A ration where all feed ingredients (mineral, vitamins, grains) are mixed in a nutritionally balanced ration. All ration ingredients, including roughages, mixed mechanically to provide one homogenous mixture. TMRs are used in large dairy or beef feedlot operations....
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A term describing the energy value of feedstuffs, comparable to DE in accuracy. TDN over- estimates the energy value of roughages in comparison to grains....
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Total body water accounts for ~ 60 to 70% of an animal's body weight. Total body water is distributed across interconnected compartments. 2/3 of total body water is located within cells and 1/3 in extracellular locations including plasma and interstitial locations...
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An applanation tonometer used to caloculate IOP from the force required to flatten (applanate) the cornea....
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Measuring pressure in the eyeball....
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1/1000th the level where birth defects were induced by a drug and 1/100th the level where other side effects were induced....
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Specific unresponsiveness to a given antigen...
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Too numerous to count. Used primarily to describe the number of red or white cells observed per high power field when performing a urinalysis....
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The formation of blood clots in blood vessels....
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Inflammation of a vein associated with thrombus formation. The thrombus may break loose as a thromboembolis and then plug other blood vessels....
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A blood clot which forms in a blood vessel, then breaks loose into circulation and may lodge and obstruct other blood vessels....
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A formula for partial parenteral nutrition that can be tailored to the individual patients by compounding the formula. Most, if not all, commercial solutions provide amino acids and dextrose but don't typically provide lipids....
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