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For the Del Mar Fair of 2013, Large animal study guide

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Definition
Abomasum   The fourth or true stomach of a ruminant where enzymatic digestion occurs  
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Abscess   Boil; a localized collection of pus  
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ADGA   American Dairy Goat Association, the oldest and largest dairy goat registry in the United States  
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Afterbirth   The placenta and associated membranes expelled from the uterus after kidding  
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Alveoli   Tiny hollow spheres in the udder whose cells secrete milk. Singular  
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American   A doe that is seven  
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Balling gun   Device used to administer a bolus (a large pill)  
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Bloat   An excessive accumulation of gas in the rumen and reticulum, resulting in distension  
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Bolus   A large pill for animals; also, regurgitated food that has been chewed (cud)  
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Breeding season   The period when goats will breed, usually from September to December  
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Buck   A mature male goat  
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Buckling   A young male goat, 1 to 2 years of age  
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Chevon   Goat meat  
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Cull   To remove a substandard animal from a herd; also, such a substandard animal  
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Dam   Female parent  
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Disbudding iron   A tool, usually electric, that is heated to burn the horn buds from young animals to prevent horn growth  
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Dished face   The concave nose of the Saanen  
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Doe   A female goat  
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Doeling   A young female  
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Drenching   Giving medication from a bottle  
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Dry period   The time when a goat is not producing milk  
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Enterotoxemia   A bacterial infection, usually resulting in death; also called pulpy kidney disease and overeating disease  
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Flushing   Feeding females more generously 2 to 3 weeks before breeding in order to simulate the onset of heat and induce the shedding of more eggs resulting in more offspring and improving chances of conception  
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Freshen   To give birth (kid) and come into milk  
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Gestation   The time between breeding and kidding (average 150 days). For a ewe, between 147 and 153 days  
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Heat   The condition of a doe being ready to breed  
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Horn buds   Small bumps from which horns grow  
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Intradermal   Into or between the layers of the skin  
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Intravenous   Within a vein  
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IM (intramuscular)   Within the muscle  
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Kid   A goat under 1 year of age; to give birth  
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Lactation   The period in which a goat is producing milk; the secretion of formulation of milk  
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Mastitis   Inflammation of the udder, usually caused by an infection  
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Milking through   Milking a goat for more than 1 year  
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Polled   Naturally hornless  
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Precocious milker   A goat that produces milk without being bred  
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Purebred   An animal whose ancestry can be traced back to the establishment of a breed through the records of a registry association  
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Raw milk   Milk as it comes from the goat; unpasteurized milk  
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Reticulum   The second compartment of the ruminant stomach  
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Rumen   The first large compartment of the stomach of a ruminant stomach where cellulose is broken down  
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Scours   Persistent diarrhea in young animals  
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Service   Mating  
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Settled   Having become pregnant  
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Sire   Male parent; to father  
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Standing heat   The period during which a doe will accept a buck for mating, usually about 24 hours  
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Subcutaneous   Beneath the skin  
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Udder   An encased group of mammary glands provided with a teat or nipple  
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Wattle   Small, fleshy appendage. Wattles are hereditary, not all goats have them, and they serve no useful purpose  
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Wether   A castrated male  
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Anestrus   The non  
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Bag   The ewe's udder, or mammary glands  
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Black wool   Any wool containing black, or dark, fibers  
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Bright wool   Light, clean wool  
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Broken mouth   Old ewe or ram that has lost teeth. The condition usually begins around 4 years of age  
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Carpet wool   Coarse, harsh, strong wool suitable for producing carpets  
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Castrate   To remove the testicles from a male so he is permanently incapable of breeding  
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Clean wool   Usually refers to scoured wool, though hand spinners may use the phrase to describe a grease wool that has little or no vegetable contamination  
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Clip   The total annual production from a flock  
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Closed face   A sheep that has heavy wool about the eyes and cheeks  
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Club lamb   A lamb raised as a 4  
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Crimp   The "wave'' effect in wool fibers  
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Cud   A bolus of regurgitated food  
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Degreased wool   Wool that's been cleaned chemically to remove all "grease", or lanolin  
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Dock   To cut off the tail; the remaining portion of the tail of a sheep that has been docked  
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Elastrator   A device that is used to apply a heavy rubber band to the tail or scrotum of a lamb for docking or castrating  
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Scrotum   The external pouch that contains the testes  
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Estrus   The time during which a ewe will allow a ram to breed her. Normally, a ewe is in estrus for about 28 hours  
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Ewe   Mature female  
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Ewe lamb   Immature female  
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Fitting   Preparing an animal for show  
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Fleece   The wool from one sheep  
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Flock   A group of sheep  
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Freshening   Giving birth  
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Graft   Have a ewe accept and mother a lamb that isn't her own  
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Grease wool   Wool as it comes from the sheep  
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Lamb   Newborn or immature sheep, typically under 1 year of age  
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Mutton   Meat from a mature or aged sheep  
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Open face   A sheep that doesn't have much wool around the eyes and cheeks  
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Ovis Aries   Scientific name for domestic sheep  
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Ram   Mature male; also called buck  
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Ram lamb   Immature male  
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Shearing   The act of clipping wool from a sheep  
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Teaser   A ram or stag that is incapable of breeding ewes but is used to find when ewes are in heat  
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Weaning   Stopping lambs from suckling on their dams  
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Yearling   Ewe or ram between 1 and 2 years old  
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Sow   A female pig that has produced at least one litter of pigs  
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Gilt   A young female pig that has not been farrowed  
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Farrowed   Produced a litter of pigs  
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Barrow   A male pig that has been castrated and thus has no testicles  
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Boar   An intact male pig  
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Hog   A swine weighing more than 120 pounds  
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Swine   stout bodied short legged omnivorous animals  
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Steer   A male bovine after castration  
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Heifer   A young female bovine that has not calved  
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Herd   A group of goats or cattle  
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cow   A bovine female that has had one or more calves  
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Drove   A group of pigs  
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Flock   A group of sheep  
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Bull   An uncastrated male bovine of any age  
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Calf   A young bovine of either gender, less than a year old  
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