An organ system that absorbs and digests food. The digestive system includes the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver and pancreas....
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The changes that occur to a feed within the animal's digestive tract to prepare it for absorption and use....
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Energy that is available to the animal by digestion; measured as the difference between gross energy content of a feed and the energy contained in the animal's feces (gross energy minus fecal energy. )...
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Differential diagnoses are also known as rule-outs and are possible causes for the problems displayed by a patient. For example, kidney failure is one possible cause for polyuria in a dog or cat. A possible cause for a patient's problem. Also called a rule out....
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A 3-step staining process to stain cytology samples....
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When the calf is getting so much nutrient intake they can not absorb it all and it is fermenting in the colon producing gassy, large volume, smelly diarrhea....
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This includes: the diet the animal is currently receiving and for how long? Have they ever home cooked a hypoallergenic diet (potato and pinto beans, lamb and rice)?...
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The stage of the estrous cycle which follows estrus. In the bitch diestrus lasts 62-63 days from the LH peak. A stage of the female reproductive cycle that follows the period of receptivity....
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A stool that is looser than normal....
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A combination of severe entropion and ectropion involving both upper and lower eyelids. Most commonly seen in Saint Bernard dogs....
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These are tests performed to find the cause of a pet?s problem. Diagnostic tests may include analysis of blood, urine, and other body fluids; x-rays (the correct term is radiographs); biopsies, etc....
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Diagnostic plans are made in order to determine if a certain disease is present. For example you may plan to perform bile acid analyses to determine if liver failure is present....
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