reed-frost, herd immunity, effective contact Flashcards
1
Q
latent period
A
time from infection to development of infectiousness
2
Q
period of infectiousness
A
time from development of infectiousness to end of time when the host can infect another host
3
Q
non-infectious period
A
removed
dead
cleared agent
4
Q
incubation period
A
time from infection to development of symptomatic disease
5
Q
symptomatic period
A
can be infectious
-infection without symptoms = inapparent case
6
Q
non-diseased period
A
recovered
dead
7
Q
whawt timeline is of interest to the animal and the vet?
A
the timeline of disease
8
Q
what timeline is of interest to the rest of the animals and the vet?
A
timeline of infectiousness
9
Q
infectiousness = ?
A
pathogen characteristic
10
Q
transmission probability = ?
A
characteristic of the entire disease triad
-host-agent-environment
