unit 4

Question 1

What are the four vital signs?

Answer 1

Temperature, respiratory rate, pulse rate and weight

Question 2

How to check the temperature

Answer 2

Can be monitored using a mercury or an electric thermometer

Question 3

What is the normal rectal body temperature in dogs

Answer 3

38.8 9–102°F.

Question 4

what is temperature in Cats

Answer 4

38.61 or 101.5°F.

Question 5

what can a high temperature be attribute to?

Answer 5

Overwork infection, fever, pain, overexcitement, heatstroke, and convulsion

Question 6

Can low body temperature attribute to

Answer 6

hypothermia and shock

Question 7

What is the pulse rate in dogs?

Answer 7

70 to 120 bpm

Question 8

what is the pulse rate in cats?

Answer 8

120 to 140 bpm

Question 9

How do you measure a pulse rate?

Answer 9

Your hands should be placed over the animals left side of the chest, just behind its elbows count the number of heartbeat in 15 seconds and multiply, it by four

Question 10

And increased pulse rate can be attribute to

Answer 10

Heightened fear or stress, hypothermia, hypothyroidism, and infection

Question 11

How to measure an animals respiratory rate?

Answer 11

Observe the animals chest room in an ounce and count the number of breath, securing a 32nd period, multiply this amount by two

Question 12

A dog breaths how many times per minute

Answer 12

18 to 34

Question 13

I can’t breathe how many times per minute

Answer 13

16 to 40 time

Question 14

what refers to the condition where there’s a decrease in response rate rate?

Answer 14

bradypnea

Question 15

What refers to a condition where there is an increase in respiratory rate

Answer 15

tachypnoea

Question 16

what are plays a major role in functions such as

Answer 16

Regulation of body, temperature, nutrient, uptake removal of waste, maintaining a functional body weight and healthy wellbeing

Question 17

5 eye problems and dogs and cats

Answer 17

Anatomical problems
Distichasis
Tear troubles
Cataracs
Lucoma

Question 18

What items do animals need in order to have a balanced diet?

Answer 18

Carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, vitamins fats

Question 19

abnormalities related to mucus membrane colours

Answer 19

Anaemic mucus membrane/ blood loss and iron deficiency

Congested mucus membranes/ temp change

Cyanide, mucus membranes/intoxication reduced haemogoblin levels

Yellowish, mucus membranes/hepatitis is chronic gastric, dilation, blood parasite

Question 20

Excretion, colours and meanings

Answer 20

Brown faeces is normal
Read faeces is an indicator to bleeding in the large intestine
Yellow faeces are an indicator of poor nutrient intake
And black faeces, highlight cancer of the intestine’s

Question 21

different Thermo regulation methods used my animals

Answer 21

Evaporation of water through sweat glands
Heavy panting
gular fluttering in birds
goosebumps to decrease the heat loss in polar bears
Torbor is a hibernation method, which mice and rats use as a survival method in winter, which lowers their body, temperature, breathing rate, heart rate, and metabolic rate

Question 22

Substances that come into contact with the skin, eyes or mucus, poison originate from different sources such as

Answer 22

gas leaks air-pollution chemical spills, pharmaceutical waste, pesticides, food waste, plants/Weeds such as Pattersons, curse or the tobacco plant

Question 23

In case of poisoning, the animal will be rushed to the vet who will then administer any of the following treatment

Answer 23

administration of a neutralising agent, such as charcoal
Pumping of the stomach
Induced vomiting to eject the poison

Question 24

examples of genetic disorders in dogs

Answer 24

Cancer, progressive retinal, atrophy, hereditary epilepsy, spicier, hypothyroidism, congenital, heart anomalies

Question 25

examples of genetic disorders and cats

Answer 25

Deafness progressive, and I’ll atrophy spinal muscular atrophy, makes syndrome black Hogan storage disease, type iv Niemann pick disease

Question 26

Some common viral diseases observed in animals, including

Answer 26

cholera, Blastomycosis, rabies, equine encephalomyelitis, haemorrhagic, septicaemia, newcastle, warts, foot and mouth disease, african horse sickness, avian influenza, blue tongue, parvovirus