A) About
Cows:
1. What are
the 5 most common pathologies of cows?
Mention them and give a little description too.
.-Tick
damage: Ticks can cause damage on cattle because they are bloodsucking
parasites and in that way they can origin infections.
.-Redwater:
Redwater is a disease caused by blue ticks and the sings of this disease are
lack of appetite, fever, red urine and also nervous sings like walking difficulties.
.- Heartwater:
Signs of heartwater are fever, depression, high-stepping, leading to
convulsions and death. Treatment is with Tetracycline, as already mentioned.
.-Lumpy-skin:
It´s spread among animals by contact and also biting insects It causes lumps in
the skin, but can also lead to death if the lumps are inside the animal
.- Diet-related
problems: This occurs when cattle do not get enough food, or if their diet does
not contain enough nutrients.
2. Publish
a picture of the cow's digestive system (with names)
3. Publish
a picture of the cow's external anatomy
(with names)
B) Choose one of these farm animals: pig, horse or rabbit.
1. Choose a good website that refers to your animal. Explain why you like the website. (50 words)
I choose
the pig because is an interesting animal and a good site to know all the news about
this animal is http://www.thepigsite.com.
I like this page because you can find all the information about pigs like news
of pig producers, articles about diseases or discoveries, books written by
expert veterinaries, information about veterinary conferences and a lot of
content that you would like to know.
2. Find a good picture showing (with names) the animal's external anatomy.