The USDA has some useful publications regarding animal health. Next go to this website:
Check the July 2002 issue.
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Do indoor reared pigs benefit from more type 1 or more type 2 immunity?
Do indoor reared pigs benefit from more type 1 or more type 2 immunity?Check the January 2009 issue.
2. Can humans give influenza to swine?
Go to the issue--August 2001.
3. What drug caused piglets to grow faster during the first 18 days of life?
What drug caused piglets to grow faster during the first 18 days of life? 4. What is the four poster device?
What is the four poster device? 5. Check out the article on animal behavior. Why should beef cattle in a feedlot be fed in the evening?
Check out the article on animal behavior. Why should beef cattle in a feedlot be fed in the evening?Check the April 2006 issue.
6. What is the new anti-mastitis weapon??
What is the new anti-mastitis weapon??Check out Pork@Purdue.
7. Are pigs fed "Paylean" more or less difficult to handle?
Are pigs fed "Paylean" more or less difficult to handle?Next, go to this website
8. Is Lawsonia gram negative or gram positive?
Is Lawsonia gram negative or gram positive? 9. In what year were Koch's postulates fulfilled concerning Lawsonia?
In what year were Koch's postulates fulfilled concerning Lawsonia?Go to this website next for more about Lawsonia
10. What organism has now been identified as causing "wet-tail" in hamsters?
What organism has now been identified as causing "wet-tail" in hamsters? 11. Where was Lawsonia infection reported in a group of foals?
Where was Lawsonia infection reported in a group of foals?Go back to the main page www.pighealth.com
Check out the links to disease and management quizzes. You do not have to take these quizzes
You should be able to find the next answers on the pighealth website, as well.
13. What is PMWS?
What is PMWS? 14. What is circovirus?
What is circovirus? 15. What is PDNS?
What is PDNS? 16. What is the greatest concern about PDNS with respect to differential diagnosis?
What is the greatest concern about PDNS with respect to differential diagnosis?This page was last updated on: August 4, 2009
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Llama Topics: Check out this: llamapaedia
17. What guarding behaviours do llamas have against predators?
18. What is beserk male syndrome?
19. Here is a link to the alpaca library.
20. Check out the AASRP. You might want to become a member.
21. Rocky Mountain Llama and Alpaca Association
22. Check out the health page to find info on epyrthrozoonosis.
23. Here is a link to Marty McGees webpage.
24. Here is a link to a farm where you can find a lot of information on llamas and camellids.
25. Here is a link to another farm with a website containing a lot of information.
26. Here is a link to the effect feral camels have on the environment in Australia.
Find the wapiti home page
27. What is the recent average price for velvet?
28. How much velvet will an average two year old bull grow?
Check out this: Chronic Wasting Disease
29. What species are affected by this disease?
30. What is the current distribution of this disease?
Check out this: http://reindeer.salrm.uaf.edu/
31. What vaccine has been developed for reindeer? Brucellosis.
Check out the reindeer handling.
32. What method was used to round up the reindeer? Helicopters.
Also check out this: reindeer of scandinavia and northern russia
33. How much of the earth's land surface is used for reindeer herding?
18. Do reindeer use their horns as a first or last defense mechanism?
34. What is epizootic hemorrhagic disease?
35. Here is a link to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study. You may wish to do an externship with them.
36. Here is a link to whitetail deer information including artificial breeding.
37. This is a link to some useful camellid information.
38. Here is the Manual on Meat Inspection for Developing Countries.
Recent Developments in Ostrich Farming
Ratite Management Links from University of Minnesota
From this link at OKState go to the bottom of the page and follow that link back to instructional materials at OKState by department.
