There are 3 dimensions of pain: sensory-discriminative, motivational-affective and cognitive-evaluative, which influence how an individual interprets and responds to a painful stimulus.... ↪ Read more
There are 3 dimensions of pain: sensory-discriminative, motivational-affective and cognitive-evaluative, which influence how an individual interprets and responds to a painful stimulus.... ↪ Read more
An organ system that absorbs and digests food. The digestive system includes the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver and pancreas.... ↪ Read more
The changes that occur to a feed within the animal's digestive tract to prepare it for absorption and use.... ↪ Read more
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. )... ↪ Read more
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.... ↪ Read more
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.... ↪ Read more
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)?... ↪ Read more
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.... ↪ Read more veterinary-help.com
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