A virus which remains hidden and does not cause disease but which may reactivate and cause clinical signs of disease at a later time.... ↪ Read more

The voicebox. The larynx closes during swallowing to keep food out of the airways.... ↪ Read more

A surgical procedure to open the abdominal (belly) cavity.... ↪ Read more

Uterus.... ↪ Read more

Inability to fully close the eyelids over the eyeball.... ↪ Read more

A form of local immunity in milk (post colostrum) that bathes the intestinal tract and prevents colonization by virulent bacteria and neutralized viruses passing through the gut.... ↪ Read more

A graphic plot of days in milk vs. pounds of milk produced.... ↪ Read more

The time a cow is producing milk.... ↪ Read more

Lactated ringer's solution is one of the most common crystalloid solutions used in a small animal practice. It has an osmolality comparable to extracellular fluid, so it is considered an isotonic solution. Most lactated Ringer?s solution that are commercially available are marketed for people,... ↪ Read more

To produce milk... ↪ Read more

Consists of 2 glands that produce the aqueous tear film component, one in the dorsolateral orbit and one on the bulbar surface of the nictitans. Tears flow through the nasolacrimal duct to the nose... ↪ Read more

Used in infectious diseases to determine if the parasite will cause disease. The traditional criteria used are as follows:The organism must be regularly isolated from cases of the disease. The organism must be grown in pure culture or free of the animal host. Such a pure culture should cause disease... ↪ Read more