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