1) Which domestic animal most often experiences poisonous snakebites?

A. Dogs

B. Livestock

C. Sheep

D. Parrots

2) Plant poisons do not affect domestic pets like cats and dogs.

A. True

B. False

3) Blue-green algae are also known as what?

A. Cyanobacteria

B. Teppobacteria

C. Winbacteria

D. Fanetabacteria

4) Veterinarians often know as exactly what type of poison is affecting an animal.

A. True

B. False

5) Bio toxins are poisons that come from a natural source.

A. True

B. False

1.) 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.

3.) 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.

4.) 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.

5.) Answer: A

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.

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.

1.) Dogs 2.) False 3.) A. cyanobacteria 4.) False 5.) True