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Small Animal Set
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FIVE safety procedures to follow in the classroom and the animal rooms | Walk, keep your voice down, wear scrubs, be gentle when carrying the animals, wash your hands after touching animals and cleaning |
| Recommended shot for class | Tetanus |
| When lifting any equipment or dog from the floor, one should bend their... | Legs not their back |
| Zoonosis | Diseases from animals that can infect humans |
| THREE zoonotic diseases | Salmonella, Rabies, and Leptospirosis |
| Three reasons for safely restraining an animal | So the person doesn't get injured, the animal remains calm, and so the animal doesn't falll |
| Chemicals used in the small Animal facility should have a record of what on file? | Material Safety Sheet (MSDS) |
| Aseptic is a procedure used on living tissues. | False |
| The most important area to support on a rabbit? | It's legs so it doesn't kick |
| Physical hazards a person can get from a dog | Bites and scratch |
| Ringworm is a highly contagious parasite | False |
| Direct Contact | Occurs from touching a contaminated animal |
| Passive Immunity | Short term given to newborns from their mothers |
| Physical hazards we can get in the field of animal care | Bites, scratches, hearing damage |
| It's ok to wash a chinchilla with baby shampoo? | False |
| Why is it important to wash your hands? | To clean off any germs you get from touching poop and pee |
| What zoonotic disease can we get from contaminated cat feces that will cause severe birth defects? | Toxoplasmosis |
| What immunity is by artificial means? | Active immunity |
| Name the rodent that is born with its eyes open and teeth | Guinea Pig |
| Antibiotic toxicity means that it is ok to give antibiotics to treat that animal. | False |
| Guinea Pig Gestation Average | 63 Days |
| The age when the young become independent from its mother is called | Weaning Age |
| If hamsters are subjected to temperatures over 80°f they will go into a deep sleep called | Estivation |
| A female rodent that can reproduce several times throughout the year has a ___ estrus cycle | Polyestrous |
| Term for a female Guinea Pig | Sow |
| The term for an animal that is active during the night but sleeps during the day is | Nocturnal |
| What is the term meaning "hair loss? | Alopecia |
| The time from conception to birth is called: | Gestation |
| Why cedar shaving should be avoided in cages? | Hard to breath |
| Lethargic | Tired |
| V/D | Vomiting and Diarrhea |
| Dystocia | Difficulty breathing |
| Coprophagy | Eating own food |
| Anemia | Loss of blood |
| Hobbs | Male ferret |
| The term used to for a female ferret? | Jill |
| Ferrets can be scruffed | True |
| A female ferret will remain in heat until she is bred. | True |
| What vitamin is added to the cavy's diet? They will get scurvy if they don't have enough of it | Vitamin C |
| If a female guinea pig is not bred & pregnant by at least 2 months of age, she should never be bred because her pelvic girdle will fuse | True |
| What rodent's tail will slideoff if handled incorrectly? | Gerbil |
| Ferrets can catch human colds? | True |
| The normal temperature for a guinea pig | 102.4 F |
| Wet tail | Hamster |
| CRD | All |
| Rales | Rat |
| Epilepsy | Gerbil |
| Snuffles | Rabbit |
| Pneumonia | Guinea Pig |
| A young mouse is called | Pup |
| 3 signs of a healthy animal | Interest in surroundings, properly going to the bathroom, and tail wagging |
| 5 signs/symptoms of diseases | Runny nose, anemia, alopecia, diarrhea, and vomiting |
| What is a sore hock? How Bunnies get it? | By stepping on hard floors |
| Chinchillas bathe in | Dust |
| Rodents will get diarrhea if they eat too many | Veggies |
| An average life span of a chinchilla is | 18 years |
| How to properly hold a chinchilla | Scoop them up with one arm supporting the bottom and the other arm support their head |
| A dog's normal temperatare is | 102.5F |
| The scientific name for the dog is | Canis familiaris |
| Latin name for the dog | Canine |
| What does AKC stand for? | American Kennel Club |
| The classification that hunts birds by flushing them out, pointing & retrieving | Sporting |
| Classification tends to live the longest | Toy |
| Boston Terriers belong to the | Non Sporting Class |
| German Shepherds belong to the | Herding Class |
| Which classification are the protectors? | Working |
| THREE reasons why a dog would bite. | Hurt, scared, angry |
| A sign of jaundice | Yellowing of the eyes |
| The average gestation period for the dog is | 63 Days |
| A mother's first milk is called Colostrum and this is significant because | It has natural antibodies |
| A term that means "not eating | Anorexia |
| To be lethargic means the animal is | Low on energy |
| All warm-blooded animals can transmit rabies | True |
| What can you put on a dog's nail if you cut it too short and it starts to bleed? | Kwik Stop |
| What does DHLPP-v stand for? | Distemper Hepatitis Leptospirosis Parvovirus |
| At what age should you start to vaccinate your puppy for DHLPP? | 6 to 8 |
| At what age should you vaccinate your puppy for rabies? | 12 weeks |
| Rabies | Transmitted usually by a bite |
| Leptospirosis | Spread through contact or ingestion of contaminated food or water |
| Canine Distemper | Caused by inhalation of an airborne virus |
| Hepatitis | Spread from contaminated urine of an infected dog |
| Parvo Virus | Spread from contaminated feces of an infected dog |
| Parasite | Something that lives in the outside or outside of the host for personal benefit |
| A parasite that lives in the host is a | Endoparasite |
| Three signs a dog would display if it had intestinal parasites | anemia, diarrhea, blood in poop, anorexia |
| Parasitology | Study of parasites |
| The most common ectoparasite | Flea |
| Ticks are host specific | False lice are |
| Flea lifecycle in order starting with the egg | Egg > larvae > pupae > adult |
| The intermediate host for the tapeworm | Flea |
| Only ___ percent of fleas are found on your pet | 5% |
| What is the lice egg commonly called? | Nit |
| Examples of damage that ectoparasites do to their host | Alopecia, hotspots, anemia, paleness |
| A mite that is zoonotic | Mange Mites |
| THREE areas must you treat when getting rid of fleas | The outdoors, pets, and indoors |
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