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Detecting Unhealthy Animals

Detecting Unhealthy Animals. Original Power Point Created by Casey Osksa Modified by Charolette Atkinson SHSU. What is “Disease”?. • Disease is any deviation from the normal health of an animal. Why is it important to keep animals healthy?. Unhealthy animals cost money!!

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Detecting Unhealthy Animals

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  1. Detecting Unhealthy Animals Original Power Point Created by Casey Osksa Modified by Charolette Atkinson SHSU

  2. What is “Disease”? • Disease is any deviation from the normal health of an animal.

  3. Why is it important to keep animals healthy? • Unhealthy animals cost money!! • Millions of dollars are spent every year on keeping animals healthy. • PROFITABILITY!!

  4. What are some causes of disease? • Germs: bacteria, viruses, protozoa • Parasites: worms, insects • Infestations: external parasites • Infectious: internal disease • Injury: handling, facilities • Inherited Genes • Poor Nutrition: easiest to correct • toxic materials in plants, nitrogen content • chemicals for insect control

  5. How do we detect unhealthy animals?

  6. Visual Signs • Body posture • Off feed and water • Isolated • Sounds • Trauma

  7. Non-visual signs • Temperature • Pulse • Respiration • Blood types and counts • Mucous membranes • Tissue cultures

  8. Vital Signs • Temperature-internal temperature of the animal taken with a thermometer • Pulse – The heart rate of the animal, taken by pressing on the blood vessel. • Respiration – the rise and fall of the body cavity, or breaths per minute.

  9. Normal Temperature, Pulse and Respiration (3052) Continued • Temperatures Among Different Animals • Cat 101.5 Degrees • Cattle 101.5 Degrees • Dog 102 Degrees • Horse 100.5 Degrees • Pig 102 Degrees • Rabbit 102.5 Degrees • Sheep 103 Degrees

  10. Normal Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Continued • Pulse • Regular throbbing caused in the arteries by the contractions of the heart • When taking a pulse, count for 15 seconds and then multiply by four to get a full minute reading • Ways to take human and some animal pulses include using: stethoscope, by hand on wrist or neck which contains a major artery

  11. Normal Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Continued • Heart Rates Among Different Animals • Cat 120 Degrees • Cow 102 Degrees • Dog 110 Degrees • Horse 40 Degrees • Human 70 Degrees • Sheep 75 Degrees • Mouse 534 Degrees • Elephant 35 Degrees

  12. Normal Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Continued • Respiration • The placing of air or dissolved gases in intimate contact with the circulating medium of a multicellular organism • Stethoscope is the best way to determine pulse • Count the number of times the cheats rises on animal

  13. Normal Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Continued • Respiratory Rates Among Different Animals • Animals: Beats/minute: • Cat 26 • Cow 30 • Dog 22 • Horse 12 • Human 12 • Rat 97

  14. Let’s Review • 1. What is disease? • 2. Why is it important to keep animals healthy? • 3. Give three causes of disease. • 4. Give three visual and non -isual signs of • detecting disease. • 5. What are vitals?

  15. Check your answers!! • 1. Any deviation from normal health of the animal. • 2. Profitability, saving money • 3.Answers will vary • 4. Visual -isolation, off feed, depressed, • off food and water etc.. Non visual - temperature, pulse and respiration • 5. Temperature, pulse and respiration

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