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| The innermost membrane enveloping the embryo in the uterus |
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| The period of time marked by an absence of the estrus cycle in seasonal breeders. |
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| Term for when producers collect semen from a male and place it in a female's reproductive tract by special techniques using special equipment. |
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| Group of animals of the same species that sahre common inherited traits and physical characteristics. |
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| A thick walled, inelastic organ that connects the uterus to the vagina with the main function of keeping foreign substances from entering uterus. |
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| Opening for both the digestive and reproductive tracts in birds and reptiles. |
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| The production of one or more exact genetic copies of an animal through artificial means. |
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| The first milk a mother produces that a newborn must drink to gain antibodies for immunity. |
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| Sexual union of a male and femal animal. Also known as coitus, sexual intercourse or copulation. |
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| Mating two animals of the same species but different breeds to produce offspring of a certain type. |
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| Sex cell produced by female animals. |
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| Moving embryos from one female donor to the reproductive tract of another female recipient. |
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| Animal developing in the reporductive tract of a female from fertilization to completion of differentiation. |
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| Inner layer of the uterus. |
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| Tube that secretes part of the semen and stores semen. |
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| Bringing a group of animals into heat simultaneously through artificial means. |
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| Heat or the period when a female becomes receptive to the male. |
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| Oviducts or paired tubes that extend from the uterus toward the ovary. |
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| Union of a sperm and an egg inside the reproductive tract of the female marking the beginning of gestation. |
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| Stage of gestation affter differentiation until birth. |
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| Removing, modifying or adding genes to DNA. |
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| External and internal reproductive organs of both male and female animals. |
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| The period of pregnancy beginning with conception and lasts till parturition. |
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| Condition of an individual having both ovarian and testicular tissue. |
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| Attachment and embedding of the zygote within the uterus. |
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| Mating closely related animals. |
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| Development of an embryo in a fertile egg of an egg laying species. |
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| Funnel shaped distal end of oviduct that catches the ova after ovulation. |
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| First stool of neonate that indicates GI function. |
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| The period after sexual receptivitiy, marked by LH triggering the CL to develop from follicular tissue that remains after ovulation. |
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| Process of the male depositing semen into the reproductive tract of a female through copulation. |
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| When the ovary releases an egg. |
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| Male sex organ of most animals that carries reproductive and urinary products out of the body. Birds do not have a tru penis but instead transfer sperm to an underdeveloped copulatory organ. |
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| Area between the vaginal orifice/scrotum and the anus. |
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| The female organ of mammals that develops during pregnancy and joins mother and offspring for exchange of nutrients, oxygen and waste. |
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| Foreskin or retractable fold of skin covering the glans penis. |
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| The period of time before sexual receptivity. |
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| Gland located near the urethra that secretes thick fluid that aids in motility of sperm. |
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| The time at which animals begin to show secondary sex characteristics and makes them capable of reproduction. |
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| Mating two purebred animals of the same breed. |
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| Two lobed sac in mammals that protects the testicles and helps to regulate their temperature. |
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| Releasing of eggs by a female fish and the subsequent fertilization by the male fish. |
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| Production of male gametes. |
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| When a female animal will stand still and allow other animals to mount her. |
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| The study of animal reproduction. |
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| Tube that carries urine from the bladder in both the male and female. |
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| An elastic, thick walled, hollow organ where pregnancy occurs. |
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| Tube that connects to the epididymis and carries sperm toward urethra. |
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| Visible genitalia or external opening of the female reproductive and urinary system. |
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| Act of a mare giving birth. |
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| female gametes, estrogen and progesterone. |
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| Common cause of AI failure |
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| Location of bird testicles |
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| Age to breed a heifer the first time. |
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| Proestrus, estrus, metestrus, diestrus, anestrus. |
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| Where sperm and testosterone are produced. |
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| Gestation of a Sheep or Goat |
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| Gestation length of a cat or dog |
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| Length of chicken incubation |
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| Where fertilization of the egg usually occurs. |
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| Average length of the interval between canine estrus periods. |
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| Average days of the estrous cycle in most common livestock species. |
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| Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. |
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| United State Department of Agriculture. |
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| Federal legislation that most of the animal use regulations are based on that helps to assure the proper use of animals in research. |
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| Animal Transportation Act |
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| Protects animals traveling long distances. |
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| Requires the humane handling of animals prior to and during slaughter. |
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| Laboratory Animal Welfare Act |
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| Regulates dealers and laboratories who handle research animals and is the act that created the requirement of IACUC. |
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| Burning, burying at least 2 feet deep or disposed of to a rendering company. |
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