Animal Health

Question 1

What is the name for a young bovine that has not had a calf?

Answer 1

Heifer

Question 2

What is the name of a young male hog?

Answer 2

Shoat/Boar

Question 3

What is an animal’s reaction to a stimulus?

Answer 3

Behavior

Question 4

Healthy animals: grow ___, produce ___, and generate ___.

Answer 4

Faster, more, profit

Question 5

How can producers prevent disease in their animals?

Answer 5

Vaccinate, isolate sick animals, and rotate pastures

Question 6

What is adequate animal housing?

Answer 6

Clean, free from drafts, ventilated, good air circulation, and proper maintenance

Question 7

Compare good and bad health in animals.

Answer 7

Good Health: normal vital signs, bright eyes, a shiny coat, and pink membranes
Bad Health: abnormal vital signs, dull, glassy eyes, and a dull coat

Question 8

What are four problems that can occur when manure piles up in feedlots or pens?

Answer 8

Foot rot, attracts flies, lowers air quality, and reduces the rate of gain in cattle and swine.

Question 9

What are four parasites we talked about in class?

Answer 9

Roundworms, flukes, protozoa, and tapeworms

Question 10

What are two differences between acute and chronic diseases?

Answer 10

Acute: symptoms that come on quickly and have an identifiable end
Chronic:

Question 11

What are two differences between acute and chronic diseases?

Answer 11

Acute: symptoms that come on quickly and have an identifiable end
Chronic: symptoms come on slowly and don’t have an identifiable end

Question 12

What type of diseases are short-lived and have an identifiable end?

Answer 12

Acute

Question 13

What type of disease can be spread to other animals?

Answer 13

Contagious

Question 14

What is a plant or animal carrying diseases or parasites during parts of their life cycle?

Answer 14

Secondary host

Question 15

Why is pasture rotation important for animal health?

Answer 15

So the animals do not get any parasites

Question 16

Why might birds around a feedlot be cause for concern?

Answer 16

They can carry disease on them and in their feces

Question 17

What are five common animal restraints?

Answer 17

Nose ring, nose twitch, squeeze chute, sternal recumbency, and lateral recumbency

Question 18

Squeeze gates are used to ___ and ___ large animals.

Answer 18

restrain and comfort

Question 19

What is a nose twitch used for?

Answer 19

To hold the lips and nose of a horse

Question 20

What is considered the normal, healthy temperature range in animals?

Answer 20

The normal temperature, plus or minus 2 degrees.

Question 21

When the animal’s temperature is out of the normal range, the animal is under
what kind of stress?

Answer 21

Heat

Question 22

What part of the animal’s brain regulates body temperature?

Answer 22

Hypothalamus

Question 23

What is it called when an animal walks/swims through a medicated bath?

Answer 23

Dipping

Question 24

What occurs when an animal is chewing its cud?

Answer 24

The animal is chewing anything that could not be digested

Question 25

How do you perform CRT on an animal?

Answer 25

Press on the animal’s gum until it turns white, stop pressure, and count
how long it takes for the tissue to turn pink again.

Question 26

What does CRT actually test for?

Answer 26

If the animal has good circulation

Question 27

In a healthy animal, how much time should elapse before the skin regains color during a CRT?

Answer 27

2-3 seconds

Question 28

What is the best location to conduct a CRT?

Answer 28

The animals gums

Question 29

What is the best location to measure a dog’s pulse?

Answer 29

The inner thigh

Question 30

What instrument is needed to record the pulse of a hog?

Answer 30

A stethoscope

Question 31

The heartbeat is recorded using what unit of measurement?

Answer 31

Beats per minute; BPM