Week 9: specialized Ruminant and swine terms Flashcards
______ is a mechanical device used to restrain cattle
Chute
_____ is a tool used to administer pills or magnets to livestock
Balling Gun
What are the different cattle housing
Feedlot
Stanchion
Hutch
______ is the method of determining pregnancy, phas of estrous cycle, or disease process via insertion of a gloved arm into the rectum of the animal and feeling for a specific structure
rectal palpation
_____ is a restraint technique used in cattle in which the tailhead is grasped and raised vertically
tail jack
What are the different udder terms
milk ducts
gland cistern
teat cistern
streak canal
_____ is the removal of the distal portion of the tail
docking
______ are appendages suspended from the head (usually the chin) in goats
wattle
______ are the set of six teeth in llamas that include an upper vestigial incisor and an upper and lower canine on each side
fighting teeth
______ is the identification method used in swine in which notches of various patterns are cut in the ear
ear notching
what are housing used for swine
farrowing crates and pens
______ is a portable partition used to move swine by blocking the area in which the pig should not go
hog hurdle
______ is a restraint method in which a pig’s snout is secured via a loop tie that is attached to a long handle
hog snare
______ are the eight temporary incisors and canine teeth of young swine
needle teeth