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Used to get cattle to move
Administer electric shock |
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should only be done when animals head has been secured
used to distract them |
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Auscultate the heart, the lungs
listen for ruminations
check for displaces abdomen |
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auscultate the lungs
check for displaced abdomen |
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beef
crossed with hereford |
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beef
stout, blockier, roan colored, white faced |
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| med. sized, white body with red spots/patterns |
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| mousy colored, oldest breed, slightly small than holstein, no white spots, shades of brown |
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| med in size, milk high in protein and butter |
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| smallest, tolerant of heat, wide range of colors |
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| large, outstanding milk production, white with black spots, large head |
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| female bovine which has weaned one calf |
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| female bovine which has not weaned first calf |
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| act of parturition, giving birth |
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| meat from calf under 3 months |
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| normal number of ruminations |
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contains 2 total
dorsal aspect of abdominal cavity
each contains about 75000 ova or eggs at birth |
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| fertilization of the ovum takes place in upper one third of the tube |
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two horns
fetal development takes place here (in only one horn) |
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seal off the uterus from contaminates from the vagina
seperates uterine horns from vagina |
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| semen is deposited by male |
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inside scrotum
temp lowers so sperm can grow
2 total |
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| transport, storage, maturation, concentration of the sperm |
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| transports mature semen from tail of epidiymis past accessory sex glands |
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| accessory or secondary sex glands |
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| responsible for producing bulk of semen |
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absence of one or both testicles from scrotum/
lower sperm count
may be hereditary |
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| feet first with head lying btn them |
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| only front teeth on lower jaw |
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| amount saliva produced/day |
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may contain up to 50 gal
bacteria and protazoa contained here
lighter material goes here |
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honeycomb like structure
cud is formed
natural collecting place for foreign objects (larger objects rumen can't take) |
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removes slurry mixture
" most of excess water |
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"true stomach"
true digestion takes place here
secret digestive enzymes |
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| production of purebred strain of cattle |
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breeding of two purebred strains to produce animal with hybrid vigor or best characteristics from each breed
ex. angus and hereford |
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| commercial cow-calf operation |
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produce grade type of cattle
not specific kind
no dairy cows
mixed |
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used for meat as well as milk
ex. milking shorthorn |
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| milk, meat, and work (draft animals) |
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calves are creep fed up to weaning time and pushed for rapid weight gain
fed as much as want
meat more tender |
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very young calf
less than three months
calves are often bulls which are not needed to carry on dairy herd |
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place used to finish cattle quickly
quick weight gain |
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| heifers which are used to replenish herd or cattle that remain on the farm for additional weight gain |
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| growth-promoting substances |
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given to cow to encourage weight gain
anabolic steroid components added to implants or feed additives |
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used for castration
stretches rubber ring around scrotum
blood cut off |
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| cord is crushed by pincer, cut circulation off |
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| administraion of oral med for internal parasites |
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| treat for external parasites |
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facilitate the passing of stomach tube
allows tube to pass thru with out cow chewing on cud |
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rapid onset
visual changes occur
commonly caused by bacteria (e coli) |
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cause no visual changes
70% all cases this type |
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used to test for sub-clinical mastitis
milk collected from each teat in seperate wells
CMT mixed in with milk
NO mastitis-purple milk
Yes-purple jello |
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