large animals Flashcards
bolus
large pill or mass of food
balling gun
tool used to administer pils, boluses, or magnets to livestock
gomer bull
heat detecting bull altered to be unable to breed successfully
graze
to eat grasses and plants that grow close to the ground
browse
to eat bushes, shrubs or trees
rumenalysis
colection and evaluation of rumen contents
benzimidazoles
class of dewormers, includes fenbedndazole, thiabendazole, etc
rumping
method of restraining sheep by placing them in a sitting posiiton with the front legs elevated
fly strike
infestation with maggots
replacement heifer
young female cow raised to replace a less desirable cow
finishing
feeding high quality feed before slaughter to increase carcass quality and yield
drench
oral administration of liquid medications
burdizzo
emasculatome; castration device that crushes the spermatic cord directly through the skin
chute
mechanical device that is used to restrain the head and body of livestock
stanchion
mechanical device that secures livestock around the neck to allow acessibility for feeding, milking, and examining
springer
cow that is near parturition
cull
to remove an animal from the rest because it does not meet a standard or is unproductive
ungulate
animals with hooves; artiodactyls and perissodactyls
polled
breed of a normally horned species that does not grow horns
casting
restraint method using ropes to place an animal in lateral recumbancy
cria
baby llama
marbling
streaks of fat distributed throughout meat
freshening
giving birth to dairy animals thus starting a fresh lactating cycle
drying off
ending the production of milk when milk yield i slow or before freshening
disbudding
debudding; to remove horn growth in kids or calves by use of a hot iron or caustic substance
fleece
wool
crimp
the amount of wave in wool
shorn
sheared
dental pad
heavily keratinized surface of the upper jaw of ruminants that occludes with the lower incisors
supernumerary teats
more than normal numbers of teats
