Cat disease

Question 1

1994

Answer 1

CANINE DISTEMPER EPIDEMIC SWEPT THROUGH THE SERENGETI ECOSYSTEM

Question 2

Epidemic

Answer 2

A WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN A COMMUNITY AT A PARTICULAR TIME

Question 3

VIRULENCE

Answer 3

ABILITY OF A PARASITE TO CAUSE DISEASE

Question 4

EPIDEMIC OCCURRENCE:

Answer 4

• TRADITIONAL HOST/PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS ARE DISRUPTED
• HIGHLY VIRULENT PATHOGENS ARE INTRODUCED
• EPIDEMICS CAN BE TOLERATED WHEN POPULATIONS ARE LARGE. FELIDS USUALLY REBOUND FROM CATASTROPHIC DECLINES DUE TO THEIR FECUNDITY

Question 5

FELV(FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS)

Answer 5

DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENDEMIC IN MOST FREE-RANGING POPULATIONS.
•MOST FREE RANGING FELIDS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO THIS VIRUS THROUGH CO-EVOLUTION
•EXPOSURE TO FELV BY DOMESTIC CATS IS FATAL