Guide 6C Animal Care
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Animal Care Objectives
Animal care
Describe the basic tenants of animal care, including addressing limited resources and continual threats.
Nesting
Explain the basis and significance of nesting behaviors, including examples of animal nests.
Parental care
Provide examples of parental care in animals, including minimal intervention to long-term support.
Mammals
List the characteristics of mammalian species, including evolutionary origins, structural features, representative Orders, and relationship to humans.
Pedigrees
Diagram the pedigrees for various animal crosses, including genotypes and phenotypes of parents and offspring.
Animal Care Quiz
Quiz Directions
Complete all five sections and take the quiz on Canvas.
Use the learning outcomes above to guide your studying.
Animal Care Media Piece
Introduced in the Animal Care section of this guide:
Select an animal you would potentially take care of over an extended period of time. This could be livestock, a companion animal, a wild population you are assisting, or a wild animal that is being rehabilitated. This can be an animal you have already used in a course assignment or a new animal.
Develop a long-term care plan for the animal, it can be in bulleted checklist or paragraph form. Include in your plan:
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How you will address potentially limited resources like food, water, and housing.
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How you will address continued threats like diseases or potential predators (if any)
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Whether care will need to be adjusted for different life stages, for example, an aging animal.
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How you will stay consistent with care over time as your life changes.
Upload your plan to Canvas when it is completed. This could fit into multiple outcomes in the final portfolio.
Media Piece Directions
Upload your animal care plan to Canvas.
Animal Biology Portfolio
Portfolio Directions
Continue adding your work to the final portfolio.
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