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SCOURsee diarrhea.
SECRETIONThe movement of a material from one place to another. Secretion is often required to move a material to the place where it can be excreted. Examples of materials secreted include all materials excreted (see Excretion above), plus enzymes, hormones and saliva. The organs that play a role in secretion include all those involved in excretion, plus the digestive glands like salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder and endocrine glands like the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and ovaries and testes.
SEEDA fertilized and ripened plant ovule containing an embryo capable of germinating to produce a new plant.
SENSITIVITYThe probability that a test is positive, given that the animal has the disease (See also specificity).
SERUMThe clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating the clotted whole blood into its liquid and solid (red and white blood cells) components.
SILAGEMethod of preservation of fresh forages based on the partial fermentation of the sugars in absence of oxygen. Silage can be made in various silos.
SILOStructure constructed to help preserving forages as silage. Different types of silos includes: Tower silo, oxygen limiting silo, trench silo, etc.
SINUSA cavity formed by a bending or curving; a dilated passage.
SOMATIC CELLS(a) Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells. (b) Milk somatic cells are primarily leukocytes (white blood cells) and some epithelial cells shed from the lining of the mammary gland. The leukocytes are derived from blood and consist of macrophages, lymphocytes, and polymorphonuclear cells, primarily neutrophils (PMN). Normal milk does contain somatic cells, and the concentration of these cells is almost always less than 100,000 cells/ml in milk from uninfected/uninflamed mammary quarters.
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