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42 Cards in this Set
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what is a mature female bovine called? |
Cow |
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what is a mature male bovine called? |
Bull |
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What is a castrated male bovine called? |
steer OR ox |
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What is an immature female bovine called? |
heifer |
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What is a baby bovine called? |
calf |
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what is the term used to describe a cow ready to calf? |
springing |
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Whats is the term used to describe a cow that just calfed? |
Fresh |
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What is a dry cow? |
pregnant not milking
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What does DIM stand for? |
Days In Milk |
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What is the normal temperature for a cow? |
100 - 102.5
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What is the normal pulse for a cow? |
40 - 80 / min |
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What is the normal respiratory rate for a cow? |
10-30/ min
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What is the frequency of the estrus cycle? |
Every 21 days |
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How long does bovine heat last? |
12 hours (am/pm rule)
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What are some signs of heat in bovine? |
-Standing to be rode - Riding others - Vocal - Clear vaginal d/c
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Whats does days open mean? |
not pregnant
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What is the cows gestation period? |
283 days |
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What is stage 1 of parturition? |
lasts 6 hrs, restlessness |
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what is stage 2 of parturition? |
Delivery of calf 30 mins- 4hrs heifers take longer |
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What is stage 3 of parturition? |
passage of placenta 12-14 hrs |
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What is another word for uterine prolapse? |
cast withers |
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How much colostrum should a calf get? |
4-6 L |
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What are 5 breeds of cows? |
Brown swiss Holstein Angus Jersey Texas Longhorn |
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What does CMT stand for? |
California mastitis test |
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where do you put lidocaine for a dehorn? |
cornual nerve: 1/2 way between eye and horn |
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where do you get blood from for bovine? |
coccygeal (tail vein) |
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what is this? |
Frick speculum |
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What is a frick speculum used for? |
its an oral speculum used to help deliver liquids or pass an orogastric tube |
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what is this? |
Electric cautery
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what is the purpose of a electric cautery tool? |
remove small buds (horns) on calf
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What tool is this? |
Barnes dehorner |
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what tool is this? |
keystone dehorner |
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what is this tool? what is it for? |
Burdizzo used to crush spermatic cord above the testicle through the skin without incision. |
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what tool is this? |
Emasculator crush and server the spermatic cord |
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what is the L block? |
inverted L, used to block the flank |
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what is the paravertebral block? |
T13, L1, L2, 2 ways to approach (dorsal/ tips of transverse processes) |
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where is a cranial epidural done? |
lumbosacral junction, desensitize lager area may cause ataxia |
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where is a caudal epidural done? |
caudal to sacrum in the epidural space |
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what is mastitis? |
inflammation of the mammary gland |
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what is SCC? |
somatic cell count indirect measure of inflammation |
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what is BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy "mad cow dz" |
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What is the most common reason for neonatal death in cows? |
Scours, due to dehydration |
