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Yale Residency - "Other" Species and Clin Path/Mol Bio > Sheep, calves, and goats I > Flashcards

Sheep, calves, and goats I Flashcards

1
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4 sheep meat breeds

A

Dorset
Columbia
Suffolk
Hampshire

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2
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5 wool sheep breeds

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Merino
Rambouillet
Lincoln
Romney
Barbados (hair breed
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3
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2 sheep dual purpose breeds

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Corriedale

Southdown

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4
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6 dairy goat breeds

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Alpine
Nubian
Toggenburg
La Mancha
Saanen
Oberhaslie
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5
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2 fiber goat breeds

A

Angora

Cashmere

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6
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5 meat goat breeds

A 
Boer
Sapel
Ma Tou
Kambling
Pygmy
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7
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6 breeds of dairy cattle

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Holstein-Fresian
Brown-Swiss
Jersey
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Milking Shorthorn
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8
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2 breeds of meat cattle

A

Angus

Simmental

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9
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Corriedales are models of what?

A

conjugated hyperbilirubinemia/hepatic organic anion excretory defect (Dubin-Johnson syndrome)

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10
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Southdowns are models of what?

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unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia/hepatic organic anion uptake defect (Gilbert syndrome)

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11
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Dorsets are models of what?

A

glucose-6-phosphatase dehydrogenase deficiency

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12
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Suffolks are models of what?

A

GM1 gangliosidosis

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13
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Many breeds of sheep are models of what?

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pulmonary adenocarcinoma (jaagsiekte)

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14
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Caprine myotonia congenita (fainting goat) is a model for what disease?

A

human myotonia congenita (Thomsen’s disease)

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15
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Nubians are models for what?

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b-mannosidosis and prenatal therapeutic cell transplantation

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16
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Tritrichomonas fetus in cattle is a model for what human disease?

A

Trichomonas vaginalis

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17
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Inherited cardiomyopathy is common in which cattle breeds?

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Holstein-Fresian, Simmental-Red Holstein, Black Spotted Fresian, and Polled Hereford

18
Q

Ayrshires and Fresians naturally are models of what?

A

Lipofuscinosis

19
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Shorthorns and Brahmans are natural models of what?

A

Glycogenesis

20
Q

Holsteins are natural models of what?

A

Leukocyte adhesion deficiency, hereditary zinc deficiency

21
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polled Hereford and polled Shorthorn calves are natural models of what?

A

Maple Syrup Urine dz

22
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Neonatal Friesan calves are natural models of what?

A

Citrullinemia

23
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Do sheep prefer straw bedding to slats?

A

Yes

24
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Cattle prefer grass to straw, T or F?

A

T

25
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Main source of energy for ruminants

A

VFA

26
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Neonates absorb immunoglobulin in the intestine via pinocytosis within how many hours after birth?

A

36 hours

27
Q

Why can’t BUN be used as a measure of renal function in ruminants?

A

Rumen microflora break down urea nitrogen

28
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Where does lipogenesis in sheep occur?

A

Adipose and mammary gland tissues

29
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3 major ovine histocompatibility classes

A

OVAR class I, II, III

30
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Which goat breeds have fragile RBCs?

A

Pygmys and Toggenburgs

31
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Do goats like sweet feeds?

A

No, they don’t like finely ground food

32
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sheep, cattle, goats - which are grazers and which are browsers?

A

Goats are browsers. The others are grazers

33
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Gestation length of sheep

A

147-150

34
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When to preg check by u/s for sheep

A

after day 60

35
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Gestation of goats

A

145-155

36
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How do you know when goats are about to give birth?

A

Does tend to have elevated rectal temp (above 103) for a week prior to parturition

37
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When can you induce goats with PGF2a?

A

Day 144

38
Q

Gestation length of cattle

A

270-292days

39
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u/s in cattle can detect pregnancy when?

A

9 days

40
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Palpation preg check in cattle

A

28-35 days: amniotic vesicle
30-35 days: fetal membrane slip
65 days: fetus
100-110 days: placentomes

41
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Placentation of ruminants

A

Epitheliochorial

42
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Which animals’ caruncles are concave vs convex

A

Sheep and goat caruncles are concave

Cow caruncles are convex

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