Animal Science
What is the difference between macrominerals and microminerals? List three of each.
1.Microminerals or trace minerals are minerals that are required in small quantities. 2.These minerals are just as important as major minerals, they are just needed in smaller quantities. 3.They are both pretty imports.
What is disease?
A disease can vary from a bug to a microorganism or a virus.
What is the importance of lipids as a nutrient?
A lipid is a food component that provides energy and is also the form in which animals store energy.
What is the importance of minerals as a nutrient?
A mineral is an inorganic element found in small amounts in the body.
What is the importance of vitamins as a nutrient?
A vitamin is an organic substance needed in small quantities to perform specific functions.
How much water is in a new born?
About 90% of water is a new born
What is the difference between chronic and acute diseases?
Acute - lasts a short time, comes on rapidly, and is accompanied by distinct symptoms Chronic - persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects, costly to fight
How does disease spread?
Animal Waste: host for germs
What are hormones?
Are chemical substances in the body regulating specific physiological processes
What are pheromones?
Are chemicals secreted by an animal which influence the behavior of others in the same species
What is the importance of carbohydrates as a nutrient?
Carbohydrates are feed components that provide energy and are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
What are the two main types of carbs?
Complex Carbs , Simple Carbs
What are the two major classes of diseases?
Contagious Noncontiguous
List three characteristics of unhealthy livestock.
Contentment Alertness Chewing of cud Sleek coat Bright eyes and pink eye
List three characteristics of healthy livestock.
Contentment Alertness Chewing of cud Sleek coat Bright eyes and pink eye membrane
What is body homeostasis?
Describes an environment which supports the survival of cells inside an organism
What is animal behavior?
Examines the reaction of an animal to a certain stimulus.
What are essential nutrients?
Good nutrition can increase feed efficiency and the rate of gain for animals.
What is instinct?
Is an innate or fixed behavioral response
What is abnormal behavior?
Is defined as individual behavior which is not similar to those of the same species
What is normal behavior?
Is defined as individual behavior which is similar to those of the same species
What is ethology?
Is the study of animal behavior, especially in a natural environment
What is the function of water in an animal's body?
It makes up about 75 percent of the weight of a mature animal and as much as 90 percent of a newborn.
What are some causes of diseases?
Microbes Parasites Injury
What is a microbe?
Microbes (germs) are usually too small to be seen with the naked eye
What is learned behavior?
Occurs as a result of experience, transforming animals to be more adaptive than innate in behaviors
What is a parasite?
Parasites are organisms that have to live on or in other organisms, such as animals, in order to survive.
What is the importance of protein as a nutrient?
Proteins are organic compounds primarily made up of amino acids.
What are genetics?
Studies the science of heredity and variation of inherited traits among related organisms
What are vital signs?
Temperature Pulse Respiration
What is the difference between an internal and external parasite?
The difference between this two is whens inside the body and ones outside the body.
How do innate and learned behaviors compare?
They are just something you learn compared to something you are born with.
List the four types of microbes and describe them.
Viruses Bacteria Fungi Protozoa The difference between this is the simple way that they grow different and how they look /are.
What are the six essential nutrients?
Water Carbohydrates Lipids or Fats Protein Minerals Vitamins
What are the effects of personality and size difference in animal behavior?
What affects animals is the conditions and the operant.
List and explain the different types of pheromones.
aggregation,alarm,epideictic,territorial,trail ,sex
What are external factors that affect animal behavior? List and explain.
environment communication courtship rituals threats to safety
What is an external parasite examples
fleas ticks etc.
List and explain some of the ways animals exhibit learned behavior.
habituation conditioning observation playing reasoning imprinting
List and explain the different types of hormones.
steroid hormones amino acid hormones
