Swine
The Illinois city that became the hog butcher of the world in the 1860s.
What is Chicago?
Dogs were domesticated from these animals.
What are wolves?
What is feeding it?
A heart disease in dogs characterized by enlargement and decreased function in heart ventricles.
What is DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy)?
Gland that produces insulin to regulate blood sugar, & enzymes to break down carbs, proteins, and fats.
What is the pancreas?
The kind of operation that grows feeder pigs to market weight. Doesn't have sows on site.
What is a finishing operation, aka wean-to-finish operation?
Cats were killed in mass, contributing to the spread of this disease by rodents.
What is the black plague?
The special fiber produced from rabbit hair is called this.
What is Angora?
An essential amino acid in cat diets, although non-essential to dogs and people.
What is taurine?
Specific part of the rabbit digestive tract where nutrient-packed pellets are formed, excreted, eaten, and re-digested in the digestive tract. C____.
What is the cecum?
What is a duroc?
Name a pet classification category and give one animal example.
What is: ornamental, status symbol, plaything, hobby animal, work/helper/service, and companion?
This continent produces the most rabbit meat.
A cat food named 'Chicken flavored catfood with tuna' would have this % tuna in it.
What is 3%?
Absorbs nutrients; made up of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileal sections.
What is the small intestine?
The gestation length in pigs.
What is 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (115 days)?
One of the top genetic disorders in purebred dogs discussed in class.
What is: hip dysplasia, urinary bladder stones, epilepsy, heart disease, degenerative myelopathy, brachycephalic syndrome?
The technical word for 'the act of giving birth in rabbits'.
What is kindling?
The city/state where most people's Purina food is manufactured.
St. Louis, MO
The organ that removes damaged red blood cells from circulation.
Sperm is deposited in this specific location of the sow/gilt repro tract during natural mating or AI.
What is the cervix?
The number of months, on average, a cat is in gestation.
What is 2?
The hormone responsible for ovulation.
What is LH? Leutinizing hormone
A specific category/aspect regulated by AAFCO.
What is: product name, name of species food is for, quantity statement, guaranteed nutrient analysis, nutritional adequacy statement, feeding directions, calorie statements?
Part of the repro tract where fetuses attach and grow in litter-bearing animals like pigs, dogs, cats, and rabbits.