Environmental Physiology of Domestic Animals---Spring 2023
(send questions/comments to rod@rodallrich.com)
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Recorded lectures are available in BS (Course Tools->Kaltura Media Gallery)
Live Streamed Lectures (11:35a M&W) also available in BS and HERE


Course Material
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Syllabus              Honors Syllabus

Required Textbook:

Environmental Physiology of Livestock (by Collier and Collier)
Go to the Purdue Libraries and download the free pdf copy of this textbook.
Or, examine this book within BS, under CONTENT, Library Reading List.

Other Reading Material (always listed here, not in BS):

*****Newest reading material always added to top of the below list*****

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Exam #2 will be in class on 3-1-2023

Toxicants and Toxins

Sweet Clover Poisoning


More Sweet Clover Poisoning

Dead cattle lead to the discovery of Warfarin

Toxic pet food kills dozens of dogs-aflatoxin


Dogs Keep Dying-Aflatoxin

More dogs are dying-aflatoxin

Melamine pet food recall

Melamine Update

Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome

The links above will be on E2
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The below links will be for E3

Blister Beetles Kill Horses

Blister Beetle Poisoning

Pentobarbital found in petfood

Pentobarbital-1

Pentobarbital-2

Phenobarbital-1

Phenobarbital-2

Watch this video-1

Watch this video-2

Stray Voltage-1

Stray Voltage-2

Stray Voltage-3

Stray Voltage-4

Antifreeze Poisoning in Dogs

Ethylene Glycol Poisoning

Chocolate Poisoning in Dogs

Organophosphates-1

Organophosphates-2

Organophosphates-3

Organophosphates-4

Malathion

Lead Toxicosis-1

Lead Toxicosis-2

Lead Toxicosis-3

Grape and raisin toxicity in dogs

Teratogens-1

Teratogens-2

Teratogens-3

Teratogens-4

Teratogens-5

Teratogens-6

Teratogens-7 (open pdf file then read pages 175-185 only)

Teratogens-8

Teratogens-9

Teratogens-10

Teratogens-11

Palytoxin

Xylitol-1

Xylitol-2

Xylitol-3


Hormone Implants

Local Hormone Delivery

Estradiol benzoate

The above links will be for E3
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Gases

Carbon monoxide #1

Carbon monoxide #2

Carbon monoxide #3

Carbon Monoxide Victims so far in 2023

CO deaths

More CO deaths

And more CO deaths

2 more CO deaths

Ben Davis student dies in crash caused by CO 

Savannah's Law now in Effect

3 More CO deaths

4 More CO deaths

CO Detectors-A video by Rod

Silo Gas

More Silo Gas-1

More Silo Gas-2

And more silo gas

Another silo death

Grain Bin Entrapment

Manure Pit Gases

Deaths from Manure Pit gases

Radon

Radon test kit

Phosphine Gas-1

Phosphine Gas-2

Gas Video Summary

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Quiz 2

Thermoregulation in Mammals

Exam #1 will be in-class on 2/8

Video (1 of 2) for Exam #1

Video (2 of 2) for Exam #1
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Quiz 1

If you have career plans that involve either Research in Animal Sciences or
Research in Veterinary Medicine-----You should be on this train.


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For Wednesday's (1/25) Online Class, please read/study the below 5 links
(that start with Heat Transfer and end with Cattle Thermo). There is a great deal of
wonderful knowledge contained within those 5 links.

Here are the pictures of ice fishing I promised you:

https://youtu.be/hOdIbRe_4ok    (house sinking on frozen lake)


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** Heat Transfer

** Heat Transfer Mechanisms

** Mechanisms of Heat Transfer

** Energy and Heat Balance

** Cattle Thermoregulation
(you need to download pdf from Springer)

Or (if that doesn't work)

Go to the Purdue Online Library and search:

Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021) 28:30471–30485


An updated review on cattle thermoregulation: physiological responses,
biophysical mechanisms, and heat stress alleviation pathways



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** Animal Welfare at the Fair-Thermoregulation

** Caring for Animals during Extreme Heat

** Temperature Requirements for Dogs

** Impact of Heat Load on Cattle

** Winter Management of the Beef Cow Herd

** Cold Stress Impacts on Cattle

** Heat Pumps

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