Exam 2 Flashcards
Horses, Donkeys, Mules, and Small Mammals (191 cards)
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American Paint
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Horse with large spots
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American Quarter Horse
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Breed used for bursts of speed
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American Standardbred
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Pacer with slight build
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Appaloosa
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Small spotted blanket breed
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Arabian
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Dish-faced breed
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Morgan
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Small riding and pulling breed
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Palomino
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Godlen-tan color with whitish mane and tail
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Saddlebred
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Harness racers, trotters
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Tennessee Walker
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Large ambling breed from Tennessee
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Thoroughbred
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Breed used in 1 and 2 mile races
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Hand
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4 inch measurement (usually in reference to a horse’s withers to the ground)
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Miniature
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No more than 8.2 hands (34in)
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Pony size
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10-14.2 hands
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Light size
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14.2-17.2 hands
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Draft size
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More than 17 hands
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Cold-blooded
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Draft
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Hot-blooded
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Riding breeds
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Warmblood
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Cold and warm
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Mule
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Hybrid - male donkey and female horse
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Henny
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Hybrid - male horse/female donkey
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Bay
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Dark red color with black mane, tail, and legs
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Gray (dappled)
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Splotchy colors of gray
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Chestnut (Sorrel)
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Lighter red color, no black markings
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Black
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All black
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Dun
Black mane, tail, and a black stripe down the middle of the back
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Buckskin
Cream to tan colored horses, black mane, tail, and legs
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Roan
White hair mixed with other color
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Grullo
Dun horses with mousy color
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Stallion
Male horse - intact
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Gelding
Male horse - neutered
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Mare
Female horse
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Jack
Male donkey
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Jenny
Female donkey
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John
Male mule
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Molly
Female mule
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Colt
Young male
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Filly
Young female
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Foaling
Birthing
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Foal age
Up to 6 months
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Weanling
6 months - 1 year old
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Yearling
1 year old
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Herd or Band
Collective of horses
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Barren
Collective of mules
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Equinophobia
Fear of horses
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English riding style
Relatively flat saddle and guiding with both handles
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Western riding style
Stock saddle with horn and guiding with one hand
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Walk
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External Anatomy
*See pic on module*
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Hoof Anatomy
*See pic on module*
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Lameness Types
*See pic on module*
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Ambling gait
Diagonal 4 beat gait with front foot landing first
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Annular ligament syndrome
Thickening on the back of the fetlock
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Bars of the mouth
Gap between incisors and molar teeth
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Bishoping
Altering the teeth to mask age
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Bit
Bridle's metal bar or chain that goes in the mouth
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Blister
A strong liniment to rub on legs
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Bog spavin
Compressible swelling of the hock (joint fluid)
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Bolt
To suddenly run without control
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Bots
Fly that lays eggs on legs, larvae live in the horses stomach
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Bowed tendon
Thickening of the back of the leg above the fetlock
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Box stall
Square stall to hold one horse
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Bridle
Head collar for riding, consists of headstall, bit, reins
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Cast
Downed horse is wedged against a wall and unable to rise
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Check ligament
Fibrous band to digital flexor tendon that aids in supporting leg when standing
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Chestnut
Small callus on inside of each of the 4 legs
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Clinch cutter
Tool to remove horse nail clinch
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Coggins
Blood test for EIA (Equine Infectious Anemia)
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Colic
Abdmonal pain that can lead to shock and death (#1 killer of horses)
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Cradle
Neck restraint to prevent chewing wounds
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Cross tie
Tying a horse's head to points on each side
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Cups
Indentation in occlusal surface of young teeth
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Dental stars
Yellow/Dark circles near occlusal surface center
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Dressage
European training of precise horseback maneuvers
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EIA
Equine Infectious Anemia
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Star marking
Dot on forehead
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Snip marking
Small strip between nostrils
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Stripe marking
Thin stripe from behind nostrils to middle of forehead
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Blaze marking
Thick stripe from nostrils to top of forehead
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Bald
Large coverage of white over majority of the face
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Far-side
Right side
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Farrier
Horse shoer
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Flehman
Stretching neck and curling upper lip
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Floating
Filing off sharp tooth edges
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Foal heat
Estrus 7-12 after foaling
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Founder
Laminitis and rotation of the coffin bone
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Fox trot
4 beat gait, diagonal feet land almost at the same time
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Galvayne's groove
Groove on the 3rd upper incisor that appears at 10 years and is gone at 30 years of age
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Guttural pouch
Pocket formed by part of the auditory tube
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Hoof pick
Instrument used to clean sole, bars, and frog
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Hoof tester
Blunt pliers to check for sensitive areas on hoof
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Heaves
