Animal Terms Flashcards
What are the eight temporary incisors and canine teeth of young swine called?
Needle Teeth
What identification method is used in swine?
Ear Notching
The restraint method in which a pig’s snout is secured via a loop tie attached to a long handle is called what?
Hog Snare
How do chinchillas clean themselves?
Dust Bath
What space in the oral cavity of hamsters can they carry food, bedding, or offspring in?
Cheek Pouch
What is the measurement used to determine sex of rodents called?
Anogenital distance
What is the process of casting off feathers before replacement feathers appear called?
Molting
What is the sternum or breastbone called in birds?
Keel
What is thebony termination of vertebral column that tail feathers attach to in birds called?
Pygostyle
In birds, what is the thin walled sacs that store air and provide buoyancy in flight called?
Air Sacs
In birds, what is the voice organ located at tracheal bifurcation called?
Syrinx
In birds, what are the posterior nares/cleft in the hard palate known as?
Choana
What is the medical term for egg bearing animal?
Oviparous
What is the medical term for an animal that bears live young?
Viviparous
What is the term used when you get an offspring from mating 2 different species?
Hybrid
To reduce body temperature, heart and respiration rates and metabolism to dormancy in summer is called what?
Estivation
To reduce body temperature, heart and respiration rates, and metabolism to dormancy in winter is called what?
Hibernation
What is the condition called in which intact cycling female ferrets may have elevated blood estrogen levels?
Hyperestrogenism
What is the adjustment of an animal to a new environment called?
Acclimatization
What is the medical term for something that carries disease from one animal to another?
Vector
What is the medical term for incompletely developed parts?
Rudimentary
What is the medical term for shedding or molting?
Ecdysis
What is biting or chewing the fur of subordinate animals called?
Barbering
What does axenic mean?
Germ-free
What is the external opening of the cloaca in birds called?
Vent
In birds, what is the furcula known as?
Wishbone
In birds, what is the ropelike structure that holds the yolk to the center of the egg called?
Chalaza
What is the common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive systems in birds called?
Cloaca
Which type of feather has a blood supply running through it that if broken can lead to heavy bleeding in birds?
Pin
In birds, what types of feathers are known as the remiges?
Primary Wing
In birds, what types of feathers are known as the contour feathers?
Body/Flight
What is the glandular stomach of birds called?
Proventriculus
What is a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers known as?
Fledgling
What is the esophageal enlargement that stores, moistens, and softens food in some birds?
Crop
What type of pigs are obtained by cesarean section?
SPF pigs
Swine from about 40 to 100 pounds in weight are called what?
Grower Pigs
What is a portable partition to move swine by blocking the area called?
Hog Hurdle
What is moving piglets from one litter to another to balance litter size called?
Cross-fostering
What is the common term for a prolapsed rectum in swine?
Piles
A holding pen that limits sow movement before and during parturition is known as a what?
Farrowing Crate
A swine operation that raises weanling pigs to market weight is what type of management system?
Feeder-to-finish
What is the name of the restraint method that uses ropes to place swine in lateral recumbency?
Casting
What are swine weighing 10 to 40 pounds called?
Starter pigs
What is a swine over 100 pounds to slaughter known as?
Finisher pig
What is the mating of dissimilar breeds to increase productivity and performance in the next generation known as?
Hybrid Vigor
Removing an animal from the rest because it does not meet a specific standard is known as what?
Culling
What is the hypocalcemic metabolic disorder of ruminants that is seen in late pregnancy or early lactation called?
Parturient Paresis
What is the type of roughage feed produced by fermenting chopped plant parts?
Silage
What is the term for the restraint device that secures cattle around the neck to allow accessibility for milking, feeding, and examining?
Stanchion
The common term for removing a retained placenta in a cow is what?
Cleaning a cow
What is the canine tooth in a horse that is usually found only in males?
Tush
What part of the bridle is put in the horse’s mouth?
Bit
What is the tool used for leveling the foot of an equine?
Rasp
What part of the bridle is located under the horse’s throat?
Throatlatch
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?
Pace
A natural, rapid two-beat diagonal gait of horses is called what?
Trot
Cats ovulate as a result of sexual activity, what is the term for this?
Induced Ovulators
What is steatitis?
Infammation of Fat
What is coprophagy?
Ingestion of Feces
