Exotics Revision Questions Flashcards
What is an exotic animals
An animal that is generally non native and a species that has evolved through natural selection evolutionary process such as natural selection
What is a domestic animal
An animal that has been selectivity bred for a specific gene trait
What are the methods of sourcing exotic animals
Poaching / wild caught
Captive farmed
Captive born
Long term captive
What is captive farmed
Animals are bred farmed In there country of origin
What are the pros of captive farmed
Bred in natural country and behave live naturally
Allow for tease h of habitat and behaviour
Protected and wild
Reintroduction more successful
What are cons of captive farmed
Bred for non ethical reasons
Stressful being moved to another countries
Stressful seeing other animals and habitat
Welfare issues
What is wild caught
Animals taken from wild and out into captivity
What are the pros of wild caught
Healthy gene pool populations In captive More natural behaviour actions Research Awareness Ex situ conservation
What are cons of wild caught
Taken from parents to early Stressful Harder to adapt Decrease wild population Welfare issues
What is captive born
Born from wild caught parents
What are pros of captive born animals
Natural instincts
Less likely to show abnormal behaviours
What are cons of captive born animals
Stews
Reduce wild populations
Welfare issues
What is long term captive
Animals taken from wild and out into captivity for extended periods of time
what are the pros of long term captive
No abnormal behaviour
No stress
Healthy stock in captivity
What are cons of long term captive
Animals lose natural instincts
Reduce wild populations
What is ethnically sourcing
The illegal animal trade is the 3rd largest trade in the wild and takes place all over the wold
Ethnically sourcing animals means that animals are purchased exchanged in a way that is not harmful ensuing that animals are genetically sound bred in favourable conditions and are not exploited in the pursuit of financial gain
Every effort is taken by the breeder and buyer to encourage ab ethical trade and dose not encourage damaging or illegal behaviour
What is endothermic
Gain heat from metabolic action product there own heat can produce is own heat but has evolved and sparred to live in cold environment can regulate temperature by hiding the shade hight energy needs require more foods
What is exothermic
It cannot regulate its own body temperature so requires an external source of heat to survive rely on external environment for heat use behaviour to regulate temperature low energy needs requires less food
What is ultra violet light
The electromagnetic light so spectrum
What are the types of violet light
UV-A USED FOR BEHAVIOUR
UV -B VITAMIN D CALCIUM
What is the circadian cycle
Day and night
What are the follow terms
Ventilation air Water current Humidity water Salinity salt PH ACID
How is temperature managed
Heat mat Ceramic bulbs Lamps Water Spot bulbs Infra red bulbs Mercury vapour bulbs Aquarium heater
What is k strategies
Reproduce later in life Nature slowly Small number of young Energy spent raising Stable environment
Elephant
Deer
What is k strategies
Reproduce early in life Mature quickly Large number of hound Energy spent producing Unstable environment
Frogs
Rats
Fish
What are the reproductive types
Sexual - two parent
Asexual - one parent
What are the methods or reproduction
Viviparous - live baring young
Oviparous - egg baring
Ovoviviparous - egg hatch inside mother
What are the types of young
Altricial young - cannot hear see or thermoregulate at birth
Precocial young - well developed at bird they can thermoregulate deer themselves and are mobile
Semi precocial - intermittent development can see and hear but cannot move
What is a disease
A disease is a disorder or abnormal condition that produces specific symptoms and has a negative impact on the structure or functions of a biological organism the disorder is not caused by an injury
What is a pathogenic disease
Pathogenic disease are cause by a pathogen is a biological agent that has the potential to cause harm to disease in an organism
What are the causes
Bacteria Protozoa Parasite Fungi Virus Prion
What is a non pathogenic disease
A non pathogenic disease is a disease that is caused in the absence of a pathogen in other words a disease that is not caused by a pathogen
What are the methods of a disease transmission
Direct contact Indirect contact Droplets Air born Inhalation of spores Entry onto skin Animal
What is a biological vector
An organism which is not only transports a pathogens but also plays a role in the life cycle of the pathogens - tick
What is a mechanical vector
An organism which only transmits a pathogen - fly
What is a zoonotic diseases
Animal to human
What is a notifiable disease
A disease legally obliged to report
What is bacteria
Bacteria are prokaryotic (single celled organisms )
How dose bacteria survive
Arrive at the host body surface
Enter the host body
Evade the host defences
Infest a new host
What is a virus
A non living organism that is not a cell and dose not metabolise energy they are strands of either dna or rna
What is fungi
They are heterotrophs meaning they do not make their own food like plants and absorb food from their environment
What is end parasite
Parasites located within the body captivity
What is ecto parasites
Parasites located outside the body cavity
What is the different between a pathogen and non pathogen disease
Pathogen disease are caused by a pathogen a pathogen is a biological agent that has the potential to cause harm or disease in an organism a non pathogenic disease that is caused in the absence of a pathogen in other words a disease that is not caused by a pathogen
What are examples of a pathogen
Bacteria Virus Fungi Protists Flatworms Parasitic worms Thorny head worms Round worms
What types of disease are there
Chytrid fungus Aspergillosis Necrotic stomatitis Pneumonia Psittacosis Fish tb Avian influenza Parasites Found tape gape worms Reptile mites Feather mites Metabolic bone disease Dysecydrs Dystocia Molicclusion
