ANIMSCI 2200.03 Final - Dogs and Cats

Where would you be living if you worshipped your cat as a god, but since you are a person of great wealth and social importance, when you die, your cat would be buried with you along with your servants and possessions?

Ancient Egypt

For an animal to be called "domesticated" certain requirements have to be met. Mark all of the following that occurred in DOG domestication:

Breeding and general care came under human control Digestive tract changes to become an omnivore

Which of the following is NOT coded for by the three genes that encode for over 90% of the coat types found in dogs?

Dense, red/not (MDR1)

The dog "industry" information depends on which of the five groups of dogs is being discussed. Which category fits this description: Coonhound that was purchased from a breeder, hunts seasonally, lives in a safe and enclosed kennel arrangement with other hounds, goes on country rides in the truck with his owner, gets regular meals and veterinary care, and will be used when he's getting slow at hunting for breeding new hounds to sell.

Dog with a job

According to DNA and other evidence, experts believe this about the origin of dogs:

Dogs developed from Asian wolves in the China area and joined human societies at least 15,000 years ago

Pick the correct chronological order for the events below - starting from the oldest event on the left to the most recent on the right:

Dogs living around human food dumps - genetic shifts in reproduction and digestion - living in villages and communities - living with humans and being bred for specific jobs - living in homes and being bred more for appearance

Domesticated cats, Felis catus, needed to balance two critical elements to become domesticated. Mark the correct pair of elements that fit that statement:

Fear of humans vs. need for resources

Which of the following is TRUE about cat life cycles?

Female cats are seasonally polyestrous and induced ovulators, cats are asocial except to breed, mothers raise the kittens alone or with human owners, kittens are weaned around 4 - 6 weeks of age, cats may form loose colonies in the wild or outdoors and share territories, cats live an average of 14 - 15 years

Which of the following is TRUE about dog life cycles?

Female dogs are monoestrous, have a 9-week pregnancy, pups are weaned about 4-6 weeks of age, and dogs live about 9 - 18 years - with the large and giant breeds having the shorter life spans

If a neutered and declawed cat was owned, got loose, did have decent welfare and a mild human-animal bond, and is now completely avoiding people, maybe even aggressive when caught, you would classify this cat as __________________.

Feral

Cats and dogs now number about 1 billion each worldwide, making them very successful small carnivores and omnivores, respectively. Which is the following is TRUE about these cats?

Free-living, vermin hunting cats significantly outnumber pet cats worldwide

Which of the following breeds would match this description: Herding group, large breed, confident, intelligent, trainable, needs to have a job/purpose:

German Shepherd Dog

We now know about Hazard Avoidance Behavior (HAB) in dogs. Each of these statements are true about HAB EXCEPT:

HAB switches on in wolf pups by 19 days of age but for almost all breeds of dogs, this occurs at 90 days of age

Please match the cat breed grouping with its description and example breeds.

Maine Coon and American shorthair, parents and all ancestors in same breed which began as landrace: Natural Burmese and Ragdoll, parents from same group and may be newer breed: Established Scottish Fold and Sphynx, breed created to have specific physical characteristic with 3 generations that breed "true": Mutation

Which of the following is a cat BREED instead of a description? Select every correct answer.

Scottish Fold, American Short hair

Please match the color patterns and their descriptions.

Solid color hairs with bottom 1/8 th white or cream: Smoke Hair coat mottled with black and red, males usually sterile: Tortoiseshell or Calico Always striped, may be spotted or various patterns: Tabby

Cat groups are classified by appearance and pedigree as compared to the original "job" groupings for dog breeds. Which of the following is NOT a cat breed grouping?

Toy

Please match the dog group ( from the list of AKC groups) to their descriptions.

Very intelligent, very active, like to control animals and children, work well with people as a team: Herding Includes Whippets and Beagles that bay, keen sense of smell, great stamina: Hound Includes spaniels and pointers, very trainable, good at hunting and tracking in water or fields: Sporting Includes Great Pyrenees and Huskies, loyal, intelligent, strong good at pulling or guarding: Working Includes Scotties and Staffordshires, brave, full of energy, tenacious, hard to train, ancestors had the job of digging up and killing small vermin: Terrier

Which of the following statements about hair color is NOT true for either dogs or cats?

When the cells add eumelanin the hair color is black or grey, tan, or cream if diluted

Dogs, Canis familiaris, are canids. Which of the following are NOT included in the Canid grouping?

Wolverines