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How many recognized breed of rabbits are there

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52

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What do rabbits serve as

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pets, meat, fur and hide

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Are rabbits a rodent

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No

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What is a common issue in rabbits

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Dental issues - primarily diet related - they need hay, chews and veggies not only pellets

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Are rabbits ruminants?

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No, hind gut fermenters. They have an enlarged cecum for forage use

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What is alfalfa high in? Is it good for rabbits

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Calcium which should be avoided - leads to cloudy urine and urine sludge

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5 animal freedoms

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Freedom from hunger and thist, discomfort, pain and injury, able to express normal behavior, and from free and stress

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Disadvantages of the 5 Freedoms

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Focus on Freedom from a range of negative experiences and states rather than positive experiences, and not 100% achievable

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5 provisions

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Good nutrition, good enviornment, good health, apporpriate behavior, positive mental experience

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Goal of envionmental enrichment

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Provide choice, reduce the frequency of abnormal behaviors, increase positive utilization of the environment, increase the ability to cope with challenges (frustration), increase SEEKING & PLAY, decrease FEAR, RAGE

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What are the innate emotions of all animals

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seeking, rage, fear, panic
Other positive emotions: lust (sex drive), care (maternal instinct), play

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5 types of enviornmental enrichment

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social, occupational (puzzles, exercise), physical (housing/furniture), sensory (TV, sounds), nutritional

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Goals for shelter animals

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Reduce stress/fear, provide physical and mental stimulation, allow animals some control over their environment, increase comfort level, increase/decrease overall stimulation

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What is it called when rabbits ingest “feces”

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Coprophagy/cecotrophy - provides vitamins

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What are fibers?

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Carbs

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What should be 60-70% of the diet in rabbits? What should be 20-30%? 5-10%?

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forages as most of diet - timothy is ideal. Pellets as 20-30%. Fresh produce and grains as 5-10% - should be mostly greens

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What is a major problem with high concentration diets (high starch)

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enteritis, enterotoxemia, GI stasis

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What are common health issues in rabbits

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Obesity and urinary tract issues

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Whats more dangerous heat or cold in rabbits

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Heat

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What is the gestation in rabbits

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28-32 days

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What are rodents teeth red/orange

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iron un enamel which makes teeth very hard - insisors grow continually

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Common issues in guinea pigs

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dental and bladder stones- dont feed alfalfa, and scurvy (vit C deficency)

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Whats another name for guinea pigs

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Cavy

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Common health issues of chinchillas

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digestive, heat stroke, parasites, ringworm

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Are chinchillas endangered in
Yes
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Gut loading
Feeding an insect a very nutrient dense diet prior to being fed to the animal - 12-24 hr prior to feeding
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Dusting
Shaking vit./mineral or calcium ofn the crickets - at time of feeding but crickets will clean it off
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Are mealworms good to feed consistenly in reptiles? why?
No, very high in fat
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What are headgehogs (diet)
Insectivores which are high in proetin and low in fat
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What should hedgehogs eat
insects or high quality low fat cat food and need high fiber
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Health issues in hedgehogs
Cancer and obesity
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What is a cuttlefish
Squid like cephalopods
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What is a cuttlebone? Whats it used for?
Not a bone but a internal shell that fills with gas to help the fish with buoyancy - used for beak care in birds and provides calcium when chewed on
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What are male, female and baby ferrets (aka weasels) called
male: hobs females: jills babys: kits
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Health issues with ferrets
GI issues, adrenal gland disease, cariac disease (need taurine), and insulinoma (tumor on pacreas causing over production of insulin)
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What vaccines do ferrets need
Canine distemper and rabies
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What should a ferrets diet look like
whole prey/raw diet is best, can use cat food ,do not need fruits or veggies
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Where was the earliest known zoo
Eygpt in 3500 BC
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Englands 1st zoo
Only for the rich by Henery 1- Moved to Tower of London for more than 600 years
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1st modern zoo
1794 – opened to public in Paris, France: Jardin des Plantes - It was led by scientists and a “collections” of animals
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1st US modern zoo and what did it have
1859 – Philadelphia received charter but did not open until 1874, following Civil War. It housed 600 animals and had the 1st successful breeding of orangutans and chimps, 1st zoo hospital, and 1st specialized zoo diets
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What was published in 1892 to begin the conservation of sciences
A Handbook of the Management of Animals in Captivity - by Ram B. Sanyal, director of the Calcutta Zoo
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Pere Davids Deer
Native to China but extinct in the wild by 1900 - Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey brought together 18 animals from various Europeancollections for the 1st captive breeding program and reintroduction programs in China began in 1985
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Laceys act of 1900
Oldest US federal wildlife law that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, plants illegally taken from the wild - John F. Lacey – Iowa Republican who was amended several times - Currently used to prevent the importation or spread of non-native species.
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American Bison Society
Established in 1905 to protect bison that had become extinct in the wild
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Who had the breakthrough of zoonotic dieases in 1911
Penrose research lab
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4 zoo associations
- 1924 - Association of Zoos and Aquariums – AZA - 1935 - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) - 1948 - International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Zoological Association of America (ZAA)
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CITIES
International agreement between governments globally to ensure international trade does not threaten survival of species
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CITIES appendices
- Appendix I – species threatened with extinction, prohibited international trade - Appendix II – not threatened with extinction but could be without monitoring - Appendix III – current trade exists, protected in at least 1 country, requires government cooperation
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What acrediation should a good zoo have
AZA and/or ZAA
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What acrediation should a good sancturaie have
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS)
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Quality resuces should have ethical policies in place, which are
Tours, commercial trade, exhibition, acquisition and disposition, no breeding
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What do good zoos focus on
Welfare, animal care, education, conservation, funding
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Zoo challenges
Space
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2 subfamilies of cats
Pantherinae - cats the roar Felinae - more species
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Whats TAG
Taxon advisory group - Committee of advisors across professions with expertise in issues relating to wild cats - publish RCP every 5 years
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How many chromosomes do cats have
38
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Sub species
Biological classification used for species populations that live in distinctly isolated areas. They may differ in size, shape, or other physical traits but can successfully interbreed
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Haldane's rule
generalization in evolutionary biology that predicts that when offspring from two closely related species are inviable or sterile, the affected sex is more likely to be heterogametic (XY) homogametic (XX)

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