Visit www.pighealth.com
 
14.  Zoonotic risk for E. coli is discussed here.
 
15.  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.
 
16.  What does LCT stand for?  Answers here.
 
Go to the Facilities Quiz 2.  Go to question 8.
 
17.  To what does "uniformity of microenvironment" refer?  Answers here.
 
18.  Why are pet pigs spayed or neutered?  Check here for information on neutering. 
 
Check out the AASV website.
 
19.  What breed of swine is being used for the study of human obesity?  Ossabaw Island
 
20.  What substance boosts immunity in nursery swine?   Fish oil.
 
Go to this web site first.   http://www.peteducation.com/  Answers here.
 
21.  When did the first woman to successfully practice veterinary medicine graduate                    with a diploma?
 
22.  When did penicillin first become available for use in veterinary medicine?
 
23.  Check here for info on Setaria.
 
24.  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.
 
25.  Name three psychological stresses affecting animals.
 
26.  Do animals habituate to procedures which are aversive?
 
Then, go back.  Next go to training tips.
 
Go to dealing with excitable pigs.
 
27.  What three issues seem to be attributed as being cause of highly excitable pigs?
 
28.  What is the wheat pressure box equine restraint system?
 
29.  Pressure is most calming to animals and people that are experiencing what three                        things?
 
30.  Check out the improvised mobile pig medicator here.
 
31.  Here are some links about the Kune Kune swine.
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MAY  2008  HOMEWORK  2
1.   Under disease, also check out scrapie.  Check out the Ohio State University website      concerning testing for scrapie.  What tests are available or being explored?  There      is also information about scrapie genetics here.
2.  Here is a link to the AASRP.  Here is a link to the FAO textbook on meat                    inspection which has an excellent summary of infectious diseases in animals,                 including sheep and goats.
3.  Further information on enterotoxemia in lambs can be found at this site.

4.  Here is the link to the AASRP.  This website has information about urinary             calculi.  A link to a surgical therapy can be found here.

5.  This link will take you to information about "orf."
    
6.  Coccidiosis in sheep is discussed here.

7.  Meningeal worm is another parasite that may affect sheep and goats.

8.  Hoofcare is discussed on this page.

9.  Coyotes are increasingly found as predators of sheep flocks.  Here is some                 information about coyotes.

10.  There is also some information about guard animals at this website.

11.  Two more neurological diseases are discussed on this page.

12.  Dairy sheep and sheep milk products are becoming more popular in North                 America.   This link will take you to the dairy sheep association.  Be sure to               check out the  virtual tour of a sheep dairy in New York.

13.  Here is a link to Bud Williams ideas about stockmanship and animal               behavior.  You may need this information for handling your donkey and                   sheep.