ANSC 3270 ELITE REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2026
SUCCESS
◉What livestock practices follow the "all in all out" procedure (3) .
Answer: poultry
pig
aquaculture
◉If biosecurity is adhered to, the following can be achieved (3) .
Answer: 1. animal disease incidence and production losses to disease
will be reduced
2. risk of zoonotic diseases will be reduced
3. the potential for development and spread of AMR will be reduced -
won't need to use AGP's and treatment for diseases will be reduced
◉what is biosecurity . Answer: A set of management practices designed
to prevent introduction and spread of diseases and to maximize disease
resistance
,◉A good biosecurity plan is _____ in reducing risk of disease and has a
positive effect on.. (5) . Answer: proactive
animal health
animal welfare
animal productivity
reducing AMR
risk of zoonosis
◉What is important about making a biosecurity plan and starting one .
Answer: there is no going back
◉What are the needs for biosecurity standards (9) . Answer: 1. increased
emerging diseases
2. more attention to zoonosis
3. more attention to traceability
4. greater focus on prevention over treatment
5. intensive farming has changed disease epidemiology
6. globalized movement of people and goods
7. novel production practices in agriculture
8. ensure customer confidence
9. value-added products
,◉what does "from farm to fork" bring attention to . Answer: traceability
◉what are 5 definitions of emerging diseases and give an example of
each . Answer: 1. emergence of a new disease
2. emergence of a disease in a new geographical region (blue tongue)
3. emergence of disease in different species (bovine tb)
4. rapid and unexpected rise in disease incidence
5. perceived to have emerged due to better diagnosis and surveillance
technology
◉BSE emerged due to.. . Answer: changes in manufacturing of ruminant
meat and bone meals
◉what causes BSE . Answer: sporadic atypical prion strains to become
typical and cause BSE
◉Emergence of bovine TB was attributed to . Answer: relaxed screening
and surveillance programs
◉How did the SARS epidemic unfold? What is the reservoir and the
host . Answer: horseshoe bats (primary reservoir) to civets (host) to
humans through cats eating the bats
, ◉where did the SARS epidemic occur . Answer: in china and made it's
way to canada
◉how did the MERS epidemic unfold? What is the reservoir and the
host . Answer: bats (reservoir) to camels (host) to humans
◉how did the Japanese encephalitis virus unfold? What is the reservoir
and the host . Answer: birds (reservoir) to pigs (host) to humans
◉What are the 9 zoonotic agents in pigs . Answer: 1. campylobacter spp
2. eschorichia coli
3. Giardia spp
4. listeria monocytogenes
5. norwalk virus
6. samonella spp
7. swine influenza virus
8. toxoplasma gondii
9. trichinella spiralis
◉what are the 11 benefits of a biosecurity plan . Answer: 1. improved
animal welfare
2. keep out emerging diseases
3. control endemic diseases
SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2026
SUCCESS
◉What livestock practices follow the "all in all out" procedure (3) .
Answer: poultry
pig
aquaculture
◉If biosecurity is adhered to, the following can be achieved (3) .
Answer: 1. animal disease incidence and production losses to disease
will be reduced
2. risk of zoonotic diseases will be reduced
3. the potential for development and spread of AMR will be reduced -
won't need to use AGP's and treatment for diseases will be reduced
◉what is biosecurity . Answer: A set of management practices designed
to prevent introduction and spread of diseases and to maximize disease
resistance
,◉A good biosecurity plan is _____ in reducing risk of disease and has a
positive effect on.. (5) . Answer: proactive
animal health
animal welfare
animal productivity
reducing AMR
risk of zoonosis
◉What is important about making a biosecurity plan and starting one .
Answer: there is no going back
◉What are the needs for biosecurity standards (9) . Answer: 1. increased
emerging diseases
2. more attention to zoonosis
3. more attention to traceability
4. greater focus on prevention over treatment
5. intensive farming has changed disease epidemiology
6. globalized movement of people and goods
7. novel production practices in agriculture
8. ensure customer confidence
9. value-added products
,◉what does "from farm to fork" bring attention to . Answer: traceability
◉what are 5 definitions of emerging diseases and give an example of
each . Answer: 1. emergence of a new disease
2. emergence of a disease in a new geographical region (blue tongue)
3. emergence of disease in different species (bovine tb)
4. rapid and unexpected rise in disease incidence
5. perceived to have emerged due to better diagnosis and surveillance
technology
◉BSE emerged due to.. . Answer: changes in manufacturing of ruminant
meat and bone meals
◉what causes BSE . Answer: sporadic atypical prion strains to become
typical and cause BSE
◉Emergence of bovine TB was attributed to . Answer: relaxed screening
and surveillance programs
◉How did the SARS epidemic unfold? What is the reservoir and the
host . Answer: horseshoe bats (primary reservoir) to civets (host) to
humans through cats eating the bats
, ◉where did the SARS epidemic occur . Answer: in china and made it's
way to canada
◉how did the MERS epidemic unfold? What is the reservoir and the
host . Answer: bats (reservoir) to camels (host) to humans
◉how did the Japanese encephalitis virus unfold? What is the reservoir
and the host . Answer: birds (reservoir) to pigs (host) to humans
◉What are the 9 zoonotic agents in pigs . Answer: 1. campylobacter spp
2. eschorichia coli
3. Giardia spp
4. listeria monocytogenes
5. norwalk virus
6. samonella spp
7. swine influenza virus
8. toxoplasma gondii
9. trichinella spiralis
◉what are the 11 benefits of a biosecurity plan . Answer: 1. improved
animal welfare
2. keep out emerging diseases
3. control endemic diseases
