Chapter 18

Cards (154)

  • American Kennel Club, AKC
    Registers dog breeds in the United States are currently has 200 dog breeds. The seven groups are hounds, herding, nonsporting, sporting, terrier, toy, and working.
  • Hound group

    Basset hounds, beagles, coonhounds, bloodhounds, dachshunds, Afghan hounds, basenjis, and greyhounds
  • Herding group

    Australian shepherd, border collies, collies, German Shepherds, Old English sheepdogs, and Welsh corgis
  • Nonsporting group

    American Eskimo, Boston terrier, Chinese shar-pei, Dalmation, poodle, and schipperke
  • Sporting group

    Cocker spaniel, English setter, golden retriever, Labrador retriever, and vizsla
  • Terrier group

    Airedale, cairn, and Scottish terriers
  • Toy group

    Chihuahua, papillion, Pekingese, Pomeranian, and shih tzu
  • Working group

    Boxer, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Newfoundland, Rottweiler, and Siberian Husky
  • Cat Fanciers Association, CFA
    Registers cat breeds in the United States and currently recognizes 41 breeds of cat. Examples include Abyssinian, Burmese, Maine Coon, Manx, Persian, and Siamese.
  • Anal glands
    Secretory tissues composed of apocrine and sebaceous glands located in the anal sac. Their secretions are stored in anal sacs and play a role in territory marking, a defense mechanism, and a pheromone for sexual behavior.
  • Anal sacs
    Pair of pouches that store oily, foul smelling fluid secreted by the anal glands located in the skin between the internal and external anal sphincters (located at the five and seven o' clock positions). Each sac has a duct that opens to the skin at the anal orifice, and fluid is expressed during defecation, excitement and social interaction.
  • Carnassial tooth

    Large, shearing cheek tooth that is the upper fourth premolar and lower first molar in dogs and the upper third premolar and lower first molar in cats. They may develop abscesses secondary to trauma and disease.
  • Hepatic lipidosis
    Syndrome characterized by excess fat accumulation in the liver of cats that typically occurs over a period of anorexia.
  • Induced ovulator
    Species that ovulates only as a result of sexual activity. Includes cats, rabbits, ferrets, llamas, camels, and mink.
  • Polydactyly
    More than the normal number of digits.
  • Angora
    Type of long fur on cats
  • Brindle
    Mixture of black and other colored hair; the black is uniformly mixed throughout the hair coat.
  • Calico
    Cat with three colors of fur (orange, black and white). They are usually female, but if they are male, they have a genotype of XXY.
  • Domestic longhair, DLH
    Cat breed that has long guard hairs
  • Domestic shorthair, DSH
    Cat breed that has short guard haird
  • Mackerel tabby
    Two toned feline fur with stripes.
  • Mongrel
    Mixed breed of any animal
  • Purebred
    Member of a recognized breed
  • Ruddy
    Orange brown color with tickling of dark brown or black
  • Self
    One color fur
  • Tabby
    Feline fur with two colors that may be in stripes or spots
  • Ticked coat
    Fur in which darker colors are found on the tips of each guard hair
  • Ticking
    Fur coat that has guard hairs with darker tips mixed in
  • Tortoiseshell
    Feline fur with two colors (orange and black) producing a spotted or blotched pattern.
  • Ad libitum feeding, ad lib feeding, or free choice
    Food available at all times so it can be consumed when the animal wants and how much they want
  • Allogrooming
    Practice of grooming other members of the same social group.
  • Association of American Feed Control Officials, AAFCO
    Organization that oversees the animal feed industry and ensures that regulations governing the industry are followed
  • Bloom
    Sheen of a coat in top condition
  • Body condition
    Amount of fat on an animal evaluated on a scale of one to nine. A score of one indicates an animal is extremely emaciated, a score of five is assigned to a dog in a good body condition, and a score of nine indicates a dog is grossly obese.
  • Cattery
    Place where cats are raised or kept
  • Champion, Ch
    Designation a dog earns by meeting AKC qualifying requirements. This then permanently becomes part of the dog's name
  • Choke chain
    Chain collar that operates like a noose; the tighter the leash is pulled, the tighter the collar becomes around the dog's neck.
  • Collar
    Fabric, nylon, or leather strap that fits around a dog's neck to provide control.
  • Constitution
    Physical makeup of an animal
  • Coprophagy
    Ingestion of feces