<span>1.)
</span>Answer:
A
The dogs are domestic animal
that most frequently affected in terms of poisonous snakebites and they suffer
to the greatest extent. They do not have the quick movement and expertise of
destroying snakes like most cats do.
The relative
cases of poisonous snakebites on domesticated animals like dogs will naturally
depend on the relative numbers of the animals present in the vicinity and on
the conditions under which they are house or kept.
2.) Answer:
B
Plant poisons greatly affect
domestic pets especially cats and dogs. They are playful and curious that they
are tempt to snack in houseplants that are poisonous to them when ingested. Examples
of houseplants that are toxic to cats and dogs are mistletoe, poinsettias, aloe
vera, lily, english ivy and azalea. When a pet ingested one of these plants, symptoms
may include mild irritation, dizziness or nausea, vomiting to dehydration. The
pet should be taken to a veterinary clinic for detoxification
measures with supportive care.
<span>3.)
</span>Answer:
A
Blue-green algae are also
referred as cyanobacteria because they obtain their energy through
photosynthesis. They are unique in the sense that they are the only
photosynthetic prokaryotes that able to produce oxygen.
Cyanobacteria can
manufacture their own food and usually grow in lakes, ponds and slow-moving
streams where water is warm, rich with nitrogen, and phosphorous. Because they
are bacteria, they grow in colonies large enough to float to the surface like
mats.
<span>4.) </span>Answer: B
Veterinarians would not often
know as exactly what type of poison is affecting an animal for they only rely
primarily on clinical signs because animals cannot verbalized their symptoms. They
are dependent on the information and observations from the owners, and often combine
these data on the results of diagnostic test such as blood test, urinalysis,
MRI, CT scans and others to treat the affected animal.
Additionally, veterinarians
can only distinguish a poison from a toxin and a venom but not exactly the
types of poison affecting an animal.
<span>5.)
</span>Answer:
A
<span>It is true that bio toxins
are poisons that come from a natural source. The term bio toxin are use
explicitly to confirm the biological origin of the toxin such as microbial bio toxin,
plant bio toxin, animal bio toxin or fungal bio toxin. </span>
<span>Bio toxin first primary
purpose is defense as in the ant, bee, termite, wasp and poison dart frog. The second
purpose is predation; this is observe in animals like snakes, jellyfish,
scorpion and spider.</span>
