Biosecurity and Animal Welfare Practice Flashcards

A comprehensive set of fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering biosecurity protocols, zoonoses, animal welfare frameworks (Five Domains/Freedoms), learning theory, and ethical frameworks based on the lecture material.

The __________ describes the process and cycle of disease transmission, which can be direct or indirect.

transmission cycle

In the epidemiological triad, the host, pathogen/agent, and __________ interact to determine disease.

environment

For some pathogens, a host acts as a __________ for the pathogen and can spread the disease despite appearing healthy.

carrier

__________ is a zoonotic, carrier disease mentioned as requiring precautions like isolation and barrier nursing.

Strangles

One Welfare recognises that supporting the wellbeing of __________ can improve the care they give to animals.

humans

The first anti-cruelty laws were passed in the __________ as early welfare concepts focused on animals as objects.

$$1800's$$

Welfare was defined by Broom in __________ as "the state of an individual as regards its attempts to cope with the environment".

$$1993$$

The OIE defines animal welfare as the physical and __________ state of an animal in relation to the conditions in which it lives and dies.

mental

The Five Domains model for animal welfare was first developed by Mellor and Reid in ________$$.

$$1994$$

Evidence shows that __________ is reported more frequently among violent offenders.

animal cruelty

The five physical or functional domains in the Five Domains model are Nutrition, Environment, Health, and __________.

Behaviour

Horses facing bad nutrition or restricted food intake may suffer from __________ as a consequence.

colic

Temple Grandin revolutionised the design of animal facilities by understanding how __________ perceive their surroundings.

livestock

Prey species like sheep evolved __________ to detect predators.

wide visual fields

Individual sheep have the cognitive capacity to recognize and remember at least __________ other sheep faces for over $2$ years.

$$50$$

A set of measures designed to protect a property from the entry and spread of pests, diseases, and weeds is known as __________.

Farm Biosecurity

The general Australian policy for an Emergency Animal Disease ($EAD$) is to __________ the introduced exotic disease as quickly as possible.

eradicate

The national response strategy designed to control and eradicate exotic diseases in Australia is called __________.

AUSVETPLAN

If an outbreak is suspected, the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline can be reached at __________.

$$1800\,675\,888$$

In horse riding, pressure is used as a form of __________ reinforcement to encourage positive behavior.

negative

__________ occurs as a decreased response to repeated, harmless stimuli.

Habituation

__________ conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that naturally elicits a response, such as a dog seeing a lead.

Classical

The ability of an animal to perform normal behaviors like exploring or social behavior is defined as __________.

agency

Biosecurity detector dogs are trained to find items that could bring disease, most commonly meat, seeds, and __________.

fruit

The __________ index of a Social License to Operate ($SLO$) includes the trust boundary, credibility boundary, and legitimacy boundary.

continuum

The __________ ethical framework states that what is moral is that which generates the best net outcome for the largest number of individuals.

utilitarianism

The __________ Act $1979$ in NSW focuses on the protection of vertebrates.

prevention of cruelty to animals

Since ________$$, detector dogs have been used at the Australian border to find biosecurity risk items.

$$1992$$

A biosecurity detector dog can be expected to find up to __________ risk items during its working life.

$$9,000$$

__________ learning occurs when animals learn from their peers, while vertical learning occurs when they learn from parents.

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