Chapter 18

• 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