Rabies - (ANSWER)-Contagious Disease
-Affects grey matter of dog's brains and its Central Nervous System (CNS)
-Vaccine legally required in most areas
-Symptoms: Lethargy, fever, pica, seizures, abnormal behavior, CNS dysfunction, paralysis
-Transmission: Bite from disease carrier or infected animal
Distemper - (ANSWER)Contagious Disease
-Caused by virus that attacks gastrointestinal, nervous, respiratory systems
-Symptoms: High fever, anorexia, discharge from the eyes/nose, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures
-Transmission: Saliva, blood, urine, can be airborne
Parvovirus - (ANSWER)Contagious Disease
-Symptoms: fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, anorexia, lethargy, rapid weight loss
-Transmission: Contaminated Feces, environments, people, direct dog contact
Hepatitis/Canine Adenovirus-2 - (ANSWER)-Contagious Disease
-Inflammation of Liver
-Due to infection caused by virus in adenovirus family
-DAP (Distemper, Adeno, Parvo)
-DHP (Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvo)
-Symptoms: High fever, anorexia, depressed mood
-Transmission: Bodily fluids (Ex: Urine, Eye/Nose Discharge)
Bordetella - (ANSWER)-Contagious Disease
,-(kennel cough)
-Symptoms: Sneezing, nasal discharge, dry hacking cough
-Transmission: Airborne and direct contact with infected individual or contaminated surfaces
-Upper respiratory infection
Canine Influenza - (ANSWER)Contagious Disease
-H3N8, H3N2
-Symptoms: Upper respiratory
-Highly contagious
-Symptoms: Nasal Discharge, Cough, Fever, Pneumonia
-Transmission: Close/Direct contact and airborne via respiratory secretions
Leptospirosis - (ANSWER)Contagious Disease
-Caused by bacteria
-Symptoms: Lethargy, anorexia, vomiting, jaundice, abdominal pain
-Transmission: Direct Contact with urine/bodily fluids of infected host
Coronavirus - (ANSWER)Contagious Disease
-Intestinal infection
-Symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, stool is orange tinted and odor
-Transmission: Contaminated feces
Lyme Disease - (ANSWER)-Not contagious or infectious; is zoonotic
-Symptoms: anorexia, fever, swollen joints/lymph nodes, intermittent lameness, lethargy
-Transmission: Bite of tick
Core Vaccines - (ANSWER)Distemper, Parvo, Hepatitis, Rabies
Female Estrous Cycle - (ANSWER)Anestrous, Proestrus, Estrus, Diestrus
,Anestrous - (ANSWER)90-150 days
Endometrial repair, normal vulva, hormones return to normal levels, not receptive to males
No vaginal discharge
Proestrus - (ANSWER)3-17 days, averages 9 days
Standing Heat
Receptive males, flagging tail
Decrease in vaginal discharge, lighter, thinner, translucent
Estrogen drops, progesterone rises
Ovulation
Only time when pregnancy can occur
Diestrus - (ANSWER)Progesterone is dominant during this time
60-63 days
Not receptive to males
Neuter - (ANSWER)Surgical castration
Removal of testes
Spay - (ANSWER)Ovariohysterectomy OVH
Removal of uterus and ovaries
Ovariectomy (OVE) - (ANSWER)Removal of just ovaries
Can be performed laparoscopy
Female will no longer cycle
Hysterectomy (OSS) - (ANSWER)Removal of uterus and part of cervix
, Leaves one or both ovaries so will still cycle but no vaginal discharge, no risk to pregnancy but still may
be attracted to males
Tubal ligation - (ANSWER)Female will still cycle, may be at risk for pirometra (infection of uterus)
Vasectomy - (ANSWER)Vasteferones is litigated or removed
Chemical castration - (ANSWER)calcium chloride injeccted into testes
Parsemus foundation - (ANSWER)resource to keep up with sterilization
Canis Lupus Familiaris - (ANSWER)33,000 years ago
Most trainers would date it 27,000-40,000 years ago, with 33,000 most cited date
Mitochondrial DNA evidence dates? - (ANSWER)130,000 years ago
Taimyr Wolf - (ANSWER)Ancient Siberian wolves
27,000-40,000 years ago
Goyet "dog" skull dated at? - (ANSWER)36,000 years old
Found in belgium
Paleolithic dog, domestication had already started at that time
Human intervention on breeding - (ANSWER)300-500 years ago
To create variety of modern breeds
Theory 1 Domestication - (ANSWER)Humans actively tamed wolves
Frequently disputed
No one who has ever trained a wolf succeeded over 19 days old