ECON ZOOLOGY Flashcards
is the practice of breeding animals for the production of animal products and for recreational purposes.
Animal agriculture
is the process of cultivating silkworms and extracting silk from them.
Sericulture
Most commonly used silkworm species in sericulture.
- Scientific name of silkworm
Bombyx mori
is the most elegant textile in the world with distinctive grandeur, natural
radiance, and inherent affinity for dyes, high absorbance, lightweight weight, soft touch and high sturdiness and called the “Queen of Textiles”.
Silk
which countries are the world’s leading producers of silk.
India and
China
What 2 different protein is silk fiber made of?
sericin and fibroin (80%).
color of mulberry silk
yellow/green
color of Eri silk
creamy-white/brick-red
color tasar silk
copper-brown
color of muga silk
Golden
having the structure and form of a crystal; composed of crystals.
crystalline
Sericulture process where it cultivates mulberry leaves
Moriculture
Sericulture process where it promotes the growth of the silkworm.
Silkworm rearing
Sericulture process where it extracts silk filaments from the silkworm cocoons
Silk reeling
is a century-old practice in many Asian countries.
Marine shrimp farming
Globally, shrimp have been farmed for several decades and there currently is
production in at least 50 countries around the world, although the industry is
concentrated in two major regions:
Asia and the Americas.
This shrimp was the main aquatic species
cultivated in the world in value at $18,460 million in 2014 and also the most
commercially important shrimp species in the world,
Litopenaeus vannamei
(pacific white shrimp)
These are the only organic gems and require no processing to reveal their natural beauty.
Pearls
Natural pearls are formed when the pearl oyster reacts to an irritant by coating
it with__, the shiny iridescent material found on the inner surface of the shell.
Nacre
are pearls that are extremely rare
Natural pearls
where can you find natural pearls (historically)
Persian gulf
Pearls grown in farms
cultured pearls
Saltwater pearls are cultured pearls grown in Japanese and Chinese waters
Akoya
these countries produce the South Sea pear - the largest of all the pearls
Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines
These pearls are grown in freshwater lakes, rivers, and ponds, predominately
in China.
Freshwater pearl
Is a surgical procedure, whereby a foreign object is implanted into the oyster.
nucleation
Is the care and management of honey bees for the production of honey and wax.
Apiculture
What is honey used for
cosmetic and medical industry
coating for cheese
food additive
making candles
preparing polishes
these are hives prepared by bees on the walls or the branches of trees
natural fixed combs
These hives are made from wooden logs
or earthen pots etc.
Artificial/man-made movable hives
is a branch of biology that deals with studying the insects.
Entomology
4 main branches of entomology
Agricultural entomology
Medical entomology,
industrial entomology and forensic entomology.
concerns the study of harmful and beneficial insects that effect agriculture products both in the field or storage
agricultural entomology
ex species for agriculture entomology
Desert locust
Somali Blister beetle
Aphids
gives attention to insects that effect human and animal health
directly or indirectly as a pathogen vector
medical entomology
ex species for medical entomology
Mosquitoes,
Tsetse fly
Sand fly
lice.
Entomology that elucidates insects that are used for genetic
purpose
Industrial entomology
ex of species for industrial entomology
Drosophila (fruit fly)
ex of species for industrial entomology
Drosophila (fruit fly)
Entomology that explains the use of the insects that inhabit decomposing dead bodies to aid legal investigations.
Forensic Entomology
refers to the time between the death and discovery
of a corpse.
Post-mortem interval (PMI)
First fly taxa to arrive on a dead body, and the second but abundant
Diptera
Calliphoridae
‘‘the infestation of live human and vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which, at least for a certain period, feed on the host’s dead or living tissue, liquid body-substances, or ingested food’’
Myiasis
Myiasis can be considered in three main
categories, according to the degree of parasitism of the host:
Obligate parasites
Facultative parasites
Accidental parasites
parasites that can only develop on the living tissues of living
hosts and do not develop on carrion.
Obligate parasites
parasites that usually develop on carrion but they can also
develop on living hosts, in which cases they usually require some predisposing
condition, such as neglected wounds with necrotic tissues, or bacterial growth in
soiled fur or fleece.
Facultative parasites
parasites that can cause minor health problems but are not
normally parasitic, being found in host tissues by accident, e.g., after ingestion or inhalation.
Accidental parasites
