Glossary with audio assistance
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Aerobicrequiring oxygen for life and growth | |
Aerobic respiration | |
Afferent nerve fibrescarry nerve impulses towards the central nervous system | |
Agonal gaspa terminal breathing pattern where the animal appears to be gasping for breath | |
Agonistsomething which increases a response | |
Albumin | |
Allele | |
Allelesthese are alternative forms of a gene, showing different options for the same gene e.g. red, black, white coat coloring. Each has a specific place or ‘locus’ on the chromosome. | |
AlopeciaA partial or complete loss of hair in areas where it is normally present | |
AMTRAAnimal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority | |