Health Checks

Question 1

What is animal health?

Answer 1

The absence of disease or the normal functioning of an organism and normal behaviour based on observation

Question 2

What do you check in a health check?

Answer 2

eyes
ears
nose
mouth (gums, teeth, tongue)
body condition (skin, fur, feathers, hair, weight)
legs
feet (nails, claws)
anus (faeces, vent/cloaca)
genitals (urine)
tail
behaviour
mobility

Question 3

Why monitor animal health?

Answer 3

animal welfare act 2006

informing people of any sudden illness/injury

checking for illness/injury

treating illnesses early

treating injury before it gets worse

keeping an eye on sudden signs of illnesses/injury

information for vets

Question 4

What are the two types of health checks?

Answer 4

visual
physical

Question 5

What are the different colour gums an animal could have?

Answer 5

pink
white
blue
red
yellow

Question 6

What do pink gums indicate?

Answer 6

the animal is healthy

Question 7

What do white gums indicate?

Answer 7

poor blood flow
anaemia

Question 8

What do blue gums indicate?

Answer 8

lack of oxygen
animal is close to dying

Question 9

What do red gums indicate?

Answer 9

an infection

Question 10

What do yellow gums indicate?

Answer 10

issue with the liver
jaundice