VBMS 303 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Animal well-being - Answers The current state of an animal living in reasonable harmony with its
environment
Animal welfare - Answers A state of complete mental and physical health, where the animal is in
harmony with its environment; human responsibility, encompassing all aspects of animal well-being
Animal rights - Answers Philosophical view characterized by various rates groups; may not be
compatible with responsible use of animals for human progress
Animal welfare considerations - Answers Proper housing (shelter and confinement), pain management,
branding, feed, water, disease prevention and treatment, health maintenance, humane handling,
transportation, euthanasia
Abnormal signs/behavior (observations) - Answers Eye and/or nasal discharge, depression/lethargy,
droopiness, loss of appetite, stiff gate, crusty muzzle, excessive salvation, diarrhea, coughing,
rapid/shallow breathing
Clinical disease - Answers Clinical signs or death occurs
Subclinical disease - Answers No clinical signs occur (maybe death)
Enzootic disease - Answers Occurs in local or small area
Epizootic disease - Answers Short duration, widespread
Exotic disease - Answers not present in USA
Zoonotic disease - Answers Spreads from animals to humans
Acute disease - Answers Quick onset, short duration
Chronic disease - Answers Slow onset, long duration
Subacute disease - Answers Between acute and chronic
Peracute disease - Answers Kills very quickly
Predisposing causes of disease - Answers Genetics, environment, nutritional, infectious agents (GENI)
Non-infectious diseases - Answers Nutritional deficiencies, metabolic diseases, trauma, toxic materials,
congenital defects, neoplastic diseases (tumors)
Infectious diseases - Answers Microorganism invades the body (bacteria, virus, parasites)
Diagnosis - Answers History, signs and lesions, lab tests, differential dx
Treatment - Answers Care, management, biologies, isolation
Animal well-being - Answers The current state of an animal living in reasonable harmony with its
environment
Animal welfare - Answers A state of complete mental and physical health, where the animal is in
harmony with its environment; human responsibility, encompassing all aspects of animal well-being
Animal rights - Answers Philosophical view characterized by various rates groups; may not be
compatible with responsible use of animals for human progress
Animal welfare considerations - Answers Proper housing (shelter and confinement), pain management,
branding, feed, water, disease prevention and treatment, health maintenance, humane handling,
transportation, euthanasia
Abnormal signs/behavior (observations) - Answers Eye and/or nasal discharge, depression/lethargy,
droopiness, loss of appetite, stiff gate, crusty muzzle, excessive salvation, diarrhea, coughing,
rapid/shallow breathing
Clinical disease - Answers Clinical signs or death occurs
Subclinical disease - Answers No clinical signs occur (maybe death)
Enzootic disease - Answers Occurs in local or small area
Epizootic disease - Answers Short duration, widespread
Exotic disease - Answers not present in USA
Zoonotic disease - Answers Spreads from animals to humans
Acute disease - Answers Quick onset, short duration
Chronic disease - Answers Slow onset, long duration
Subacute disease - Answers Between acute and chronic
Peracute disease - Answers Kills very quickly
Predisposing causes of disease - Answers Genetics, environment, nutritional, infectious agents (GENI)
Non-infectious diseases - Answers Nutritional deficiencies, metabolic diseases, trauma, toxic materials,
congenital defects, neoplastic diseases (tumors)
Infectious diseases - Answers Microorganism invades the body (bacteria, virus, parasites)
Diagnosis - Answers History, signs and lesions, lab tests, differential dx
Treatment - Answers Care, management, biologies, isolation
