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