Glossary Of Terms Flashcards
– adjustment of the breeding pig to the conditions prevailing in the farm to which it has been introduced to enable it to perform to optimum standards
Acclimatization
– the state or quality to be reached
Accessibility
– collective
Accumulative
- a condition in which the acidity of the body fluids & tissues is abnormally high
Acidosis
– referring to a disease which has a rapid onset, short course & pronounced signs
Acute
- failure to secrete milk following birth; absence of milk
Agalactia
– management method wherein a group of fattening pigs enters the unit at the same time and leaves together at a certain period once they reach the market weight
All in/all out
– reduction in the quantity of hemoglobin (oxygen carrier in the blood); the main symptoms are paleness, hurried breathing & low resistance to infection
Anemia
– any drug or chemical used to destroy parasitic worms
Anthelmintic
– a chemical substance derived from a mold or bacteria that inhibit the growth of another microorganism
Antibiotic
– a protein substance developed or synthesized by lymphoid tissues of the body in response to an antigenic stimulus; each elicits production of a specific antibody. In disease defense, the animal must have an encounter with the pathogens/ antigen before a specific antibody is developed in its blood.
Antibody
- a high molecular-weight substance (usually a protein) which, when foreign to the bloodstream of the animal, stimulates formation of a specific antibody.
Antigen
– a chemical substances that prevents the growth & development of microorganism
Antiseptic
– suffocation
Asphyxiation
– inflammation of the joints
Arthritis
