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Chapter 14 Animal Health With Complete Solutions Latest Update
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Chapter 14 Animal Health With Complete SolutionsLatest Update
What is a disease? - correct answers Something by which normal function is
changed
What is etiology? - correct answers The cause of a disease or condition.
What is a symptom? - correct answers The deviations from normal
What is a lesion? - correct answers A change in a body organ or tissue usually due
to disease or injury
What is a vector? - correct answers An organism that transmits a disease or a
disease agent (a virus or bacteria)
What is a reservoir? - correct answers A population of animals to which the
disease agent retreats and slowly infects them; generally, you don't see a lot of
observable infections (eg. rabies in raccoons)
What is zooinosis? - correct answers A disease that affects both humans and
animals
What are the two causes of disease? - correct answers (1) Predisposing causes
, (2) Direct causes
What is an example of a predisposing cause of disease? - correct answers Stress;
calories are diverted to deal with stress, which weakens the immune system
(immuno-suppression)
What are the two a direct causes of disease? - correct answers - Infectious
- Non-infectious
What is an infectious cause of disease? - correct answers Pathogens
What are pathogens? - correct answers A living organism that causes disease
within another
What is pathogenicity? - correct answers Describes a pathogen's ability to cause a
disease
What is virulence? - correct answers The degree of pathogenicity
What does contagious mean? - correct answers Highly transmittable from
individual to individual; most but not all infectious diseases are highly contagious
What are some non-infectious causes of disease? - correct answers - Genetic
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