Prevention, Control, Eradication

Question 1

What are the 4 goals of medicine?

Answer 1

Promote health
Preserve health
Restore health
Minimize suffering

Question 2

What are the 4 levels of disease prevention?

Answer 2

Primordial
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Question 3

Formulating a nutrition plan for cats to avoid obesity and decrease risk of feline hepatic lipidosis is what level of disease prevention?

Answer 3

Primordial: inhibit risk factors

Question 4

Vaccination, border security, and quarantine of animals before allowing them to enter the herd in order to prevent occurrence of a disease is what level of disease prevention?

Answer 4

Primary: avoid disease occurrence

Question 5

Routinely sampling cattle herds to detect bluetongue and vaccinate, or testing hens for salmonellosis and removing positive animals is what level of disease prevention?

Answer 5

Secondary: detect and treat ASAP

Question 6

Management of a diabetic cat, mastitis control in a dairy farm, and pasture turn to control parasite load are under what level of disease prevention?

Answer 6

Tertiary: soften impact of ongoing disease, slowing progression, reducing severity

Question 7

Prevention of a disease involves:

Answer 7

Reducing the risk or threats of disease in an area, herd, or individual

Question 8

Control of infectious diseases involves:

Answer 8

Steps taken to reduce a disease problem to a tolerable level and maintain at that level

Question 9

Eliminating a disease means it is eliminated from a _______.

Answer 9

Population

Question 10

Eradicating a disease means it is eradicated permanently, ________.

Answer 10

Worldwide

Question 11

What are the only 2 diseases to be actually eradicated?

Answer 11

Rinderpest

Smallpox

Question 12

T/F: The latent and infectious periods overlap?

Answer 12

FALSE

Incubation and Infectious periods overlap

Question 13

What are the 3 ways to prevent disease?

Answer 13

Reservoir neutralization
Reducing contact
Increasing host resistance

Question 14

Reservoir neutralization by removing affected individuals can be accomplished in what ways?

Answer 14

Test and slaughter

Mass therapy

Question 15

Reservoir neutralization by rendering infected individuals non shedders can be accomplished by:

Answer 15

vaccination

Question 16

Reservoir neutralization by treating the environment can be done by:

Answer 16

Building toilets

Controlling vectors

Question 17

What is an example of reducing contact by quarantine or treatment of infected/potentially infected.

Answer 17

Parvo cases

Question 18

Reducing contact via population control can be accomplished by:

Answer 18

Leash laws to reduce fecal contamination.

Rabies control by keeping a stable vaccinated population.

Question 19

How can we prevent disease by increasing host resistance?

Answer 19

Genetic selection
Welfare improvement
Chemoprophylaxis (abx in food)
Vaccination

Question 20

What are the 5 components of National Disease Control?

Answer 20

Animal health law and regulations

Disease control management agency

Veterinary/Inspection services

Laboratory services

Surveillance, info, education, communication and training

Question 21

WTO and OIE, and nationally, The Animal Health Act and animal quarantine laws, fall under what component of disease control?

Answer 21

Animal health laws and regulations

Question 22

USDA-APHIS protecting the health of agriculture falls under what component of disease control?

Answer 22

Disease control management agencies

AND

Veterinary/inspection services

Question 23

What are the US reference laboratories?

Answer 23

National Animal Health Laboratory Network

Different states have different labs for certain diseases

Question 24

The Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, The National Animal Health and Monitoring System, and The National Centers for Animal Health Emergency Management and Animal Health Programs in MD are part of what component of National Disease Control?

Answer 24

Information, Education, Communication, and Training