SMALL ANIMAL CARE CHAPTER ONE. INVERTEBRATES – 420 million years VERTEBRATES - 370 million years...

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SMALL ANIMAL CARE CHAPTER ONE

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SMALL ANIMAL CARECHAPTER ONE

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INVERTEBRATES – 420 million years

VERTEBRATES - 370 million years

DINOSAURS – 180 million years

SMALL ANIMAL – 70 to 40 million years

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Domestication of animals. Up to 12,000 years

ago-dogs About 3,500 years

ago-cats

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The Small Animal Industry 58.9% of all American

families own pets. Cats now outnumber

dogs as most common pet!

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Small Animal Industry cont. 3rd in popularity is

Birds 4th is Rabbits 5th is Hamsters 6th is Fish

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Small Animal Industry $$$$ 10,500-11,000 retail

pet stores= $21 billion in sales!!

Vet. Expenditures of over $7 billion for dogs Almost $4 billion for

cats And over $91 million

for birds

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CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS 5 KINGDOMS

MONERA PROTISTA PLANT FUNGI ANIMALIA

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CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS ALL AMIMALS WE WILL STUDY ARE IN

PHYLUM CHORDATA!

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHORDATA: NOTOCHORD DORSAL NERVE TUBE PHARYNEAL AREA REAR AREA TAIL

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CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS CLASSES:

MAMMALIA – FEED YOUNG MILK REPTILIA- SCALES OR BONY PLATES AVES- WINGS OSTEICHTHYES- LIVE IN WATER

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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE GENUS- 1ST WORD, CAPITAL LETTER

SPECIES – 2ND WORD, LOWER CASE

LETTER

EXAMPLE: Canis familaria (dog)