Intro to Exotics (and Fish)
This is the term for animals that rely on their environment for body temperature regulation.
What is ectotherm?
Ferrets can catch this zoonotic disease from humans.
What is influenza?
This is the for term when lizards drop their tails in self-defense.
What is autotomy?
This is the upper portion of a chelonian shell.
What is the carapace?
This is the organ through which birds produce sound.
What is the syrinx?
This is the term for the visceral cavity that is not separated into abdominal and thoracic cavities by a diaphragm.
What is coelomic cavity?
This species is antisocial and should be housed individually.
What are hedgehogs?
These are specialized scales that cover snakes' eyes.
What are spectacles?
This component of tap water is toxic to amphibians (and fish).
What is chlorine?
This is the number of chambers in a bird heart.
What is 4?
This should be a first step of a physical exam in most exotic species.
What is visual observation?
This species is a marsupial.
What are sugar gliders?
This is the preferred venipuncture site for medium to large lizards.
What is the ventral tail vein?
This type of infection causes Red-leg syndrome in amphibians.
What is bacterial infection?
This structure in the avian digestive tract is most similar to a simple mammalian stomach.
What is the proventriculus?
These two taxonomic terms make up the scientific name.
What are Genus and species?
This species should not be scruffed
What are chinchillas?
Excessive dietary protein is a risk factor for this disease.
What is gout?
This is the preferred venipuncture site for large frogs and toads.
What is the ventral abdominal vein?
This percentage of body weight represents a safe volume of blood that can be collected from a bird.
What is 1%?
This environmental factor is key to the health of aquatic species.
What is water quality?
This species is highly resistant to cancer.
What are chinchillas?
Pressure on the eyeballs of reptiles can have a calming effect by triggering this reflex.
What is the vagal reflex?
This sinus is a useful site for venipuncture in chelonians.
What is the subcarapacial sinus?
This zoonotic bird disease is caused by an obligate intracellular organism.
What is Chlamydia Psittaci?