AS 4.3 Vocabulary

What is anemia?

• A deficiency of hemoglobin, iron, or red blood cells.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions.

• A shortage of food.

What is bloat usually caused by in ruminant animals?

• Eating watery food or by eating too quickly.

• A deficiency of hemoglobin.

• A shortage of food.

• Consuming excessive amounts of feed.

What is colic?

• A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions.

• A magnesium-deficiency disease.

• A shortage of food.

• Consuming excessive amounts of feed.

What is a deficiency?

• An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion; a lack.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions.

• A shortage of food.

What is founder?

• An inflammation of the tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot.

• A shortage of food.

• A magnesium-deficiency disease.

• A state or degree of being poisonous.

What is grass tetany?

• A magnesium-deficiency disease of cattle.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A shortage of food.

• Consuming excessive amounts of feed.

What is nutritional disease?

• A disease caused by not enough or too much of a certain nutrient in an animal’s diet.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions.

• A shortage of food.

What is overfeeding?

• Consuming excessive amounts of feed.

• A shortage of food.

• A magnesium-deficiency disease.

• A state or degree of being poisonous.

What is toxicity?

• State or degree of being poisonous.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A shortage of food.

• Consuming excessive amounts of feed.

What is underfeeding?

• To feed animals less than recommended.

• A severe distention of the abdomen by gas.

• A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions.

• A shortage of food.