Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning Chapter 20 Make Room for the Ruminants

Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning

Chapter 20

Make Room for the Ruminants


Ruminants

• Many of the anatomy and physiology concepts, as well as medical terms, related to ruminants have been covered in previous chapters– Ruminants are cud-chewing animals

that have forestomachs which allows for fermentation of ingesta

• Additional specific terms for ruminants can be found in this chapter


Examples of Specialized Ruminant Terms

• Balling gun – tool used to

administer pills or magnets to livestock



• Chute – mechanical

device that is used to restrain cattle



• Cattle housing– feedlot– stanchion– hutch



• Rectal palpation– method of

determining pregnancy, phase of the estrous cycle, or disease process via insertion of a gloved arm into the rectum of the animal and feeling for a specific structure



• Tail jack – restraint

technique used in cattle in which the tailhead is grasped and raised vertically



• Udder terms – milk ducts– gland cistern– teat cistern– streak canal



• Docking – removal of the

distal portion of the tail



• Wattle – appendages

suspended from the head (usually the chin) in goats



• Fighting teeth– set of six teeth

in llamas that include an upper vestigial incisor and an upper and lower canine on each side


More Medical Terms for Ruminants

• Additional terms for ruminants can be found in the text

• Review the Flash! CD program to make sure you understand these terms

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