Common Diseases of Livestock Animals : Genetic Diseases

porcine stress syndrome

justin raises and shows pigs. he takes careful consideration when breeding boars and sows to produce structurally sound, heavily muscled pigs. as his operation grows, he has considered investing in genetic testing

unilateral cryptorchid

one testicle has not descended

chromosomal disorders

genetic disorder that is a result of mutations in multiple genes, lifestyle and environment

methods managing genetic disorders

considering the value of a carrier's genetic worth

managing breeding records appropriately

investing in genetic testing

phenotype

physical characteristics of an organism

genotype

genetic material of an organism

allele

one of two or more versions of a gene at a location

gene

basic physical and functional unit of heredity

dna

carrier of genetic information

chromosome

vary in diploid number depending on the species

dna chemical bases

a sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule result in a nucleotide

pss

significant negative impact on the quality of the meat of the affected animal

spider lamb syndrome

week old lamb has long neck and legs

hypotrichosis

hair loss

what prevention technique is most effective for animals diagnosed with hypotrichosis

refraining from breeding known carriers

hypotrichosis is often a congenital disease, meaning?

they're born with it

---------- traits have either two dominant or two --------- traits. In a punnett square, lowercase alleles are recessive. a homozygous dominant trait would be written with two ------- -------

homozygous, recessive, capital letters

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis causes hyperkalemia, an elevated level of --------- in the blood

potassium

treatment technique for syndactyly?

no treatment available

Phenotypical Diseases

cryptorchidism, hypotrichosis, porcine stress syndrome (pss), spider lamb syndrome, syndactyly

genotypical diseases

hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (hypp),

while all genetic -------- are a result of changes in an organism's -----, phenotypical diseases are evident in physical -----------. Some diseases, such as porcine stress syndrome are not ------- until the animal is having an episode. ----------- diseases must have a genetic ---- performed.

diseases, genes, appearances, evident, genotypical, test

deoxyribose nucleic acid, or dna is made of four chemical bases, in which, a pairs with t and c pairs with g

dna, t, g

administering a vaccine intravenously means

injecting a medication or vaccine directly into a vein