Lesson 4: IMPORTANT EVENTS IN VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Question 1

is the application of microbiological principles to identify and treat infectious diseases and the diagnostic methods, immune response to diseases, epidemiology and public health, preventive measures to animal diseases, regulatory veterinary medicine, and food safety as well.

Answer 1

Veterinary Microbiology

Question 2

discovered the first animal vaccine against Fowl Cholera. Since then, production of vaccines against some economically important livestock diseases has become very important as it lead to disease prevention or eradication.

Answer 2

Louis Pasteur

Question 3

highly contagious viral disease of ruminants was completely eradicated in
2011 by immunization combined with quarantine method.

Answer 3

Rinderpest

Question 4

Though still endemic in other countries, this has been completely eradicated in the Philippines in 2005

Answer 4

Foot-and-mouth disease

Question 5

one of the most earliest studied diseases in both humans and animals.

Answer 5

Tuberculosis

Question 6

A bacteria that veterinary medicine contributed to the dramatic reduction in animal sources of human exposure by pasteurization of dairy products and its treatment.

Answer 6

Mycobacterium sp.

Question 7

the ability of a pathogenic microbe to develop a resistance to the effects of an antimicrobial medication.

Answer 7

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR)

Question 7

A veterinarian who demonstrated the specific effect of antibiotic streptomycin in inhibiting tuberculosis in both animals and people.

Answer 7

W.H. Feldman 1944-1945

Question 8

transferrable to humans which has become a global health threat to both human and animals. indiscriminate use of antibiotics in treatment of infectious animal diseases contributed to their rise.

Answer 8

antimicrobial resistant microorganisms or superbugs

Question 9

very important in preventing the spread of infection, which is a very timely reminder to all of us especially with the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.

Answer 9

Proper Personal Hygiene

Question 10

opposite to cellular microorganisms, they need host cells to reproduce. An example is a virus.

Answer 10

Acellular microorganisms

Question 11

microorganisms or germs cause a disease in humans, animals or other living things.

Answer 11

Germ theory of disease

Question 12

a theory that states that life spontaneously appear from
non-living matter.

Answer 12

Spontaneous generation theory

Question 13

a French chemist who ended the debate on the theory of spontaneous
generation and also formally initiated the germ theory of diseases.

Answer 13

Louis Pasteur