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Psittacosis is a disease transmitted by _________.
Parrots
wrote Animal Liberation, founder of modern animal rights movement
Peter Singer
Euthanasia
"good death"
_____ is credited with developing our modern method of classifying organisms.
Carolus Linnaeus
Rhodesian Ridgebacks are what color?
Red/Red Wheaten
Name 2 modified monogastric animals.
There are about ______ million farms in the U.S..
2.2
First milk produced that is rich in antibodies
Colostrum
Estrus cycle in a dog occurs every ____ months
7
Most important nutrient for animals
water
Average normal body temperature for a dog?
100oF
Length of gestation in a dog
60 days (2 months)
Diseases transmitted between animals and people
Zoonotic diseases
2 diseases transmitted by ticks
Lyme, RMSF
Cats that have reverted back to their wild state are referred to as what?
feral
First domesticated small animal?
Dog
4th compartment of a ruminant's stomach (abomasum) is referred to as
"true stomach"
Consumption of feces
Coprophagy
What specifically does dog food lack that cats need in their diet?
Taurine
Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a ________.
fungus
Toxoplasmosis is a disease produced by the ___________ Toxoplasma gondii.
parasite
Cats with an extra number of toes are called ________.
polydactyl
Active at night
Nocturnal
What % of farms in the U.S. are family owned and operated?
97%
birds, rats, mice