Webquest 1

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.