| weanling | From Wean, "The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man." (J. H. Walsh) Weaning brash. <medicine> See Brash. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scours | Neonatal diarrhoea in ruminants. Origin: M.E. Scuren, to rush Calf scours, a diarrhoeal disease of newborn calves caused by several different enteropathogens, particularly the bacterium Escherichia coli; two syndromes are recognised, acute disease characterised by dehydration and rapid death and subacute disease characterised by persistent diarrhoea and emaciation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nebraska calf scours virus | The bovine rotavirus. See: rotavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greasy pig disease | A generalised exudative epidermitis of young pigs, characterised by high mortality and caused by staphylococcal bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guinea pig | A rodent with a very short tail that is not visible externally; native to South America, where it is raised for food; used widely as a laboratory animal in bacteriologic, pathologic, and pharmacologic research. Synonym: guinea pig. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pig | 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." 2. <zoology> Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera. 3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine. 4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. Masked pig. A nickname for a quadrant or sextant. A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. Origin: Cf. D. Big, bigge, LG. Bigge, also Dan. Pige girl, Sw. Piga, Icel. Pika. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pig-jawed | <zoology> Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; said of dogs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pig lung carbonyl reductase | <enzyme> Tetrameric carbonyl reductase; mw 24 kD; properties distinct from monomeric cr; it is mainly distributed in the mitochondria of the pig lung; exhibits very low substrate specificity for aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds and catalyses the oxidation of secondary alcohols and aldehydes; activated 2-5 fold by fatty acids ddbj/embl/genbank d16511 Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| water pig | 1. <zoology> The capybara. 2. <zoology> The gourami. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea pig | <zoology> A porpoise or dolphin. A dugong. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |