1. I have chosen a book Animal Physiotherapy; Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Animals. The authors are Catherine McGowan, Lesley Goff and Narelle Stubbs.
It is published 2007 by Blackwell Publishing.
2. I have chosen this book because it interests me. I like it because in the future I study the same things.
Although the physiotherapy is the known area me when I worked hospital (human).
3. This book has many chapters but I have chosen: Physiotherapy assessment for animals.
Physiotherapy assessment of the animal involves the integration of skills, which include: Knowledge of anatomy, functional anatomy and biomechanics, the ability to observe movement and analyse movement patterns of the musculoskeletal system, animal husbandry skills, sound clinical reasoning based on the latest research evidence, ability to communicate with and educate the owner/carer and ability to communicate with veterinarians.
It is essential that animal/veterinary physiotherapists obtain veterinary diagnosis of the animal`s condition requiring treatment from the referring veterinarian, before carrying out physiotherapy assessment and devising a physiotherapy treatment plan.
History/subjective information from the owner. Observation and conformation, willingness to move; postural deformities and conformation. Analysis of provoking activity; sport- and occupation-specific. Gait; sport- and occupation-specific. Active physiological movements. Passive physiological movements. Passive accessory movements. Soft tissues; palpation and testing. Nervous system; testing relative spinal cord and peripheral nerve function plus status of neuromeningeal system.
4. My impressions of the book are good. This area in the veterinary medicine is important and interesting. The language of the book is a quite easy but I learned a lot of new words. There are some pictures for better understanding.
5. Precautions= ettevaatusabinõud
Observation= tähelepanek
Demeanour= käitumisviis
Assessment= hindamine
Swelling= paistetus
Implement= rakendada
Exacerbating= teravdades
Stiffness= jäikus
Combined movements= kombineeritud liikumisega
Previously= varem
Conformation= kehaehitus
Immature= ebaküps
Preferable= eelistatav
Preliminary= esialgne
Thickening= tihendamine
Tenderness= hellus

Assignment for Home reading

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Please answer the following questions:
1. What book have you chosen to read? Will you, please, give the full reference to the book according to the following pattern:
Author. Year. Title. The place it was published: The name of the publisher.

In case you have got the book from the internet:
Author. Year. Title. Available at www.__________. Last accessed in Month Year.
2. Why have you chosen that particular book? (Explain your choice in at least 3 sentences)
3. Give a brief summary of what you have read so far (approx. 100-150 words)
4. What are your impressions of the book? (Write at least 3 sentences)
5. Provide a list of 15-20 terms translated into Estonian

Mammal presentation

The Sand cat

Sand cat is a small wild cat distributed over African and Asian deserts The Sand cat lives in arid areas that are too hot and dry even for the African Wildcat: the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, and the deserts of Iran and Pakistan.

The sand cat was first described by Victor Loche in 1858, who named the species Felis margarita after Jean Auguste Margueritte, the leader of the expedition during which he had discovered the animal.

The sand cat is a relatively small, stocky cat with short legs, a long tail, and large, pointed ears. The head is conspicuously broad, and the ears are so widely spaced that they can be flattened horizontally, or even pointed down to aid in hunting.

The color of the fur is a pale sandy yellow over most of the body, with pallid bars which are sometimes hardly visible, and is white on the chin and underside. Generally the bars are more visible in the African subspecies. There are black bands on the legs and tail, and reddish lines running across the cheeks from the outer corners of the eyes. In winter, the coat can be very thick, with the hairs reaching up to 2 inches (5.1 cm) in length. The eyes are large and greenish yellow in color, while the nose is black.

Unusually among Asian cats, the sand cat has long hairs growing between its toes. These create a cushion of fur over the foot pads, helping to insulate them while moving over hot sand. The claws on the hind feet are small and blunt; combined with the fur over the foot pads, this helps to make the animal's tracks obscure and difficult to follow.

The mucosa of their eyelids is a striking black. Accompanying the large ears, the auditory bullae are also unusually large, giving the cat an enhanced sense of hearing, probably helping it to pick up vibrations in the sand. Similar adaptations are found in other desert animals, such as the fennec fox.

Behavior

Sand cats live solitary lives outside of the mating season. They inhabit burrows, typically using either abandoned fox or porcupine burrows, or enlarging those dug by gerbils or other rodents. The completed burrow is generally straight, with a single entrance, and reaching up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length. The sand cat comes out after dusk to hunt rodents, lizards, birds, and insects, although their diet may consist mostly of rodents.

They "skulk" close to the ground and will use any available cover to protect themselves. Using their large ears they listen for prey, digging rapidly when they hear it underground. Since the Sand cat obtains all the water it needs from eating its prey, it mostly stays far away from watering points where other predators may harm it.

Sand cats congregate only for mating, so counting them is a difficult task. It seems however that their numbers have been declining in the Arabian desert following a decrease in their prey. They have been observed to travel from 5 to 10 kilometres (3.1 to 6.2 mi) per night in search of prey, but, unlike most other cats, do not defend their territories, and may even "take turns" over burrows.

Sand cats communicate using scent and claw marks on objects in their range, and by urine spraying, although they do not leave their feces in exposed locations as many other felids do. They make vocalizations similar to domestic cats, but also make loud, high-pitched barking sounds, especially when seeking a mate.

