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SEPTEMBER 2008  HOMEWORK 2
1.    Here is a link to the information about the ponies of Chincoteague.
2.    Here is a link to the article about the rise of the corporate veterinarian.
3.    Here is the link to the continuing education program being held in St. Kitts in            November.
4.    Here is a link to the Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control.
       You can find information about FAMACHA and alternative methods for                      controlling intestinal parasitism.
5.    Here is a link to the scrapie eradication website.  There are some videos there                showing clinical signs of scrapie in sheep.
6.    Here is a link to the producers guide to scrapie.
Visit www.pighealth.com

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

8.  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.

9.  What does LCT stand for?  Answers here.

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

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

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

Check out the AASV website.

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

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

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

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

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

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

17.  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.

18.  Name three psychological stresses affecting animals.

19.  Do animals habituate to procedures which are aversive?

Then, go back.  Next go to training tips.

Go to dealing with excitable pigs.

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

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

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

23.  Check out the improvised mobile pig medicator here.

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