Intro Flashcards
Pathology
Study of disease
Etiology
Study of the cause of a disease
Pathogenesis
Study of the mechanism in development of a disease
Diagnosis
Precise cause of disease is known
Differential diagnosis
List of possible diseases that may be occurring
Difference between symptoms and signs
Symptoms are reported by patients
Alteration in state of body, disrupts proper performance
Disease
Before recognizing a diseased animal, you must be familiar with _____…
The normal animal
A collection of management practices which protect a herd from entry of new diseases, minimizes spread
Biosecurity
How symptoms and signs are similar
Both changes in normal parameters that help diagnosis of disease
Morphologic alterations in tissue that occur with disease
Lesions