A Sand cat kitten

Oestrus in sand cats lasts from five to six days, and is accompanied by calling and increased scent marking. An average litter of three kittens is born after 59 to 66 days, typically around April or May, although, in some areas, sand cats may give birth to two litters per year. The kittens weigh 39 to 80 grams at birth, with spotted pale yellow or reddish fur. They grow relatively rapidly, reaching three quarters of the adult size within five months of birth. Sand cats are fully independent by the end of their first year, and reach sexual maturity not long after.

Little is known about the Sand cat's life expectancy in the wild, but it can live up to 13 years in captivity.

Pictures:

http://www.google.ee/images?q=The+Sand+cat&hl=et&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=jK_4TJWGAoHAswb4x4TDAw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQsAQwAA&biw=1366&bih=548

conspicuously broad- silmatorkavalt lai
pallid- kahvatud
dusk- pimedus
rodents- närilised
congregate- kogunema
scent-lõhn

Älis Jablonski
VM III rühm

Veterinary medicine journal online

Analyse of the magazine National Geographic:

1.It is for both, specialists and pet owners, because there are some scientific and specific articles that interest specialists and also interesting articles that pet owners might read.

2. The language is not very difficult. There were some words I had to look up still, so a little specific.

3. I think it's quite reliable. The authors are specialists who have really done some research.

4.It is quite easy to find things. The system is organised by the titles.

5.I liked the most articles about wild animals. I didn´t find anything I didn't like.

6. The advertising is reasonable, it doesn't disturb.

7. Troops- väed

Swath -vaal, niidukaar

Adorn fur-ehtima karvastikku

Nest in leaves-pesitsema lehtedes

Merily Lass, grupp 2

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I analycide Vet On - Line - The International journal of veterinary medicine
www.priory.com/vet.htm

1. I think this is mainly for specialists, but those who are intrested of these kind of things, is understandable.
2. Language is understandable but specific.
3. There is saying where are the articles coming from and who are the authors.
4. It is easy to find things. There are in right side what kind of medical area you like to choose and the articles are after that choosing down.
5. I liked most that is easy to use.
6. It is reasonable and interesting.
7. Normal flora-normaalne bioota, antimicrobial susceptibility-antimikroobial vastuvõtt
Because of the wide variety of organisms present...
The ideal basis for selection of an ocular antibiotic...

Johanna Isaksson, VM1

Google homework

I chose to read article titled "Genome of a songbird unveiled" from Biology Journal online.

1. I think it is for both specialists and people interested in the subject.

2. The language was quite specific but still pretty easily understandable.

3. Author is Raphael Pinaud Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the text is wound from Biology Journal online. I think the article is reliable because the journal is well known and respected.

4. It was easy to find different issues of the journal and that way different articles. Pages also have their own tabs for research, reviews, series and so on. You can also use search to find articles.

5. I liked the articles the most because there was so meny of them and they were very interesting.

6. Advertising was reasonable. There were only few on the sides so they did not disturb.

7. Initial snapshot, more evidently, forebrain, rodust

Online dictionaries

Keeleveeb: http://www.keeleveeb.ee/ - various links to specific and general dictionaries
Oxford dictionary online: http://oxforddictionaries.com/?attempted=true
A Finnish language based dictionary: http://www.sanakirja.org/search.php?q=phylum&l=3 – allows translation to various languages including Estonian (Viro)
A Finnish language based dictionary: http://ilmainensanakirja.fi/sanakirja_englanti-suomi/qualified - allows translation to various languages including Estonian (Viro)
Medical dictionary: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hygroma - a good medical English-English dictionary
British National Corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/ - a place where you can find and check the existence of various collocations in English
A Russian language based dictionary: http://lingvo.yandex.ru/phylum/
A Russian language based dictionary: http://lingvo.abbyyonline.com/ru/en-ru/phylum
Medical dictionary: http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?query=cranium – a good English- English medical dictionary online
A Russian language based dictionary and translator: http://webtran.ru/ - allows to translate into various languages
An English – Estonian general dictionary: http://enet.animato.ee/index.php?otsida=phylum&pl=0
An English – English general dictionary: http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=hematoma
Longman dictionary: http://www.ldoceonline.com/spellcheck/?q=hematoma
A Medical dictionary: http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/misc/dmd-a-b-000.htm
Cambridge dictionary: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/phylum - a good general English – English dictionary
Medical dictionary: http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/omd.asp?q=IOP
English – Finnish medical dictionary: http://webcgi.oulu.fi/kielikeskus/o/medic/
General English – Estonian dictionary: http://dict.ibs.ee/
Medical dictionary: http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/scapula
Medical dictionary: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8206
Medical dictionary: http://www.medicaldictionaryweb.com/
OneLook dictionary: http://onelook.com/?w=IOP&ls=a
Babylon 8: http://www.babylon.com/products/babylon.html - an electronic dictionary, has to be downloaded
General English – English dictionary: http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Environmental dictionary: http://www.seit.ee/sass/?word=%C3%A4ravool&ID=1&showing=2&search_word=Otsi&keel=ee&type=tapne
Eestikeele instituut: www.eki.ee – Estonian – Estonian dictionary, Estonian – English dictionary, Estonian – Russian dictionary
Russian – English dictionary: www.multitran.ru – forum of translators

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Irina

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