Common Terms Used In Livestock And Poultry Production

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Devoid of life; no living components of any environment

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Abiotic

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The final compartment of the ruminant stomach, also known as the fourth or true stomach of the cow

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Abomasum

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Expulsion of the fetus by pregnant female before the normal end of pregnancy

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Abortion

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A metabolic disease characterised by high concentration of ketone bodies in blood or other body tissues

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Acetonemia

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Adjustment to altered environment conditions

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Acclimatization

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Process by which organism becomes adjusted to altered enviro5

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Adaption

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Toxin produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

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Aflatoxin

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Produces aflatoxin

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Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus parasiticus

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An indicator of relative digestibility of forages

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ADF acid detergent fiber

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Fatty

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Adipose

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Fetal membranes that attach the fetus to the membranes of the pregnant female and which are normally expelled from the female after parturition

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Afterbirth

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Science or art of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising Livestock, to sell later on

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Agriculture

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The technique that involves breeding of females without the males being physically present

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AI- artificial insemination

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A viscous protein that comprises most of the white eggs

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Albumen

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Alternative forms of a general ata a specific licus; a location on a chromosome

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Alleles

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Livestock management system in which all animals are introduced into a confinement unit then later on moved out to be sold at the same time

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All-in all-out systems

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That which surrounds

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Ambient

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Nitrogen containing component of a protein molecule

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Amino acid

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Tissue increasing

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Anabolic

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A compound or product that is synthesised or manufactured to be similar to a naturally occurring substance

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Analogue

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The result of immunological memory. If a previously sensitising antigen is ever encountered again. Antigen production is much faster

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Anamnestic response

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Male sex hormones associated with secondary sex characteristics

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Androgen

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The tabulation of the Food products purchased and consumed on yearly basis by a certain population

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Annual consumption trends

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Before death

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Ante-mortem

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Compound that kills or expels internal parasites

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Anthelmintic

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Chemical compounds from living cells that inhibit growth or kill microorganisms

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Antibiotic

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A globulin protein produced by lymphocytes in response to antigenic stimulus

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Antibody or immunoglobulin

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A substance usually protein molecule or cellular component, that is foreign to the body

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Antigen

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Substances used to inhibit the growth of molds, yeast or bacteria, nitrites

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Antimicrobial