Wildlife Medicine terminology

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Across
  1. 4. humane methods of ending life to alleviate patient suffering
  2. 8. diseases that are communicable from animals to humans
  3. 10. bacteria carried by reptiles that can be shed and spread to humans; wear gloves when handling
  4. 13. dish soap used to clean birds from oil spills
  5. 14. tool with a probe used to find the heart rate in most reptiles
  6. 15. the most common transmitter of the rabies virus in North America
  7. 16. a bacterial infection in humans after exposure to urine of infected animals
Down
  1. 1. the goal of wildlife rehab is to release an animal back into the wild so that it can ____ and continue to breed
  2. 2. the best way to prevent the spread of disease (2 words)
  3. 3. forward movement of the head or open beak breathing, sign of respiratory distress in birds (2 words)
  4. 5. pre-killed or ______ prey should be offered to snakes so that they won't be harmed by the prey
  5. 6. an intoxication contracted by ingestion of Clostridium botulinum
  6. 7. mosquito-borne disease that infects horses, humans, birds, etc; can be fatal (3 words)
  7. 9. the lower shell of turtles and tortoises
  8. 11. heavy metal from fisherman's weights or shotgun pellets that causes toxicity when ingested
  9. 12. the upper shell of turtles and tortoises
  10. 17. sharp defensive weapons on the feet of large wild birds