Deliberately adding liquid to manure to enable liquid application. (Dairy solids and wash water may be stored in the same container.)

A measure of the intensity of light.

See abuse.

A skin disease caused by blood-sucking mites.

A trough for feed.

Inflammation of an animal’s udder due to bacterial infection.

The process of shedding feathers to renew plumage.

The percentage or proportion of a herd or flock that becomes affected by a particular disease.

The percentage or proportion of a herd or flock that die.

Removal of strips of skin on the hindquarters of a sheep.