal Terms Flashcards

1
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What are the eight temporary incisors and canine teeth of young swine called?

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Needle Teeth

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What identification method is used in swine?

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Ear Notching

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The restraint method in which a pig’s snout is secured via a loop tie attached to a long handle is called what?

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Hog Snare

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4
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How do chinchillas clean themselves?

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Dust Bath

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5
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What space in the oral cavity of hamsters can they carry food, bedding, or offspring in?

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Cheek Pouch

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What is the measurement used to determine sex of rodents called?

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Anogenital distance

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What is the process of casting off feathers before replacement feathers appear called?

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Molting

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What is the sternum or breastbone called in birds?

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Keel

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What is thebony termination of vertebral column that tail feathers attach to in birds called?

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Pygostyle

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In birds, what is the thin walled sacs that store air and provide buoyancy in flight called?

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Air Sacs

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11
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In birds, what is the voice organ located at tracheal bifurcation called?

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Syrinx

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12
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In birds, what are the posterior nares/cleft in the hard palate known as?

A

Choana

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13
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What is the medical term for egg bearing animal?

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Oviparous

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14
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What is the medical term for an animal that bears live young?

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Viviparous

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15
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What is the term used when you get an offspring from mating 2 different species?

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Hybrid

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16
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To reduce body temperature, heart and respiration rates and metabolism to dormancy in summer is called what?

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Estivation

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17
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To reduce body temperature, heart and respiration rates, and metabolism to dormancy in winter is called what?

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Hibernation

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18
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What is the condition called in which intact cycling female ferrets may have elevated blood estrogen levels?

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Hyperestrogenism

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What is the adjustment of an animal to a new environment called?

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Acclimatization

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20
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What is the medical term for something that carries disease from one animal to another?

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Vector

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21
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What is the medical term for incompletely developed parts?

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Rudimentary

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22
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What is the medical term for shedding or molting?

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Ecdysis

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23
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What is biting or chewing the fur of subordinate animals called?

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Barbering

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24
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What does axenic mean?

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Germ-free

25
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What is the external opening of the cloaca in birds called?

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Vent

26
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In birds, what is the furcula known as?

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Wishbone

27
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In birds, what is the ropelike structure that holds the yolk to the center of the egg called?

A

Chalaza

28
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What is the common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive systems in birds called?

A

Cloaca

29
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Which type of feather has a blood supply running through it that if broken can lead to heavy bleeding in birds?

A

Pin

30
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In birds, what types of feathers are known as the remiges?

A

Primary Wing

31
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In birds, what types of feathers are known as the contour feathers?

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Body/Flight

32
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What is the glandular stomach of birds called?

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Proventriculus

33
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What is a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers known as?

A

Fledgling

34
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What is the esophageal enlargement that stores, moistens, and softens food in some birds?

A

Crop

35
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What type of pigs are obtained by cesarean section?

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SPF pigs

36
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Swine from about 40 to 100 pounds in weight are called what?

A

Grower Pigs

37
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What is a portable partition to move swine by blocking the area called?

A

Hog Hurdle

38
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What is moving piglets from one litter to another to balance litter size called?

A

Cross-fostering

39
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What is the common term for a prolapsed rectum in swine?

A

Piles

40
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A holding pen that limits sow movement before and during parturition is known as a what?

A

Farrowing Crate

41
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A swine operation that raises weanling pigs to market weight is what type of management system?

A

Feeder-to-finish

42
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What is the name of the restraint method that uses ropes to place swine in lateral recumbency?

A

Casting

43
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What are swine weighing 10 to 40 pounds called?

A

Starter pigs

44
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What is a swine over 100 pounds to slaughter known as?

A

Finisher pig

45
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What is the mating of dissimilar breeds to increase productivity and performance in the next generation known as?

A

Hybrid Vigor

46
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Removing an animal from the rest because it does not meet a specific standard is known as what?

A

Culling

47
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What is the hypocalcemic metabolic disorder of ruminants that is seen in late pregnancy or early lactation called?

A

Parturient Paresis

48
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What is the type of roughage feed produced by fermenting chopped plant parts?

A

Silage

49
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What is the term for the restraint device that secures cattle around the neck to allow accessibility for milking, feeding, and examining?

A

Stanchion

50
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The common term for removing a retained placenta in a cow is what?

A

Cleaning a cow

51
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What is the canine tooth in a horse that is usually found only in males?

A

Tush

52
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What part of the bridle is put in the horse’s mouth?

A

Bit

53
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What is the tool used for leveling the foot of an equine?

A

Rasp

54
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What part of the bridle is located under the horse’s throat?

A

Throatlatch

55
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In horses, a rapid two-beat gait in which the front and hind feet on the same side start and stop at the
same time is what?

A

Pace

56
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A natural, rapid two-beat diagonal gait of horses is called what?

A

Trot

57
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Cats ovulate as a result of sexual activity, what is the term for this?

A

Induced Ovulators

58
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What is steatitis?

A

Infammation of Fat

59
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What is coprophagy?

A

Ingestion of Feces

Veterinary Terminology (19 decks)

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