Bovine information
Gestation period of bovines.
What is 280-285 days?
Term for young male horse up to age 3 years.
What is a colt?
An animal's personal space.
What is the flight zone?
Name of device used for giving oral capsules to ruminants.
What is balling gun?
Neonate goat.
What is a kid?
Parturition in bovines.
What is calving?
Number of inches in a "hand" on a height/weight tape.
What is 4?
Ear plugs should be used to handle these animals.
What are pigs/porcine?
Term for castrated male goat.
What is a wether?
Parturition in the sheep.
What is lambing?
Estrous cycle of bovines.
What is year-round polyestrous?
Gestation period of horses.
What is 330 days?
Usually at the shoulder, this is used to control large animals (if the handler comes from behind this point, the animal moves forward, if the handler comes from the front, the animal moves backward)
What is the point of balance?
Number of maxillary incisors in sheep/goats.
What is zero?
Meconium.
What is first feces of the newborn?
If stage 3 labor (passing of placenta) does not occur in ________ hours after birth, veterinary assistance should be sought.
What is 24 hours?
Stage 2 of labor in the mare (expelling fetus) should be complete in which amount of time?
What is 30 minutes?
2 procedures for which a tail tie may be used in an equine.
What are vaginal or rectal exams?
Gestation period of sheep/goats.
What are 148 (sheep) and 151(goat) days?
Common name for contagious ecthyma.
What is Sore mouth or Orf?
The first feces of newborns.
What is meconium?
Vaccine available for high risk horses, manifests as hyperthermia, decreased appetite, nasal discharge, swollen lymph nodes, and cough
What is Equine Distemper (Strangles)?
Jaw and teeth behind which a hog snare is placed.
What are maxillary canines?
Sheep and goats should ingest this percent of their body weight in colostrum in the first 24 hours.
What is 10-15%?
An important mineral for pregnant small ruminants.
What is iodine?