1. SMALL ANIMAL CARE CHAPTER ONE

2. INVERTEBRATES – 420 million years VERTEBRATES - 370 million years DINOSAURS – 180 million years SMALL ANIMAL – 70 to 40 million years

3. Domestication of animals. Up to 12,000 years ago-dogs About 3,500 years ago-cats

4. The Small Animal Industry 58.9% of all American families own pets. Cats now outnumber dogs as most common pet!

5. Small Animal Industry cont. 3 rd in popularity is Birds 4 th is Rabbits 5 th is Hamsters 6 th is Fish

6. Small Animal Industry $$$$ 10,500-11,000 retail pet stores= $21 billion in sales!! Vet. Expenditures of over $7 billion for dogs Almost $4 billion for cats And over $91 million for birds

7. CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS 5 KINGDOMS MONERA PROTISTA PLANT FUNGI ANIMALIA

8. CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS ALL AMIMALS WE WILL STUDY ARE IN PHYLUM CHORDATA! CHARACTERISTICS OF CHORDATA: NOTOCHORD DORSAL NERVE TUBE PHARYNEAL AREA REAR AREA TAIL

9. CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS CLASSES: MAMMALIA – FEED YOUNG MILK REPTILIA- SCALES OR BONY PLATES AVES- WINGS OSTEICHTHYES- LIVE IN WATER

10. BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE GENUS- 1 ST WORD, CAPITAL LETTER SPECIES – 2 ND WORD, LOWER CASE LETTER EXAMPLE: Canis familaria (dog)