FVH Wiederkäuer key terms

A rumen fermentation product that contributes importantly to glucose production in the relevant ruminant metabolic pathway.

The production stage around calving in which changing intake and demand can interact with metabolic and infectious disease risk.

The defined animal group at risk or assessed, needed to interpret a disease count or production measurement.

The fetal longitudinal relationship to the maternal birth canal in the relevant obstetrical description, distinct from position and posture.

The arrangement of relevant fetal extremities and head in an obstetrical assessment, considered with presentation, position and maternal factors.

Udder inflammation without the full overt clinical pattern, assessed using suitable measurements and investigations rather than appearance alone.

The vascular and sensitive tissue associated with the claw, relevant to horn production, mechanical injury and lesion assessment.

A lesion involving the relevant junctional region of claw horn, interpreted with depth, infection and the actual loading environment.

A structured description of observed movement under a defined scheme, which does not alone establish one anatomical or infectious diagnosis.

The parasite population not exposed to a particular treatment selection pressure, relevant to resistance management within an appropriate animal-health programme.

A metabolic disorder associated with late-gestation energy imbalance in susceptible small ruminants, requiring individual clinical and nutritional assessment.

The differing biological handling and tolerance of minerals among animals, which makes one species ration unsuitable as a universal feed for another.

A structured description of a lesion by features such as organ, distribution, severity, duration and type of pathological process.

Postmortem tissue degradation that can obscure diagnostic architecture or complicate distinction between actual disease and later change.

A tissue technique identifying selected antigens using antibodies, interpreted with controls, morphology and the actual test limitations.

The proportion of animals with the defined target condition that the selected test classifies positive under its stated conditions.

The proportion of positive test results representing the target condition, which depends on the population as well as test properties.

The applicable restriction relating an actual medicine use to food production, determined by the relevant product and current rules.

The processes determining drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination in the relevant species and individual patient.

Movement of air into and out of the respiratory system, not the same function as oxygenation measured by saturation.

A responsible system of prevention, diagnostic reasoning, justified antimicrobial selection and review that aims to preserve effective treatment.

The Swiss veterinary antibiotic information system for relevant prescribing data, interpreted within its actual scope, exceptions and current reporting process.

A defined early-detection diagnostic pathway that is distinct from the competent-authority response to an established concrete reportable-disease suspicion.

The actual medicine authorization, species, formulation, indication and use information needed before interpreting prescribing and food-chain requirements.