Toward the tail or rear of the animal. Refers to the rear or in a direction toward the rear of the animal. For example the abdomen is more caudal than the chest. The opposite term is cranial meaning closer to the head of the animal....
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The transition phase of the hair cycle between growth (anagen) and cessation of growth (telogen)....
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A synonym for neutering the male animal by removal of the testicles. Another term for neutering a male animal by removal of the testes....
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Condition where full wooled sheep gets on its back and is unable to rise. Cast ewes are old ewes that are culled from the flock....
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The organ system that includes the heart and blood vessels....
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A life saving procedure that includes the external compression of the chest wall to stimulate blood flow and breathing (by mouth to mouth or other methods) to provide oxygen....
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In CPR, when the chest is compressed the heart underneath the chest wall is directly compressed as well, squeezing blood out into the major blood vessels so it can return to the heart and then go to the brain. CPR in animals weighing less than 7 kg is probably using the cardiac pump theory....
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A type of cancer originating from epithelial cells. Example squamous cell carcinoma originates from cells of the skin and mouth, transitional cell carcinoma originates from the cells of the bladder....
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Multiple cutaneous abscesses that are connected by sinuses....
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A drug that interfers with the action of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. e. g. acetozolamide, dorzolamide (Truceopt). These drugs are used to reduce aqueous production in animals with glaucoma....
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An enzyme located in the eye and in the kidney tubules that is important in reabsorbing bicarbonate (kidney) and in the active secretion of aqueous in the eye....
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