VB SC 050S Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hypomagnesemia, Cardiovascular Disease, Insulin Resistance
17 Nov 2016
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Hypomagnesemia: a deficiency of magnesium in the blood especially of cattle. Parasite: an organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. Zoonotic: parasites from animals can cause disease in humans. Ectoparasites: blood-sucking arthropods that rely on host blood as meal and main source of survival; are also vectors of pathogens. Nematodes: any of a phylum (nematoda or nemata) of elongated cylindrical worms parasitic in animals or plants or free-living in soil or water called also roundworm increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes called also insulin. Parturition: he action or process of giving birth to offspring. Parturient hypocalcemia: a deficiency of calcium in the blood due to lactation after childbirth. Pregnancy toxemia: pregnancy toxemia affects ewes and does during late gestation and is characterized by partial anorexia and depression, often with neurologic signs, progressing to recumbency and death.
