Nutrition

Question 1

Ab libitum

Answer 1

Free choice feeding

Question 2

Adipose tissue

Answer 2

Fatty tissue

Question 3

Anorexia

Answer 3

Loss of appetite

Question 4

Ascorbic acid

Answer 4

Vitamin c

Question 5

Biological value

Answer 5

Protein quality

Question 6

Cachectic

Answer 6

Extreme weight loss and poor body conditioning

Question 7

Caecal pellets

Answer 7

Moist faecal pellets passed by rabbits at night that are eaten.

Question 8

Carapace

Answer 8

The shell of a tortoise or terrapin.

Question 9

Cirrhosis

Answer 9

A degenerative change usually with ref to the liver

Question 10

Crystalluria

Answer 10

Formation of crystals in the urine.

Question 11

Deanimation

Answer 11

A process of hydrolysis taking place in the liver by which amino acids are broken down and urea formed.

Question 12

Ecamplsia

Answer 12

Acute toxiaemia in pregnancy

Question 13

Elimination diet

Answer 13

Diet containing a novel protein source used to diagnose dietary sensitivity and pinpoint the protein to which the animal is unable to tolerate.

Question 14

Enostosis

Answer 14

A tumour of bony growth within the medullary cavity of the bone.

Question 15

Goitre

Answer 15

Enlarged thyroid gland

Question 16

Homeostasis

Answer 16

A tendency of biological systems to maintain stability while continually adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.

Question 17

Hyperkalaemia

Answer 17

Excessive blood potassium

Question 18

Hyperkeratosis

Answer 18

Hypertrophy of the horny layers of the skin

Question 19

Hypernatraemia

Answer 19

Excessive blood sodium

Question 20

Hyperplasia

Answer 20

Excessive formation of normal cells in a tissue or organ which subsequently increases in size.

Question 21

Hypertension

Answer 21

Consistently high blood pressure

Question 22

Hypertrophy

Answer 22

An increase in the size of a tissue or a structure caused by an increase in the size of the cells that compose it.

Question 23

Hypocalcaemia

Answer 23

Insufficient blood calcium

Question 24

Hypokalaemia

Answer 24

Insufficient blood potassium

Question 25

Hypnonatraemia

Answer 25

Insufficient blood sodium

Question 26

Malocclusion

Answer 26

Abnormality of dental development causing overlapping of the bite

Question 27

Mega oesophagus

Answer 27

Flaccid dilation of the oesophagus impairing the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach.

Question 28

Metabolism

Answer 28

The sum of the physical and chemical processes by which living organised substance is built up and maintained (anabolism) and by which large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules to make energy available to the organism (catabolism)

Question 29

Pansteattitis

Answer 29

Yellow fat disease