ANSC 2050 ANIMAL HEALTH QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
It is a challenge, an obligation, and a necessity to animal stewardship that animals be
maintained as near to a constant state of _________ as possible and/or feasible. -
Answers - health
- Disease prevention/treatment requires ________________,
- Appropriate stewardship includes __________________________________,
- And numerous diseases can affect animals. - Answers - vigilance, disease prevention
and treatment
Any state other than a state of complete health
- the normal function of the body, or some of its parts, is changed or disturbed. -
Answers - Disease
Clinical signs of disease include: - Answers - Fever, weight loss, edema, and reduced
performance
Refers to changes in body organs; these include changes in size, color, or shape of an
organ including tumors and abscesses - Answers - Lesion
The study of the essential nature of diseases - Answers - Pathology
Refers to the cause of disease or the study of causes of disease - Answers - Etiology
Animals have a natural defense system against disease involving a number of factors;
we call this ________________. - Answers - resistance
Some particularly virulent _________________ are so destructive because the body
has virtually no defense of any kind against them - Answers - pathogens
Disease is usually caused by a combination of ________________ causes and
___________ causes. - Answers - predisposing, direct
Often referred to as stress factors that make the animal more susceptible to disease -
Answers - Predisposing factors
Stress factors: - Answers - Nutritional, Genetic, Environmental (including climatic and
management stressors), and/or based on the conformation of the animal (obesity)
Direct causes of disease include several categories of infectious etiologies: - Answers -
Bacteria, viruses, protozoa, parasites, fungi, prions
, Diseases caused by living organisms - Answers - Infectious disease
Infectious diseases have 4 requirements for their perpetuation: - Answers - The
pathogen must be able to gain entrance into the body;
Once there, it must be able to adapt to the host environment and multiply;
At some point it must be able to exit the host;
And then it must be able to infect another host
The terms __________________ and ________________ describe the ability of an
organism to cause disease - Answers - pathogenicity, virulence
A disease is _________________ if it is transmitted readily from animal to animal -
Answers - contagious
Some infectious agents are spread from animal to animal by a ___________
- Ex: mosquito, tick, flies - Answers - vector
Most infectious diseases are _________________ - Answers - contagious
____________________ diseases result directly from improperly balanced and/or
improperly fed rations - Answers - Nutrient deficiency
Metabolic disorders such as ketosis or milk fever are __________________ diseases -
Answers - nutrient deficiency
Some diseases are caused directly by _______________________
- Ex: hemophilia - Answers - Genetic makeup
Other direct causes of disease include those that may cause a ____________________
- Nails, sharp instruments, slippery floor, falling objects
- "hardware disease" in cattle - Answers - traumatic injury
Noninfectious causes of disease - Answers - Nutrient deficiency, genetic makeup,
traumatic injury, toxins or chemical poisons
When clinical signs of a disease are present, it is ____________ - Answers - clinical
________________ diseases don't have readily observable clinical signs - Answers -
Subclinical
___________ diseases have a sudden onset of clinical signs and a short duration of
illness - Answers - Acut
_____________ diseases have symptoms that develop slowly over a period of weeks or
even months. - Answers - Chronic
VERIFIED ANSWERS
It is a challenge, an obligation, and a necessity to animal stewardship that animals be
maintained as near to a constant state of _________ as possible and/or feasible. -
Answers - health
- Disease prevention/treatment requires ________________,
- Appropriate stewardship includes __________________________________,
- And numerous diseases can affect animals. - Answers - vigilance, disease prevention
and treatment
Any state other than a state of complete health
- the normal function of the body, or some of its parts, is changed or disturbed. -
Answers - Disease
Clinical signs of disease include: - Answers - Fever, weight loss, edema, and reduced
performance
Refers to changes in body organs; these include changes in size, color, or shape of an
organ including tumors and abscesses - Answers - Lesion
The study of the essential nature of diseases - Answers - Pathology
Refers to the cause of disease or the study of causes of disease - Answers - Etiology
Animals have a natural defense system against disease involving a number of factors;
we call this ________________. - Answers - resistance
Some particularly virulent _________________ are so destructive because the body
has virtually no defense of any kind against them - Answers - pathogens
Disease is usually caused by a combination of ________________ causes and
___________ causes. - Answers - predisposing, direct
Often referred to as stress factors that make the animal more susceptible to disease -
Answers - Predisposing factors
Stress factors: - Answers - Nutritional, Genetic, Environmental (including climatic and
management stressors), and/or based on the conformation of the animal (obesity)
Direct causes of disease include several categories of infectious etiologies: - Answers -
Bacteria, viruses, protozoa, parasites, fungi, prions
, Diseases caused by living organisms - Answers - Infectious disease
Infectious diseases have 4 requirements for their perpetuation: - Answers - The
pathogen must be able to gain entrance into the body;
Once there, it must be able to adapt to the host environment and multiply;
At some point it must be able to exit the host;
And then it must be able to infect another host
The terms __________________ and ________________ describe the ability of an
organism to cause disease - Answers - pathogenicity, virulence
A disease is _________________ if it is transmitted readily from animal to animal -
Answers - contagious
Some infectious agents are spread from animal to animal by a ___________
- Ex: mosquito, tick, flies - Answers - vector
Most infectious diseases are _________________ - Answers - contagious
____________________ diseases result directly from improperly balanced and/or
improperly fed rations - Answers - Nutrient deficiency
Metabolic disorders such as ketosis or milk fever are __________________ diseases -
Answers - nutrient deficiency
Some diseases are caused directly by _______________________
- Ex: hemophilia - Answers - Genetic makeup
Other direct causes of disease include those that may cause a ____________________
- Nails, sharp instruments, slippery floor, falling objects
- "hardware disease" in cattle - Answers - traumatic injury
Noninfectious causes of disease - Answers - Nutrient deficiency, genetic makeup,
traumatic injury, toxins or chemical poisons
When clinical signs of a disease are present, it is ____________ - Answers - clinical
________________ diseases don't have readily observable clinical signs - Answers -
Subclinical
___________ diseases have a sudden onset of clinical signs and a short duration of
illness - Answers - Acut
_____________ diseases have symptoms that develop slowly over a period of weeks or
even months. - Answers - Chronic
