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CASE ASA Lesson 5.4
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A deficiency of hemoglobin, iron, or red-blood cells.
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Anemia
A deficiency of hemoglobin, iron, or red-blood cells.
Bloat
A severe distention of the abdomen by gas; usually in ruminant animals. Caused by eating watery food or by eating too quickly.
Colic
A pain in the abdomen caused by irregular muscular contractions, obstruction, spasm, or distension of the viscera.
Deficiency
An insufficiency in reference to amount, volume, proportion; a lack; a state of incompleteness.
Disorder
An unwholesome or unnatural physical condition of a plant or animal
Founder
An inflammation of the tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot; it may be caused by overfeeding, concussion, or a number of other factors.
Grass tetany
A magnesium-deficiency disease of cattle characterized by hyperirritability, muscle spasms of the legs, and convulsions. In sheep, it is apparently associated with a calcium and magnesium deficiency. The disease is seen when the animals are turned out to lush spring pastures in some areas.
Hunger
A shortage of food.
Nutritional disease
A disease that is caused by not enough or too much of a certain nutrient in an animal's diet.
Overfeeding
Consuming excessive amounts of feed. It can cause various digestive disturbances, such as diarrhea, colic, bloat, and founder.
Toxicity
State or degree of being poisonous.
Underfeeding
To feed animals less than recommended.