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63 Cards in this Set
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Native where? |
South America |
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Order |
Rodentia |
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Suborder |
Hystricognathi |
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Scientific name |
Cavia Porcellus |
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Life span |
5-6 years |
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Adult weight male and female |
Male=900-1200 grams Female= 700-900 grams |
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Sexual maturity male and female |
Female- 2 months Male-3 months |
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Length of estrous cycle |
15-17 days |
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Ovulation |
Spontaneous |
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Gestation period |
59-72 days average 68 days |
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Litter size |
1-13 (2-4 is usual) |
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Normal birth weight |
70-100 grams |
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Weaning age |
21 days or at 180 grams of body weight |
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Rectal temperature |
99.0-130.1 F |
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Average blood volume |
70 ml / kg body weight |
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Heart rate |
240-310 beats per minute |
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Digits on forelimb and back |
4 on front 3 on back |
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How are they born? |
Fully haired eyes opened and cape of eating solid food with a few hours of birth |
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Males |
Boars |
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Females |
Sows |
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Paturition known as |
Farrowing |
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Seen in blood smear |
Kurloff cells |
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Leukocytes that contain intracytoplasmic inclusions |
Kurloff bodies |
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Number of cells greater in ___ and increases during __ and __ |
Females in estrus pregnancy |
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No ____ vesicle |
Laryngeal |
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______ distinct vocal patterns |
11 |
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Diastema |
Small gap between premolars and molars |
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4 salivary glands |
Parotid, mandibular, sublingual, and molar |
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Right lung |
4 lobes cranial , middle, caudal, accessory |
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Left lung |
3 lobes cranial, middle and caudal |
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Stomach |
No nonglandular portion |
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Cecum |
Very large thin walled sack that occupies most of the central and left portion of abdominal cavity |
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Liver |
6 lobes right, medial, left lateral, left medial, caudate, and quadrate |
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Secretions from the glands in the anal area used for |
Marking |
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Kidneys |
Characterized by large renal pelvis |
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Urine |
Alkaline, highly crystalline, usually appear creamy yellow or white |
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Females |
Bicornuate urterus, each uterine horn has a separate cervix |
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Females |
Bicornuate urterus, each uterine horn has a separate cervix |
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How many nipples? |
Single pair of nipples |
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Male |
Inguinal nipples but no mammary glads |
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Testes |
Located in inguinal canal and remain open throughout life. Os penis present |
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Determining gender |
Genitalia of females contain Y shaped depression of tissue in the perineal area. Scrotal pouches and testes of adult male usually obvious |
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Sow non seasonal polyestrous with estrous cycle |
15 -17 days |
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Ovulation is ____ estrus lasting |
Spontaneous and 6 -11 hours |
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What determines stage of estrus |
Vaginal cytology |
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Lordosis |
Copulatory behavior characterized by arching of back and swaying the hindquarters |
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At what age are sows breed |
Before 6 months |
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What happens after 6 months in sows |
Pelvic symphysis fuses. Causes dystocia. |
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Females bred before 6 months of age retain |
The ability to separate the fused pelvic bones just before parturition |
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Gestation |
Approximately 68 days |
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Mating confirmed |
With copulatory plug |
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Litter size |
1-13 pups 2-4 litter is common |
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Pups stand |
Within a few minutes of birth |
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Able to eat solid food |
Within hours of birth |
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Temperature |
65-70 F |
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Humidity |
40 -60 % |
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Inhalant anesthesia |
Halothane, methoxyflurane, isoflurae. Administered by mask by standard mechine |
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Injectable anesthesia |
Barbiturates (pentobarbital, ketamine) should be fasted 3 hours before |
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Blood collection |
Toenail clip, lateral saphenous, cephalic , 8 mls from jugular , cranial vena cava, femoral artery, femoral vein. Then cardiocentesis = lots of blood but also death |
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Protozoan |
Balatidium coli klebsiella cobayae- in renal tubes |
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Nematode |
Paraspidodera uncinate- cecum |
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