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The MOST accurate summary of the field of abnormal psychology at the present time is that clinical psychologists generally:

The _____ model of abnormality pays particular attention to the client’s family structure, societal norms, and the client’s roles in society.

You are contacted by the manager of a sow farm who reports that he is seeing “pigs born with diarrhea”. He has recently gone through an accelerated rollover to correct a parity distribution problem in the herd. As a result, there are disproportionately more P1 litters than typical.   Preventive measures you recommend will include:

It is 4 am on 17 FEB and it is about 35 degrees and snowing outside. Your least favorite show pig client calls because his old reliable sow (8th parity) that consistently produces show-winning progeny is in the process of farrowing and he believes she is not making adequate progress. She has delivered 6 pigs so far (she usually produces 11-13 without assistance). She has been in labor more than 4 hours and the last pig came 45 minutes ago. He is understandably upset and wants to know if you can get your lazy self out of bed and come help his sow. As you drive out to the site, you are playing out the likely scenario in your mind:

Your spouse’s best friend, Ms. Sue U. Soon, has a child who is involved in the show pig circuit with a 5-month old female pig. During the show season, you are attending a birthday party for one of the children in that family. The family friend asks you to take a quick look at the show pigs “as long as you are here anyway”. The pig appears generally healthy, but is slightly off-feed and has a mild-to-moderate greenish colored diarrhea. The child who shows the pig has just started with an explosive diarrhea. She wants to know what is affecting the pig and does it have anything to do with the diarrhea in the child. You tell her that:

You open up a few birds (necropsy) from a flock of adult chickens with increased mortality in Alabama and observe lesions indicative of septicemia. You think:  

A broiler farm frequently breaks with coccidiosis. Which of the following is most likely at the bottom of the issue?

What breeds of chickens were crossed to establish the modern laying hen lines that produce white table eggs?  

The finishing production manager for one of your swine clients is concerned because he has recently observed an increase in the number of pigs that are pale, “bleached-out”, and that have black, tarry feces. He wants to know how he can prevent this problem in the future. Your advice is to: 

Total milk production during lactation in sows is influenced by many factors, including those listed below.  Of those, which would you expect to have the greatest influence?