Feces

food each day. Their diet consists of squids, sharks, fish, seals, and other marine mammals. They attack small and large prey like krill, and even other whales. With the tons of food they eat, they help stabilize the entire underwater ecosystem. The feces from whales help stimulate the krill and phytoplankton…

The copepod Tigriopus Californicus is found in splash-pools of laguna beach. (Baker, 1912) The Tigriopus Californicus has many different stages in its lifecycle. The stages go from the Nauplii stage to the Copepodid stage, to finally the Adult stage. Each stage lasts for about one to two days. However, there is an uncertainty of how many additional segments are added to the abdomen. Each stage lasts up to two to four days depending on their environment. As the T. Californicus ages, more…

contacted FCACC in regards to Ms. Sauls Schnauzer (white/tan) name Rusty bitting her for the second time this week. I asked Ms. Sauls what happened, she stated that Rusty was outside in the backyard, when it was time for Rusty to come in she noticed feces on his back side. As Ms. Sauls…

Discoveries of new and unexplored animals pose a challenge to Zoological nutritionists and veterinarians. Charged with the task of formulating a diet for an animal for whom they have no concrete nutritional information, professionals have to develop innovative ways to extrapolate what they know about existing domesticated animals’ diets and digestive tracts and apply it to exotic animals. Such an approach can be very helpful in the case of the okapi. Okapia johnstoni, commonly known as the…

disgusting place, the human hygiene and all the disease were horrible, and the change in weather brought worse hygiene. The trenches were horrible when it came to the hygiene of it. It had the rotten smell of decaying men and feces from the soldier's. The smell of the human feces brought all the rodents and the maggots to the trenches. (The life on the front line) The toilets left the dead soldiers, some of them were left in the sun, and others were buried in the trenches. The…

cryptosporidium parvum, and Giardia intestinalis, are common parasites that can be in food if not prepared correctly(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). Contamination can occur if food comes in contact with feces or water that contains feces. Harmful chemicals such as pesticides and toxins can cause foodborne illness as well. Fish and shellfish that eat algae can be contaminated, algae releases toxins that may be harmful for human ingestion. In addition, pesticides…

they contracted it. Cholera is a bacteria called Vibrio cholera (Harris et al. 2008), which is found in water and food that has been contaminated with feces from an infected individual. The disease can be found in municipal water supplies, foods and drinks sold by street vendors, raw or uncooked fish or vegetables frown in water containing human feces (O’Neal et al. 2005). It is typically found in areas with poor sanitization such as Africa and south Asia, however is also occasionally reported…

The Large intestine is the waste product of the digestive system, absorbs water and vitamins while converted digested food into feces. IBS is a disorder that affects large intestine. Patient’s with Irritable bowel syndrome experience bloating, diarrhea, pain rectal bleeding, constipation and weight loss. Stress, processed food, an environmental factor can affect the natural movement…

animal abuse and problems. The first reason is the condition. They live in filthy cages. The cages have wire bottoms that damages there paws. The bottom of the cages are stacked which means the feces get on dogs below them. They also huts (little houses) but that's not any better because the urine and feces are still in there. They are normally born with health problems. Because of that most parent or puppy will make it out alive. Another…

Its prime function is to hold feces predominantly before a bowel movement. Feces pass from the rectum, down the anal canal and out of the anus into the surroundings. The rectum has a profuse wall encompassing three layers. The internal layer of the rectum encompasses a mucosa that is similar to the rest of…