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Animal Health refers to the _______ _____ _____ of animals.

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Physical well being

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Animal Health is effected by (11) …

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  • Infectious disease
  • Non-infectious disease
  • Animal density
  • Stress
  • Boredom
  • Nutrition
  • Availability of water
  • Temperature
  • Sanitation
  • Attention
  • Shelter
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What does a healthy animal look like?

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  • Ears and head up
  • Bright eyes
  • Smooth bright hair coat
  • Hang out with the flock/herd
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What does a healthy animal do?

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  • Eat / Drink
  • Run / Play
  • Role / Lay in the dirt
  • Nurse
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What does an unhealthy animal look like?

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  • Listlessness
  • Rough hair coat
  • Drooping head
  • Dull eyes
  • Arched back
  • Slow to move
  • Seperation
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What does an unhealthy animal do?

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  • Doesn’t eat / nurse
  • Doesn’t play
  • Doesn’t drink
  • Isolation
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Define: Mortality:

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Death loss

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Define: Morbid:

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Diseased or unhealthy (Morbidity)

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Define: Disease:

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Deviation from normal which temporarily impairs vital functions

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What types of disease are there?

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  • Anatomical
  • Physiological
  • Chemical
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Define: Antibody:

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Proteins (immunoglobulins) produced by cells (B-Lymphocytes) in the body that attack foreign bodies (antigen)

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Define: Antibiotic:

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Is a chemical substance produced by various species of microorganisms and is used as a pharmaceutical to suppress growth of other microorganisms

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Define: Zoonotic Disease:

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Can be passed from animal to humans

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Define: Contagious Disease:

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Infectious disease that is spread rapidly

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Economic loss to producers via animal loss: ____% of potential gross income

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15

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Economic loss to producers via animal loss:________% of farm animals die before weaning

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10 - 20

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Economic loss to producers via animal loss: _____% of broilers die before reaching market weight

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2 - 4

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Economic loss to producers via animal loss: __% death loss of laying hens per month

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1

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Other economic factors to animal heath are …

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  • Vaccines
  • Treatments
  • Veterinarian
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Animal Welfare: Refers to how well animals are able to cope with_______ _________.

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Living conditions

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Animal Welfare: Refers to proper _________ and ____ of animals.

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Treatment, Care

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Animal Welfare is based on the following …

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  • Mental state of the animal

- Living conditions of the animal

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Animal Welfare: Refers to the ___, ______, and _______ of animals

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Care, Control, Handling

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Animal Welfare: Should maximize an animal’s ability to ____, reproduce and maintain _______ health.

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Grow, Adequate

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Define: Welfare:
Healthy, comfortable, well nourished and safe living environment.
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Define: Both:
Proper housing, nutrition, and health management .
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Define: Management:
Proper care, handling, and control of animals.
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What behaviors and habits should an animal owner know in order to have health management?
- Eating habits - Drinking habits - Movement
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Health Management: Requires the recognition of _______ animal behaviors.
Abnormal
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Health Management: Minimize stress-causing problems such as _____, _______ or _______.
Injury, Illness, Disease
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Health Management: Include the following health precautions:
- Observation - Sanitation - Vaccination
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Wha tis a parasite?
Living organisms which have various life cycles that are transmitted to host animals through contact or ingestion.
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Parasites can be ______ or ______.
External, Internal
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True or False: Parasites can never be controlled and prevented.
False: Parasites can be controlled effectively with proper testing and the administration of preventive medication
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Common Internal Parasites are ...
- Strongyles - Roundworm - Pingworm - Lungworm - Whipworm - Tapeworm - Liver flukes
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Symptoms of internal parasites are ...
- Dull hair - Weight loss / poor appetite - Unthrifty - Scratching / tail rubbing - Fever - Coughing / hard breathing - Diarrhea / bloody diarrhea - Death
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Common External Parasites are ...
- Ticks - Lice - Mites - Heel flies - Horn flies - Flies - Horse bot - Nasal bot
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Symptoms of external parasites are ...
- Irritation / rubbing - Nasal discharge - Scratching / lesion - Anemia - Unthrifty - Weight loss / low gains - Rough hair coat
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Common Nutritional Diseases are ...
- Grass tetany - Bloat - Colic - Enterotoxemia (overeating disease) - Lactic acidosis - Milk fever - White muscle disease - Hardware disease
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Grass Tetany (Grass Staggers or Wheat Pasture Poisoning) is caused by ...
low levels of magnesium in the blood
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Grass Tetany symptoms include ...
- Uncoordinated gait - Convulsions - Coma - Death
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Treatment of grass tetany is ...
- Restoring magnesium levels through the following methods | - Adding magnesium oxide powder into feed or pasture
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True or False: Bloat only occurs in cattle.
False: it occurs in all ruminants
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Bloat refers to ...
Rapid fermentation producing excess gas or foam in the rumen.
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Bloat is caused by ...
consuming highly concentrated rations and lush legume pastures.
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Symptoms of bloat include ...
- Abdominal distention on the left side - Loss of appetite - Respiratory distress
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Treatment of bloat includes ...
- Keeping animal on feet and moving - Drenching with mineral oil or poloxane - Putting stomach tube down throat to relieve pressure from gas
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How do you prevent bloating?
- Feeding dry roughage with a mix of grasses | - Keeping animals from eating excess of lush green
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Colic Is caused by a wide range of conditions affected the digestive tract, including ...
- Sudden change in feed - A predominantly concentrate diet - Cribbing - Lack of water - Presence of bloodworms
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Symptoms of colic include ...
- Distended abdomen - Rolling and kicking - Excruciating pain - Sweating - Constipation
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True or False: colic will always result in a twisted stomach.
False: it can result in a twisted stomach but doesn't always
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How do you treat colic?
- Walking the horse - Administering banamine - Talking to veterinarian: Animal might need sedatives, laxatives, pain medication, or surgery
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How can colic be prevented?
- Feeding small rations - Feeding good quality roughages - Providing clean water - Monitoring eating habits - Controlling internal parasites
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Enterotoxemia is also known as ...
Overeating Disease
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Enterotoxemia is caused by ...
Toxins produced by naturally occurring intestinal bacteria: Clostridium perfringens types C and D
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Enterotoxemia mainly effects ...
Sheep and goats
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Enterotoxemia occurs when ...
an animal consumes excessive amounts of high energy feeds or milk
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Symptoms of enterotoxemia are ...
- Sudden death - Diarrhea - Neurologic signs: - Circling - Head pressing - Incoordination - Convulsions
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Treatment of enterotoxemia includes ...
- Administering antitoxins - Administering oral antibiotics - Feeding hay
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Prevention of enterotoxemia includes ...
- Slowly introducing concentrates - Carefully regulating energy intake - Administering a vaccine against clostridium perfringens types C and D to pregnant and young animals at apx. four weeks of age

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