Across
- 1. a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease
- 4. a small pen that a ewe and her lamb/lambs are housed in after lambing
- 6. a box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits, ferrets, or other small domesticated animals
- 9. the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes
- 12. a group of organisms
- 15. a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose
- 16. a pen for horses, cows, or other livestock
- 17. metal cages that mother pigs are placed inside to give birth to their piglets
- 20. a long trough for feeding cattle
- 21. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- 22. the provision of fresh air to a room, building
Down
- 2. a device used to secure a cow's head to allow handlers and veterinarians access to the animal to administer medication, replace tags, monitor well being, and various other tasks
- 3. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease
- 5. an area or building where livestock are fed or fattened up
- 7. one that is actively manipulated for the purpose of producing specimens of a particular species
- 8. an isolated room or separate building to which cows kept on a loose-housing system are taken for milking
- 10. a pen where livestock is temporarily confined
- 11. procedures intended to protect humans or animals against disease or harmful biological agents
- 13. a gelatinous colloidal extract of a red alga
- 14. an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides
- 18. a box provided for a bird to make its nest in; a birdhouse
- 19. the state or quality of being humid