Vocab 101-125 Flashcards
Mature female bovine, usually two years of age or older.
Cow
A protein hormone, produced and released by the anterior pituitary, which stimulates the formation and retention of the corpus luteum. It also initiates ovulation.
Luteinizing Hormone
The total nitrogenous material in vegetable or animal substance.
Protein
A toxic product contained in cottonseed.
Gossypol
A feeding pen built with a small entrance through which only young, small animals can enter. This prevents larger animals from entering.
Creep Feeder
Domestic farm animals kept for productive purposes includes beef and dairy cattle, sheep and goats, swine, and can include poultry
Livestock
Having one stomach or stomach compartment.
Monogastric
A measurement of the fineness of wool.
Hank
Denotes the point on a lamb carcass where the foot and pastern are removed at the cartilaginous junction of the front leg.
Break Joint
The process of inspecting an animals teeth (usually sheep and horses) to determine the age.
Mouthing
An unadulterated or pure strain of any breed of livestock.
Purebred
Corresponding in type of structure and derived from a common primitive origin.
Homologous
Measurement of digestible energy that is actually used by an animal for maintenance and production.
Net Energy
A cow in calf; due to calve soon.
Springer
A hollow cluster of cells. In the mammary gland, these cells secrete milk.
Alveolus
A condition resulting from deficient oxygenation of the blood.
Hypoxia
The shining of a bright light through an egg to see if it contains a live embryo.
Candling
The “buttons” on the ruminant uterus where the cotyledons on the fetal membranes attach.
Carnucle
The thick, liquid mixture of food that passes from the stomach to the small intestine.
Chyme
Distal portion of the small intestine.
ILeum
The removal of the internal organs during the slaughtering process.
Evisceration
Postmortem examination.
Necropsy
A genetic defect in swine inherited as a simple recessive. It is associated with heavily muscled animals that may suddenly die when exposed to stessful conditions. Their muscle is usually pale, soft, and exudative.
Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS)
Within the vein. Ex. An injection in the vein
Intravenous
An edible by-product also known as the pancreas.
Sweetbread
