Animal Uses Part 2

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China and other countries use animals for traditional medicines.

Tradition is hard to break

Black Bear- Bear bile is used to treat liver problems and headaches

Bear farms-painful and dangerous bile extraction

Seahorses- used to treat kidney and circulatory problems

32 countries harvest over 20,000,000 Seahorses/year!

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Animal Uses-by-products

Bone – buttons, mineral supplement for livestock feed

Fat- chemicals, creams, lubricants, soaps, food

Glands - medicines, food additives

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Animal Uses-by-products

Collagen - (connective tissue in joints, skin, bone) makes glue & gelatin

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Animal Uses-by-products

Intestinal & Stomach tissue –”Catgut” surgical sutures, strings for musical instruments & sports equipment, natural casings for hotdogs/sausage

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Unit 1 Main Concepts

History of Animals- first forms of life, vertebrates, how small mammals survived the extinction

Domestication-What, when, how, why-for all animals covered

Results of domestication-”We created monsters!”

Animal Uses-Food, fiber, labor, medicine, research, by-products, pets

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Unit 1 Main vocab

Animal Science

Vertebrate/Invertebrate

Livestock

Wild

Feral

Tame

Raised in captivity

Raised commercially

Hybrid