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This body system is important in breaking down food into nutrients.
What is digestive system?
100
So animal cannot injure the restrainer, the vet, or itself
Why is restraint used?
100
Where all adoptable and treatable animals are saved
What is no-kill shelter?
100
Proper housing, nutrition, disease prevention and treatment, responsible care, proper handling, and humane euthanasia or slaughter
What is animal welfare?
200
The body system that coordinates the voluntary and involuntary actions of the animal.
What is the nervous system?
200
Placed over the mouth of an animal, this can prevent a bit during exam
What is a muzzle?
200
Wear these to protect the handler from animals that may bite or scratch
What are leather or Kevlar gloves?
200
Put to sleep
What is euthanasia?
200
Animals should not be used for food, clothing, entertainment, medical research or product testing
What is animal rights?
300
Making up about 16% of the body's weight, this is the largest body system.
What is the integumentary system?
300
Device made of a 5-6 ft. pole with a rope and noose attached
What is a catch pole?
300
Medical history, observation prior to restraint, and examination of all body systems
What are the 3 components of a thorough physical exam?
300
Many abandoned animals end up here and readied for adoption
What are animal shelters?
300
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
What is ASPCA?
400
This is the transport and defense can describe this systems main function.
What is the lymphatic system?
400
Grasp by the scruff of the neck and place on a towel or a piece of carpet
How do you examine a rabbit?
400
This changes behavior and physiology in an examined animal
What is stress?
400
Removal of the ovaries and uterus in females
What is spaying?
400
Charged with developing and implementing regulations to support the AWA (Animal Welfare Act)
What is the United States Department of Agriculture?
500
This is commonly known as the framework for the body, allowing motion, and protecting vital organs.
What is musculoskeletal?
500
Special restraining boxes are available for these small rodents
What are rats and mice?
500
Early diagnosis of problems allows time for this
What is preventative medicine?
500
Can produce mounting behavior and also can reduce the motivation to roam the community.
What is neutering?
500
Belief that animals have nervous systems and feel pain, and it is wrong to use animals for food and experimentation
What is specieism?