Black''''''''s veterinary dictionary 21st edition - G docx

... Organs G Gas Gangrene Gas gangrene is an acute bacterial disease due to the inoculation of wounds with organisms belonging to the ‘gas gangrene’ group. Gas gangrene may attack any of the domes- tic ... throat region. Goitrogen (Goitrogenic Factor) Goitrogen (goitrogenic factor) is one which gives rise to goitre. Both kale and cabbage con- tain goitrogens (glucosinolates) and must there- for...

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... steaming-up ration), or giving it to calves under 3 months of age. 3. Ensure that urea is fed with adequate readi- ly digestible carbohydrate, as is contained in cere- als, molasses, sugar-beet ... include saliva- tion, excitement, running and staggering, jerking of the eyeballs, and scouring. Acute urea poisoning killed 17 beef cows in a group of 29 in the south of Scotland. The ani- mals di...

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... it shows signs of slowly increas- ing abdominal pain by kicking at its belly, by gazing at its flanks, or by rolling on the ground. Pigs The disease may follow the feeding of slaughter-house refuse ... and degeneration of the internal organs; haemoglo- binuria does not occur as the rate of red-blood- cell destruction is not fast enough to produce free haemoglobin in the circulating blood. You...

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... control of egg transplantation – i.e. checking that the off- spring is from the egg put in and not from the host cow’s own egg. Blood typing is of service in the policing of screening tests, e .g. for ... man- agement and buildings as nothing else can. It serves the pig as a comfortable bed, as a blanket to burrow under, a plaything to avert boredom, and a source of roughage in meal-fed pigs...

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... range of bactericidal antibiotics related to penicillin. Earlier cephalosporins are active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. Later ones are active against some Gram-negative ... multifacto- rial in origin, with the environment and man- agement often being precipitating causes. Good hygiene and the avoidance of damp, dark, cold surroundings will go a long way towards pre-...

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... freighter aircraft. Stress was greater in the belly hold. Dogs, Working (see also SHEEPDOGS). Working dogs include also guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf, avalanche rescue dogs, ... to graz- ing land immediately after being dipped, for the drainage from the fleeces contaminates the herbage, and the sheep, being hungry, may eat sufficient dip-sodden grass to produce poison- i...

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... active against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. As it may affect the development of load-bearing articular cartilage, it should not be administered to growing animals. Ensilage (see ... the nerve-centres. Effluent Liquid waste from an abattoir or slurry (see SLURRY ; DAIRY HERD MANAGEMENT). Egg-Bound Egg-bound is the condition in laying poultry in which an egg (or e...

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... poultry may slough off. An animal-owner may have no reason to sus- pect frost-bite until the appearance of gangrene and sloughing. ( See GANGRENE .) Nowadays massage and rubbing the part with ... passing the latter through a foot-bath and changing the pasture to as high a ground as possible. If the lame sheep can be shut up in a dry, strawed yard, in pig-courts or in pens, and given hand- fe...

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... over- crowding of chickens to the point where feath- er-picking has to be counteracted by red light- ing or de-beaking; this may lead to short-term economic gains, but it is the antithesis of good animal ... has typi- cally been seen in 3- to 6-week-old growing 350 Hydrocele H Hog Cholera (see SWINE FEVER) Hogg Sheep up to the 1st shearing. (See also under SHEEP .) Hogget (see under SHEEP)...

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... SYNDROME ) Idiosyncrasy An atypical reaction to a drug or to a food; in a behavioural sense, a quirk. IgA, IgE, IgG and IgM IgA, IgE, IgG and IgM are antibody/ immunoglobulins found in the blood serum and ... by antigens, and play an important part in the IMMUNE RESPONSE. Immunoglobulins inacti- vate or destroy antigens. In cattle, 4 main classes of immunoglobulin are recognised: IgA, IgE, Ig...

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