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Castration
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Removal of gonads (sex organs)
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Cryptorchism / cryptorchidism
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Condition in which one or both testicles in undescended.
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Neuter
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Removal of male or female gonads; commonly used in veterinary medicine in reference to males.
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Lactation
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The normal secretion of milk.
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Meconium
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First feces of the newborn.
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Neonate
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Newborn.
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Parturition
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The act of giving birth.
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Abortion
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Spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable.
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Congenital
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Present at or existing from birth.
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Eclampsia
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Decreased calcium during lactation causing convulsions and coma; commonly called milk fever in most species.
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Pyometra
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Pus in the uterus.
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