Transcript Chapter 20 Make Room for the Ruminants Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning.

Chapter 20
Make Room for the Ruminants
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Ruminants
• Many of the anatomy and physiology
concepts, as well as medical terms,
related to ruminants have been
covered in previous chapters
– Ruminants are cud-chewing animals
that have forestomachs which allows
for fermentation of ingesta
• Additional specific terms for
ruminants can be found in this
chapter
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Balling gun
– tool used to
administer
pills or
magnets to
livestock
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Chute
– mechanical
device that is
used to
restrain cattle
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Cattle housing
– feedlot
– stanchion
– hutch
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Rectal palpation
– method of
determining
pregnancy, phase
of the estrous
cycle, or disease
process via
insertion of a
gloved arm into
the rectum of the
animal and
feeling for a
specific structure
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Tail jack
– restraint
technique
used in cattle
in which the
tailhead is
grasped and
raised
vertically
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Udder terms
–
–
–
–
milk ducts
gland cistern
teat cistern
streak canal
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Docking
– removal of the
distal portion of
the tail
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Wattle
– appendages
suspended from
the head (usually
the chin) in goats
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Examples of Specialized
Ruminant Terms
• Fighting teeth
– set of six teeth
in llamas that
include an
upper vestigial
incisor and an
upper and
lower canine
on each side
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More Medical Terms for
Ruminants
• Additional terms for ruminants can
be found in the text
• Review the Flash! CD program to
make sure you understand these
terms
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