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JUVENILE TEAT SUCKING: Habitual teat sucking occurring among juvenile, group-housed animals. Juvenile teat sucking can cause inflammation, abscesses, or stricture of the teat canals and subsequent inability to eject milk after parturition.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JUMPER (horse): A horse trained, exhibited, or competing in jumping events. Jumpers are judged according to faults, such as knock-downs, touches, falls, refusals, run-outs, loss of gait or circling, and time penalties.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JUMP: To spring from the ground or surface with the propulsive force being derived primarily from the action of the legs.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JOINTS, HYPERMOBILITY: See Hypermobility of Joints.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JIBBLING (horse): To balk at or defer a required action.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JERKING, HEAD: See Head Jerking.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


JENNY: A female ass.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.                      


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Definitions are from Dictionary of Farm Animal Behavior, second edition,
by J. F. Hurnik, A.B. Webster, and P.B. Siegel, 1995, Iowa State University Press.