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32 Cards in this Set
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Pus in the uterus
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Pyometra / pyometritis
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Inflammation of the uterus
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Metritis
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Inflammation of the mammary gland
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Mastitis
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The state of milking – letting milk out of the mammary gland
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Lactation
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The production of milk by the mammary gland (this one isn’t in your text)
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Lactogenesis
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Excision of ovaries and uterus
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Ovariohysterectomy
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Excision of testicles
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Orchiectomy/ orchidectomy
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Production of sperm
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Spermatogenesis
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Difficulty giving birth
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Dystocia
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Means the same as postpartum; that is after birth
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Postparturient
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Having one estrous cycle in a season
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Monestrous
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Having numerous estrous cycles in a season
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Polyestrous
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Causing physical defects in a fetus
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Teratogenic
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Alteration of DNA
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Mutation
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A newborn
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Neonate
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The part of the estrous cycle where the female desires the male
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Estrus
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The part of the estrous cycle where the uterus is ready to nourish a fetus
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Diestrus
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False pregnancy
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Pseudocyesis
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The length of time it takes a fetus to develop from conception to birth
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Gestation
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Failure of testicles to descend into the scrotum
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Cryptorchidism
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Giving birth
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Parturition
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A period in the reproductive cycle of ovarian and uterine inactivity
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Anestrus
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Egg cell
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Ovum
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Location of the urethral orifice in the vagina
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Urethral fossa
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Canal through which the spermatic cord ascends into the abdomen
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Vas deferens
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The bone in the dog’s penis
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Os penis
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The tubes within the testicles that produce sperm cells
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Seminiferous tubules
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The accessory sex gland that surrounds the urethra
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Prostate
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The structure (that lies on the outside of the testicle) where sperm cells must mature
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Epididymis
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The cap of a sperm cell
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Acrosome
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Retention of “afterbirth”; commonly called an “RP”
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Retained placenta
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The first milk produced
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Colostrum
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