8.2 glossary

4. – A large pill for dosing animals.
8. – Any deviation from a normal state of health in plants, animals, or people, which temporarily impairs vital functions. It may be caused by viruses, pathogenic bacteria, parasites, poor nutrition, congenital or inherent deficiencies, unfavorable environment, or any combination of these.
9. signs – Index of essential body functions, comprising heart rate, body temperature, and respiration.
11. – Abnormal lung sounds in cases of pneumonia or lung inflammation.
15. – A fluid dose of medication given by introducing it into the mouth, usually with a dose syringe.
16. – Within the muscles.
18. – The state wherein all body parts of plants, animals, and people are functioning normally.
20. – Taken by mouth.
21. – Situated or occurring beneath the skin. A subcutaneous injection is put just under the skin.
22. – Fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
23. rate – The number of heartbeats per unit of time usually expressed as beats per minute.
24. – A perceptible change in any part of the body, which indicates disease. A group of symptoms that, considered together, characterize a disease syndrome.
25. disease – A disease in which symptoms of the disease are expressed. Symptoms allow identification of the disease.
27. – To introduce a substance into the body of an animal or plant by mechanical means.

1. – The state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
2. – Any animal disease that can be transmitted from animals to other animals and to people.
3. disease – A disease the runs a short, severe course.
5. gun – A dispenser with a plunger mechanism in the barrel used to place medicine in the form of pills or capsules in the back of an animal’s mouth or down its throat so that the animal cannot spit the medicine out.
6. – A temperature higher than normal in animals, which may be caused by disease organisms, poisonous plants, etc.
7. disease – A disease that is marked by long duration and frequent recurrence.
10. – Applied externally to a particular part of the body.
12. – The process of identifying a disease by examination and study of its symptoms.
13. – Any person, especially one trained in diagnosis, who determines the nature and cause of a disease or abnormality in plants or animals and prescribes a treatment.
14. disease – Designating early or mild stages of a disease before signs or symptoms are noticeable; symptomless or low-grade infections.
17. rate – Frequency of breathing, expressed as the number of breaths per minute.
19. – To care for a sick animal or diseased plant by giving it proper attention and medication.
26. – The degree of heat in a living body.