Final Exam Overview Flashcards
Cats
What does tail wagging mean?
Irritation
Cats
How do you begin restraint?
Begin with minimal restraint.
Cats
What are some signs of attack?
- ears down
- hissing
- growling
- tail lashing
Cats
Where is, and how do you draw from the cephalic vein?
It is located medial front. Place the cat in sternal restraint.
Cats
How do you restrain for jugular draw?
Sternal restraint.
Cats
Cat gloves do not protect from?
Bites!!
Dogs
What are the signs of aggression?
- head low
- growling
- hair raised up
Dogs
What is it called when a dog in a normally friendly dog gets mean when placed in a cage?
Cage Aggression
Dogs
What should you avoid when lifting a dog?
Lifting with your back!
Dogs
How do you restrain for cephalic draw?
Sternal or standing.
Dogs
How do you restrain for lateral saphenous?
Lateral recumbency.
Dogs
What does a muzzle do?
- takes the fight out of the dog.
- can get it off w/paw if the wrong size.
- only use for a short time.
- does NOT obstruct breathing.
Cattle
Order
Artiodactyla
Cattle
Family
Bovidae
Cattle
They are?
Ruminants
Cattle
What is a ruminant?
Any animals that have stomachs consisting of four compartments, the largest of which is the rumen.
Cattle
Bovine
A member of the family Bovidae.
Cattle
Cow
A female bovine.
Cattle
Bull
A male bovine.
Cattle
Calf
Young bovine; <1 year of age.
Cattle
Heifer
A female bovine that has not given birth to a calf. The term is sometimes used to denote females until their second calving (first calf heifer).
Cattle
Ox
A mature, castrated male bovine reared for meat production or for pulling.
Cattle
Freshen
To calve and thereby begin a new lactation period. A fresh cos has recently calved and is actively lactating.
Cattle
Polled Breeds
Animals that lack horns through special breeding.
Cattle
Milking Parlor
A room in a dairy barn where cows are milked.
Cattle
Open Herd
A farm where animals are routinely added to the herd from outside sources.
Cattle
Closed Herd
A farm that raises their own replacement heifers from within the current herd.
Cattle
Cull
To removed diseased or unproductive animals from the herd via slaughter or euthanasia.
Cattle
How do you approach cattle?
From behind.
Cattle
What is a magnet used for?
It ends up in the rumen and is for hardware disease.
Cattle
How do you restrain beef cattle?
In a chute, have side panels.
Cattle
Do you stand close or far away?
Stand closer for less impact if they kick.
Cattle
How do you restrain dairy cattle?
In stanchions or a rope halter for the head.
Cattle
What are nose tongs?
Used to distract, usually beef cattle.
Cattle
What do bulls have?
A permanent nose ring.
Cattle
What is flanking?
Restrain calves.
Goats
Do they have heard instincts.
No, they do not.
Goats
How are the lead?
By their collars.
Goats
Do they bite?
They do not usually bite.
Goats
How do you handle them?
Like companion animals.
Goats
Do you rump them?
No, they do not like being rumped.
Goats
How do you restrain them?
- stanchions
- collars
- straddle
- prefer flanking to rumping
Goats
Doe
Mature female.
Goats
Buck
Mature male.
Goats
Kid
Juvenile male or female.
Goats
Wether
Castrated male.
Goats
How do you move them?
By moving the head goat into the area, the rest will follow.
Goats
Can you pin them against a wall?
Yes, using your legs.
Sheep
Ewe
Mature female.
Sheep
Ram
Mature male.
Sheep
Lamb
Juvenile sheep.
Sheep
Wether
Castrated male.
Sheep
How are they restrained?
- rumping
- chute
- halter
- tie
Sheep
What kind of animals are they?
Ruminant herbivores.