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23 Cards in this Set
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Sex cells |
Gametes |
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Branch of biology that deals with the study of genes and how traits are passed from parent to offspring in |
Genetics |
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And animals genetic make up |
Genotype |
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Inhibiting he growth or action of microorganisms |
Germicidal |
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Time the female is pregnant from conception to birth |
Gestation period |
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Amount of energy found in feed |
Gross energy |
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Ration that provides enough nutrients to support the growth and development of animals |
Growing ration |
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Type of natural service mating that requires more labor and management became the female is brought to the male for service |
Hand mating |
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Situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property or environment |
Hazard |
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Animals that eat primarily plant matter |
Herbivores |
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Gene pair that has one dominant and one recessive gene |
Heterozygous |
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Gene pair that either has two dominant or two recessive genes |
Homozygous |
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Chemical messengers carried in the blood to specific organs to change cellular activity |
Hormones |
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Source of food for a parasite |
Host |
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Lamb less than 3 months of age at slaughter that is born and marketed out-of-season |
Hothouse lamb |
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Process in which an animal is rendered unconscious |
Immobilization |
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Resistance to disease and infection |
Immunity |
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Measurement based in a scale of 100, often used to compare an animals performance to other animals |
Index |
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Causing or transmitting infection |
Infectious |
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Disease caused by microorganisms (bacteria or virus) that get inside the animal's body |
Infectious disease |
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Traits received from a parent |
Inherited |
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Liquid education administered directly into the muscle, tissue, bloodstream or body cavity of an animal; also known as a shot |
Injection |
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Parasites that spend most of their life cycle inside the animals body using it as a source of food |
Internal parasite |