Chronic asthma-like disease
"Heave line" - thickened chest muscle on lower aspect of chest due to difficulty in breathing
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Laminitis
Inflammation of the inner wall of the hoof
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Lather
Foamy sweat
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Longeing
Directing the horse around you in a circle on a long lead line
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Monkey mouth malocclussion
Lower incisors protrude beyond upper incisors
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Parrot mouth malocclussion
Upper incisors protrude beyond lower incisors
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Near-side
Left side
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Nippers
Hoof trimming cutters
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Osselets
Soft swelling on the front of the fetlock
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Paddock
Small fenced area (corral, pen)
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Periople
Moisture-proof coating for hoof
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Pinchers
Farrier's pliers to remove horse shoes
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Quidding
Dropping food from the mouth while eating
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Rack
Accelerated flashy 4 beat lateral gait
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Rasp
File to smooth hoof and round edges
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Ringbone
Bony swelling on pastern bone (high or low)
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Settle
To become pregnant
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Shod
Wearing horse shoes
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Sidebone
Calcification of the collateral cartilages
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Splints
Inflammation of ligament between splint and cannon bones
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Smooth mouth
All cups have worn off teeth (11 years)
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Socks
White on legs below knees or hocks
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Stay apparatus
Muscles, ligaments, tendons used to stand at rest with minimal effort
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Stock
Narrow stall for restraining a horse
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Strangles
Contagious Streptococcal infection of young horses
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Strike
To slap with front leg
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Tack
Equipment for riding or driving
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Tease
Detecting heat (estrus) with a stallion
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Twitch
Restraint tool that pinches the upper lip
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Waxing
Dried colostrum on nipples just before foaling
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Windpuff (Windgall in UK)
Compressible swelling on sides of the fetlock
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Wolf tooth
1st upper premolar
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Gerbil
Also called a jird, male has belly scent gland
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Guinea pig
Also called a cavy and requires vitamin C in diet
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Hamster
Has flank scent glands and cheek pouches
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Hare
Does not burrow, longer ears than rabbits
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Mouse
Most common small house and laboratory rodents
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Rabbits
Have 2 pair of gnawing incisors, burrows
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Rat
Black, brown Norway, white (albino) Norway breeds
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Rodent
Small gnawing animals with single pair of incisors
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Sable
Cream undercoat with black on feet, tail, mask
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Lagomorph
Rabbit and hare family
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Myomorph
Mouse, rat, gerbil, and hamster family
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Hystricomorph
Guinea pig and chinchilla family
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Chinchilla
Soft hair, males do not have scrotum
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Ferret
Related to weasels and mink, have odor glands
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Hooded
Rats with white coat and black head and shoulders
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Buck
Male mouse, gerbil, rat, hamster, chinchilla, or rabbit
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Doe
Female mouse, gerbil, rat, hamster, chinchilla, or rabbit
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Hob
Male ferret
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Jill
Female ferret
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Boar
Male guinea pig
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Sow
Female guinea pig
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Monogamous
Pairs with only one mate
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Polygamous
Pairs with multiple mates
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Kindling
Birthing - rabbits
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Pup
Young mouse, rat, gerbil, or hamster
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Bunny
Young rabbit or hare
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Kit
Young ferret or chinchilla
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Business
Collective of ferrets
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Horde
Collective of hamsters or gerbils
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Mischief or Colony
Collective of mice or rats
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Warren or Colony
Collective of rabbits or hares
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Housing
Shoebox cage
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Musophobia
Fear of mice
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Estivate
Seasonal rest during summer
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Hibernate
Seasonal rest during winter
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In vitro
In a laboratory
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In vivo
In an animal's body
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In situ
At normal site in body
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Horizontal transmission
One animal to another
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Vertical transmission
From mother
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Genotype
Genetic makeup for a particular trait
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Phenotype
Physical characteristics
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Homozygous
Two identical genes for the same trait
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Heterozygous
Two different genes for a particular trait
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Knockout
Having a specific gene removed to create an anomaly
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Progenitor
Parent or ancestor
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Transgenic
Transfer of specific genes between animals
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Anogenital distance
Distance used to determine sex in some species
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Antivivisectionist
Person opposed to surgery on live animals
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Axenic
Germ free
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Barbering
Dominant animals bites or chews fur of others
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Biohazard
Substance dangerous to life
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Cannibalism
Devouring the same species
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Cecotroph
"Night feces" in rabbits, eaten from anus
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Cheek pouch
Space in mouth of hamsters for food and bedding
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Dusting
Method used by chinchillas to clean themselves
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Dysbiosis
Altered intestinal bacteria from antibiotic use
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Exsanguination
Removal of blood from the body
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Fur-slip
Shedding hair in patches from handling Chinchillas
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Gnotobiotic
Germ free animals exposed to nonpathogenic germs
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Harderian gland
Gland behind eye in rats that causes red tears during stress
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Latent infection
Infection that appears during stress
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Pithing
Destroying part of the brain with a blunt needle
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Polytocous
Giving birth to litters
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Protocol
Written procedure for carrying out experiments
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Ringtail
Ring-like sores on tail of rats caused by low humidity
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Scurvy
Vitamin C deficiency (diet source required of primates and guinea pigs)
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Sipper bottle
Water bottle that is turned upside down with a tube to drink from
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Snuffles
Upper respiratory infection of rabbits with Pasteurella bacteria
