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| a herpes viral disorder of chickens that causes tumors |
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| Common abortion disease in sheep |
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| Discovered in Southern California; caused the destruction of 3 million birds |
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| Causes abortion in heifers or cows at early stages; infected uterus often follows abortion |
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| AKA uropygial gland / oil gland; secretes oil used by chickens to "dress" the feathers; located at base of tail |
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| Families or breeding populations within a variety that possess common traits |
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| taxonomic group containing one or more species |
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| Subdivision of a breed used to describe poultry |
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| Animals of common origin and having characteristics that distinguish them from other groups w/in the same species |
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| Taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| The major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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| Taxonomic category that is subordinate to a genus |
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| 7 common varieties; used for both meat and egg production |
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| 2 varieties; dual-purpose; used more for egg production than meat |
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| Dual-purpose; selected more for meat than egg production; plump carcass |
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| From Italy; 12 common varieties; most common egg layer - 240 to 250 eggs per year; most numerous breed in America |
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| The industry standard for broiler growth rate, feed conversion, and meat yield; rapid growth rate; feed efficiency, and good meat yield |
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| Wide muscular breast, short legs; ultimate meat bird |
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| Red Muscle; muscle that does more work |
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| White Muscle; myoglobin/ red pigment not present |
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| Traits controlled by one a few pairs of genes and whose phenotypes are clearly seen |
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| many genes might affect it; and whose phenotypic expressions are more varied and influenced more profoundly by environmental factors |
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| Process of losing feathers from the wings and body; molting is sometimes prevented due halt in egg production during this time |
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| The one duck thought to not be originated from the wild Mallard |
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| Mites, lice, ringworm, flies, mosquitoes, stomach bots, ticks |
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| Roundworms (ascarids), lungworms, stomach worms, liver flukes, roundworms, tapeworms, nematodes, strongyloides, protozoa |
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| caused by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet of ruminants |
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| caused by excess Selenium in the diet in equines |
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| Metabolic disorder caused by Calcium (Ca) Phosphorus (P) or Vitamin D deficiency in young growing animals |
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| caused by a Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency |
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| corn, milo, wheat, oats, barley |
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| feed category that is high in fiber and low in digestible energy |
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| term used to describe symptoms seen with general respiratory infection in avians |
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| viral disease that affects respiratory, enteric, & nervous system in poultry, up to 90% mortality; no known treatment |
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| affects young chicks with symptoms of a twisting of the leg and lameness, caused by a manganese deficiency |
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| disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans |
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| Horizontal vs. vertical transmission |
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-horizontal: spread disease from equal members (sibling to sibling, for example.)
-vertical: spread disease from parent to child; child to parent |
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| inflammation in the lung caused by infection from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, or resulting from aspiration of chemicals |
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| chicken 220-250; turkey 50-60; duck >100-300; goose >15-35; ostrich 30-100 |
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| Poult enteritis mortality syndrome |
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| transmissible, infectious, enteric disease of turkey poults; caused by combo of spiking mortality (SMT) and excess mortality (EMT) |
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| caused by salmonella, causes diarrhea with high rate of mortality in young birds; vertical transmission from recovered birds show no signs |
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| A young chicken under 13 weeks of age (usually 8 weeks); aka fryer |
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| male chicken under 10 months of age that shows sexual characteristics; also refers to livestock that have been castrated after reaching sexual maturity |
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| a young chicken (3-5 months) of either sex |
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| 30-40 ft. wide; 4 in. of litter (broilers)/6-8 in. litter (layers) |
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| Chicken- 21 days; Turkey- 28; Duck- 28; Goose- 28-34 |
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| 85-87 °F for hatching; 99.5°F for incubation |
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| Hours of light milk, eggs, growth |
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| best breed of ducks for egg production |
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| breed of duck that has a peculiar upright stance |
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| breed of duck from Great Britain; averages 250 + eggs per year; good dual purpose ducks |
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| measure of horse from withers to ground, hand-to-hand; one hand equals four inches |
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| breed of duck from China, the most desirable table duck in Australia & America |
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| AA/Fresh Fancy, Grade A, Grade B, size- Jumbo, Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small, and Peewee |
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| the process of examining an intact egg to determine interior quality, shell soundness, or stage of embryonic development |
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| American breed, racing-type and working-type horse used for roping / working cattle and pleasure riding |
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| racehorse noted for its stamina belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares |
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| domesticated in Saudi Arabia, spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse; has one less vertebrae |
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| descended from Justin Morgan; an American breed of small compact saddle, stock, and driving horses; quiet, reliable, all-purpose |
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| similar gait to the Paso; called the gentleman of equines due to comfort to ride |
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| Half-Arab & half-Morgan, developed in San Simeon Ranch, California. For show, pleasure/endurance rides, ranch work |
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| Small Norweigan horse; gentle but powerful; one of the oldest domestic breeds imported to US in 1900 |
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| originated in US by crossing of a Thoroughbred and Stallion named Messenger, developed as a harness or carriage horse |
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| originated in Peru, characteristic broken gait |
