Animal Heath and Preventative Medicine

Question 1

Active Immunity

Answer 1

Obtained naturally when a person or animal is exposed to antigens

Question 2

Immunity

Answer 2

Resistance to developing a disease

Question 3

Passive Immunity

Answer 3

Transferred from Mother to baby or by injecting antibodies from an animal that is already immune

Question 4

Vaccine

Answer 4

A substance consisting of weakened, dead or incomplete portions of pathogens or antigens that, when injected into the body, cause and immune response

Question 5

Modified Live Vaccine

Answer 5

Vaccines that are alive but have lost their disease - causing ability

Question 6

Killed Vaccine

Answer 6

Vaccines that don’t contain live pathogens,but still achieve an immune response

Question 7

Vaccinations

Answer 7

An injection that makes animals and human artificially actively immune to certain diseases

Question 8

Pathogens

Answer 8

Disease - causing agents

Question 9

Vaccination Schedule: Sheep 1st step

Answer 9

Give lambs a vaccine for clostridium perfringens type C and D, C. tetani (prevents overeating) repeat in 3-4 weeks

Question 10

Vaccination Schedule: Sheep 2nd step

Answer 10

If soremouth (ecthyma) is a problem, give vaccination at 1-2 months of age

Question 11

Vaccination Schedule: Sheep 3rd step

Answer 11

Give adults a vaccination of C, D and T four to six weeks before lambing

Question 12

Vaccination Schedule: Sheep 4th step

Answer 12

Give adults other vaccinations if there are diagnosed problem in the herd