Abbreviations and Acronyms
ADG
|
Average daily gain |
AI
|
Artificial insemination |
ASI
|
American Sheep Industry Association, Inc. |
BSE
|
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
CD
|
Condition (score) |
| CD/T |
clostridium vaccine |
CJD
|
Creutzfeld Jakob disease |
CL
|
Caseous lymphadenitis (caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis) |
CP
|
Crude protein |
ELISA
|
A test for OPP |
FEC
|
Faecal egg count |
4H
|
Hands, Heart, Health, Home (US youth organization) |
FFA
|
Future Farmers of America |
IM
|
Intra-muscular |
LGD
|
Livestock guardian dog |
MIG
|
Management intensive grazing |
NSIP
|
National Sheep Improvement Program |
OJD
|
Ovine Johne's disease |
OPP
|
Ovineprogressive pneumonia (aka MV) |
SID
|
Sheep Production Handbook, published by the ASI |
| SQ, SubQ |
Subcutaneous |
TDN
|
Total dietary nutrition |
TSE
|
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
Definitions
Estrus
|
Time when the ewe will stand tobe mated |
| Lactation |
The period during which milk is secreted |
Polled
|
Having no horns
|
Rumen
|
First and largest stomach in the sheep
|
Weaning
|
When the lamb stops getting milk from its mother
|
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