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Animal Science II- Small Animal

Animal Science II- Small Animal. Unit B- The Small Animal Care Industry. Essential Standard 3.00. Discuss the importance of the small animal industry. Objective 3.01. Discuss careers and skills needed for employment in the small animal care industry. Assignment.

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Animal Science II- Small Animal

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  1. Animal Science II- Small Animal Unit B- The Small Animal Care Industry

  2. Essential Standard 3.00 Discuss the importance of the small animal industry.

  3. Objective 3.01 • Discuss careers and skills needed for employment in the small animal care industry.

  4. Assignment • Title your notes today Small Animal Industry • Brainstorm how the Small Animal Industry can benefit society in general. Put a few of your own ideas in you notebook.

  5. Benefits of Small Animals • Economic • $38.5 billion to national economy (2006) • Companions to 60% of American Families • Children learn responsibility • Improves quality of life for elderly

  6. Benefits of Small Animals • Product testing • Develop drugs and vaccines • Hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, and polio vaccines

  7. Benefits of Small Animals • Pet therapy • Relieve depression • Reduces heart disease • Watch dogs, police dogs, seeing eye dogs • Rabbit meat • Low in cholesterol, sodium and fat • Fur and wool

  8. Benefits of Small Animals • Exhibition • Zoos, circus acts, etc. • Rabbits provide multiple benefits • Pets • Food • Clothing • Research

  9. Economics • Retail pet stores • 15,000-18,000 in the U.S. • Biomedical research • Supported by $15 billion in taxes and charity • 65-100 million small animals • Education • 6 million used for dissection

  10. Economics • 4 million small animals used in the LD50 test • Americans spending on pets • $20.3 billion

  11. Economics • Veterinary expenses • $9.2 billion annually • Supplies and OTC medicines $9.3 billion • Grooming and Boarding $2.7 billion • Dogs require twice as much for veterinary care as cats • Pet food manufacturers produce $15.4 billion in sales (2006)

  12. General Pet Ownership • 10 million more cats than dogs (81.7 to 72 million) • Each owner averages two cats • More households have dogs (37.2%) than cats (32.4%) • Fish, birds, and rabbits rank third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

  13. Job Types • Care and management industry • Pets • Lab animals • Zoo animals • Health • Training • Biological Sciences • Food and equipment supply

  14. Job Types • Pharmaceutical and biotechnology research • Hospitals • Universities • Diagnostic Labs • Private firms

  15. Job Types • Exhibitors • Operates animals acts • Carnivals • Circus • Fairs (Cleveland County Fair) • Zoo • Marine mammal displays

  16. Care and Management Jobs • Pet care worker • Boarding kennels • Animal hospitals • Shelters • Pet stores • Training schools • Pet grooming parlors

  17. Care and Management Jobs • Kennel attendants • Feeds and cares for animals • Cleans • Animal groomers • Bathes, brushes & trims hair and nails • Dog trainers • Teaches the dog to obey signals or commands

  18. Care and Management Jobs • Small Animal Breeders • Raise & market fur-bearing animals, lab animals, and supply animals for pet shops • Usually specialized for one breed • Pet shop owners and managers • Dealers • Sell lab animals • Research • Education

  19. Care and Management Jobs • Veterinarians (DVM) • Control animal injuries and disease • Disease prevention • Inspection • Meat and animals products • Surgery • Establish diets • Prescribe medications 1/3 small animals only

  20. Care and Management Jobs • Vet. Technicians • Assist veterinarians and other staff • Skills needed: • Previous experience as a keeper • Part-time volunteer work • Shelters • Pet shops • clinics

  21. Essential Standard 3.00 Discuss the importance of the small animal industry.

  22. Objective 3.02 • Discuss medical terminology used by those working in the veterinarian phase of the small animal care industry

  23. Medical Terminology • Components of medical terminology • Prefix • Beginning of the word indicating: • Number • Location • Time • Status • Root words • Word part that gives the fundamental meaning of a word

