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        JULY 2009        HOMEWORK   PAGE  4

1.     What is the estimated number of sub-clinical cases of mastitis in a herd for every               detected clinical case? 

2.     This website gives an overview of the basics of milking machine function.   

3.     Questions about mastitis vaccination can be answered here.

4.     What is the purported advantage of robotic milking systems?  Labor savings.

5.Here is a link to a short video about milking with the robotic machine.

6.     For lots of information about mastitis you can check these links.  Which pathogen is         linked to udder suicide?  E. coli. 

7.Here is some information about stray voltage.  What is stray voltage with respect to          mastitis and milk quality?

8.     Under udder health products, check out Labo Solidago.  This is homeopathy.

9.     For a review of Streptococcus agalactiae mastitis check out this page from AABP.

10.    Here is a link to information from McGill University in Quebec about

        treating mastitis without antibiotics.

11.    Here is a link to control of coliform mastitis from Utah.

12.     Go here for more information about udder singeing.   This is a procedure used to              improve milk quality.

13.    Believe it or not, there is Moo-Tube.

14.    For more information on Leptospirosis, here is a PDF file.

15.     Here is a link to VLA where you can find information on BSE.

16.    Here is a link to a page at Tuskegee with a summary on listeriosis in cattle.

17.    Here is some more information on nervous coccidiosis.

18.    Here is a link to the Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State                   University.  Check out the animal disease menu.

19.    For more information on a number of cattle diseases, the Iowa Beef Center has a               number of publications, including on on clostridial diseases.

20.    Here is a link to information with pictures about botulism in cattle.

       

21.    Here are a couple of further references to pink eye;  one from Purdue and one from           Kansas.

22.    Here is a link to a page of student presentations at the Great Plains center.  Some                 have quizzes available.

23.    Which breed of beef cattle is most susceptible to bovine pinkeye?

24.     Here is a link to the thermal instrument and technique demonstrated in class.

Here is a link to over 24000 E-books available free.

Visit www.pighealth.com

25.  Zoonotic risk for E. coli is discussed here.

26.  Who was the patron saint of pigs?  Take the pig quiz.

Go to this website next

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/swine/index.html

Go to the Facilities Quiz 1

Go to question 5.

27.  What does LCT stand for?  Answers here.

Go to the Facilities Quiz 2.  Go to question 8.

28.  To what does "uniformity of microenvironment" refer?  Answers here.

29.  Why are pet pigs spayed or neutered?  Check here for information on neutering. 

Check out the AASV website.

30.  What breed of swine is being used for the study of human obesity?  Ossabaw Island

31.  What substance boosts immunity in nursery swine?   Fish oil.

Go to this web site first.   http://www.peteducation.com/  Answers here.

32.  When did the first woman to successfully practice veterinary medicine graduate                    with a diploma?

33.  When did penicillin first become available for use in veterinary medicine?

34.  Here is a link to an article about a Ross graduate currently in Kosovo.

35.  Check out the animal ambulance for use in feedlots.

Visit Dr. Temple Grandin's home page

http://www.grandin.com

First go to the behavior page.

Then, go to assessment of stress.

36.  Name three psychological stresses affecting animals.

37.  Do animals habituate to procedures which are aversive?

Then, go back.  Next go to training tips.

Go to dealing with excitable pigs.

38.  What three issues seem to be attributed as being cause of highly excitable pigs?

39.  What is the wheat pressure box equine restraint system?

40.  Pressure is most calming to animals and people that are experiencing what three                        things?

41.  Check out the improvised mobile pig medicator here.

42.  Here are some links about the Kune Kune swine.

43.         Here is a link to more PCVAD information.

44.          Here is the link to the mobile harvester slaughter method.