4.1.1 b transmission of disease

Question 1

how does direct transmission of disease occur between animals?

Answer 1

direct contact
inoculation
ingestion

Question 2

how can disease be transmitted through direct contact?

Answer 2

contact with bodily fluids
skin to skin
microbes from faeces

Question 3

how can disease be transmitted through inoculation?

Answer 3

break in the skin
animal bite
puncture wound

Question 4

how can disease be transmitted through ingestion?

Answer 4

taking in contaminated food or drink
transferring pathogens from hand to mouth

Question 5

how does disease transmitted indirectly between animals?

Answer 5

fomites
droplet infection
vectors

Question 6

what are fomites?

Answer 6

inanimate objects

Question 7

what is droplet infection?

Answer 7

droplets of saliva and mucus are expelled from your mouth and others breathe in the contaminated droplets

Question 8

what are vectors?

Answer 8

vectors transmit disease from one host to another

Question 9

what are factors that increase the transmission of communicable diseases in animals?

Answer 9

poor nutrition
overcrowding
compromised immune system
polluted air
outbreak of a disease
poor disposal of waste
climate change
culture
infrastructure
socioeconomic factors

Question 10

how is disease transmitted directly in plants?

Answer 10

direct contact of a healthy plant with any part of a diseased plant

Question 11

how is disease transmitted indirectly in plants?

Answer 11

soil contamination
vectors- wind, water, animals, humans

Question 12

what are the factors affecting transmission of communicable diseases in plants?

Answer 12

same equipment used
weather
overcrowding
soil quality- mineral deficiency
temperature
bringing plants from different countries