Lec. 5 - Animal Health

Question 1

What is disease and what are the types?

Answer 1

disease is any deviation from normal. types are non-infectious, infectious, and parasitic

Question 2

What are non-infectious diseases?

Answer 2

mechanical, digestive, toxins, nutritional, and abnormal growths

Question 3

What are infectious diseases?

Answer 3

diseases caused by pathogens, which is a bacteria, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. types are viral, bacterial, protozoal, and fungi

Question 4

How do infectious diseases spread?

Answer 4

contact with other animals, contaminated water sources, ingesting of infected fecal matter, vectors, airborne

Question 5

What is immunity?

Answer 5

the process by which particles foreign to the body are identified and destroyed

Question 6

What are the forms of immunity?

Answer 6

Natural, acquired

Question 7

What inhibits immune function?

Answer 7

extremes in temp, behavioral or social stresses, poor nutrition

Question 8

What is a biological?

Answer 8

primarily used to prevent disease by stimulating the immune system (a vaccine)

Question 9

What is a pharmaceutical?

Answer 9

mainly used to treat disease (antibiotic)

Question 10

What are the vaccine types?

Answer 10

Killed and modified live