  24. Medical Terminology • Suffixes • Word part at the end of a word indicating: • Procedure • Condition • Disease • Disorder

  25. Medical Prefixes • a-, an- without, lack of • Anemia- without blood • anti- against, opposing • Antiseptic- against infection • bi- two, double, twice • Bilateral- two sides • dys- painful, difficult, abnormal • Dysentery- abnormal infection of the colon • pre- before • Preoperative- before surgery

  26. Medical Root Words • carp • wrist • carpel- pertaining to the wrist • cardi • heart • cardiology- study of the heart • dors • back • dorsal- relating to the back

  27. Medical Root Words • dent, odont • teeth • dentist- person who works with teeth • Gastr • stomach • gastronomy- surgical opening of the stomach • Gingiv • gums • gingivitis- inflammation of the gums • phleb, ven • vein • phlebotomist- person who obtains blood from veins

  28. Medical Suffixes • algia • Pain • arthralgia- painful joints • centesis • Procedure to remove fluid • Cytocentesis- removing fluid from the bladder • itis • inflammation • bronchitis • rrhea • Flow or discharge • diarrhea

  29. Positional Terminology • Ventral-underside of the body • Cranial-head • Anterior-front of the body • Posterior-rear of the body • Dorsal-back • Caudal-tail

  30. Positional Terminology • Dorsal (frontal) plane-plane that divides the body into the dorsal (back) and ventral (belly) parts

  31. Positional Terminology • Transverse (horizontal or cross-sectional) plane-plane that divides the body into cranial and caudal parts.

  32. Positional Terminology • Visit the following website to view a Virtual Cat Dissection • External Anatomy Link http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/index.htm

  33. General Terminology • Antisepsis • Biopsy • Catheterization • Clutch

  34. General Terminology • Colostrum • Contact transmission • Endogenous • Exogenous • Incubation

  35. General Terminology • Infectious disease • Pocket pets • Preventative health care programs • Quarantine • Spaying • Neutering • Zoonoses

  36. Essential Standard 4.00 Explore social issues related to working with small animals.

  37. Objective 4.01 • Summarize animal rights and animal welfare

  38. Animal Rights • Not the same as animal welfare. • Media may wrongly use the two terms interchangeably.

  39. Modern Animal Rights Movement • Over 400 animal rights groups exist today • Came into prominence in the 1960s and 1970s • Initially mainly made up of urban people, many of whom were vegetarians

  40. Animal Rights Beliefs • Animals have same rights as humans (humans are also animals). • Use of animals for human purpose is wrong and suggests that humans are superior to animals. • Animals should not be used for entertainment.

  41. Animal Rights Beliefs • Animals should not be used for: • Food • Clothing • Medical research • Product testing • Ecoterrorism is often used to prevent people from using animals.

  42. PETA • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals • Largest animal rights group in the world with over 800,000 members • Since 1980, it has been dedicated to establishing and protecting rights of animals.

  43. Animal Welfare • Animal domestication dates back to early Chinese and Egyptian cultures. • Early U.S. used animals for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and horsepower.

  44. Animal Welfare (Religious) • Creation view that God gave man dominion over animals including use and care • Genesis 1:26 • Various religions use animal sacrifice and detail how to humanely slaughter the animal.

  45. Animal Welfare (Legal) • Animal welfare influenced early laws. • Laws protecting animals were present before the animal rights movement.

  46. Animal Welfare Beliefs • Humane treatment of animals • Proper housing and nutrition • Proper care for disease prevention and treatment for injuries • Euthanasia or slaughter should be done in a humane way.

  47. YES NO The Vote? • Do animals have rights? • Should animals be used for food? • Should animals be used for experimentation? • Should hunting and trapping of animals be allowed?

  48. Objective 4.02 • Demonstrate safe work habits and techniques used when working with small animals.

  49. Zoonoses • A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans Example: Rabies

  50. Rabies • A viral disease • Affects the nervous system • Contracted by: • Bites • Scratches • Saliva

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