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| rabbit breed that lacks the stiff guard hairs; used for pelt |
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| rabbit that is the major mohair (wool) producer; 3 inches plucked every 3 months |
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| very large breed, primarily used for show and fur |
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| largest rabbit breed; mainly used in crossbreeding programs to increase meat production; has semi-arched type produces long, unattractive bony carcass |
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| 1 of 4 lop-eared rabbit;, noted for being bad tempered and untidy; heavily muscled, good pelt |
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| known as racehorse of the rabbit industry |
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| originated in Holland; small but carry high dressing % |
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| The largest & most popular breed of goose in the U.S; 20 - 25 lbs; 30-35 eggs/year |
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| Pure white and closely feathered goose; most popular breed in Australia; fewer eggs than Toulouse but better sitter |
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| eating of the soft, light green or “night feces” by rabbits; convert to high-quality bacteria protein |
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| act of eating ones own feces |
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| meat from goats slaughtered at weaning or older |
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| American Cream Draft Horse |
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| the only draft breed of horse developed in the United States (in Iowa); descendants from Old Granny; used for harnessing, hitching, and driving |
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| imported to US for draft; developed for farm work and exhibition; lowest set and most massive horses |
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| most familiar as the beer wagon horse; well-known in the US because of its massive size; feathers on legs |
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| from England, noted for being the smallest draft horse; show tremendous desire to please their master |
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| developed by Nez Perce Indians; Palouse “grassy plain”; numbers greatly lessened by U.S. Cavalry, causing lack of breed seen today |
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| AKA “Paint” more coloring, not necessarily a breed; characteristic “glassy eyes” |
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| originated in Scotland, designed for use in coal mines. Today used as child mounts, harness horses, etc |
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| cross between Appaloosa mare and Shetland stallion; coloring similar to that of Appaloosa, used mostly by children as a western-type pony |
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| largest pony breed; used as jumpers, show ponies, and children mounts |
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| known as “horse of the queens” a type not a breed, results from crossing a chestnut and an albino |
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| Originated in US from horses of Spanish descent, for pleasure and show, and stock |
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| unique black and white coloring in paint/pinto horses |
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| AKA Pinto, represented by American Paint Horse Association |
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| originated in England; father of Animal Science, Robert Blakewell, contributed greatly to development of this breed |
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| short, muscular horse used for pulling, Draft |
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| cross between a male donkey and a female horse |
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| - An abusive practice; involves using chemical agents such as mustard oil, diesel fuel, kerosene, and others, on the pasterns, bulbs of heel, or coronary band of the horses, burning or blistering the horse's legs so that it will accentuate its gait; illegal under Horse Protection Act |
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| Excess urea (or other nitrogen compounds) in urine; "Tying Up" |
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| in horses, Monday morning disease caused by not being worked, keep them quiet |
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| digestive disorder in the horse, brought on by overeating, excessive drinking while hot, moldy feeds, and/or infestation of roundworms; walk them |
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| Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse |
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| A destructive behavior of equine; the horse grabs onto a horizontal surface and sucks or chews the surface |
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| Dark groove on incisor teeth in horses that shows at 10 years |
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| 1st stool post-birth (don’t want defecate in utero) |
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| (2nd water sac) A fluid-filled sac that cushions and protects a developing embryo and fetus in the uterus |
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| AKA Equine Distemper; acute bacterial disease of young horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes |
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| similar in appearance to honeybee; lay eggs on horse, larvae enter and attach to horses' stomach lining |
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| Most dangers parasite to equine; migrate along arteries and feed on large intestine |
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| A degeneration of the frog of the foot in a horse, caused by poor sanitation |
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| One of the most important causes of lameness in horses; inflammation of navicular bone and bursa |
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| (PHF) caused by Rickettsiae organism of horses; spread by anthropod vector; AKA Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis |
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| Equine Protazoa myeloencephaliyis; spread by Opossum feces, not contagious between horses (dead-end host) |
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| Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis; episodes of muscular weakness due to low potassium levels found in certain lines of quarter horses |
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| The blood test for Equine Infectious Anemia |
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| Agar Gel Immuno Diffusion- tests for Johne's disease(affects primarily small intestine of ruminants) |
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| equine encephalomyelitis; A potentially fatal disease caused by parasites carried by tsetse fly |
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| Osteochondritis dissecans |
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| Inflammation of the bone and cartilage |
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| Intestinal parasitic worms; also known as nematodes |
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| 3, not four stomachs; omasum is absent in camelids |
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- 900lb. horse eats how much feed per day? *18
-A 600 lb steer being full fed a fattening ration would eat about ___ lbs feed/day *12 |
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| group of flightless birds that have a flat breastbone without the keel-like prominence characteristic of most flying birds |
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| RBC elliptical or oval shaped, originated in higher altitudes, little to no central pallor, WBC’s similar to other species |
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| most popular breed in US; good meat and fur rabbit |
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| Results from giving extra attention and care to a male cria; adult becomes aggressive toward humans as a result of not being able to differentiate between llamas and humans |
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| Failure of passive transfer: the absence of adequate concentrations of plasma igG with the potential consequence of a diseased neonate |
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| Nutritional problems ostriches |
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| problems with obesity/ reduced production in domestication; high demand for fiber (6-9% in young, 15-18% in adult) |
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