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what transmits rabies?
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saliva
the virus enters the muscle tissue, gets to nervous tissue, replicates and travels to spinal cord and brain, causes encephalitis, travels back out to nerves, gets in saliva, transmits |
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what kind of disease is rabies?
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viral
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prodromal stage of rabies
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may see subtle temperament changes
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excitative stage of rabies
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animal is vicious, bites are common, may drool due to the effects of the virus on the nerves
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clinical stages: parlytic stage of rabies
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dropped jaw
paralysis incoordination death caused by suffocation b/c the diaphragm is paralyzed and they can't breathe |
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human symptoms of rabies
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itching around the bite & flue like symptoms
muscle aches, dilated pupils hypersensitivity to light, sound, etc spas,s, convulsions, inability to swallow-thought people were afraid of water gradual paralysis until death from respiratory failure |
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common exposure is from cows
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cows bellow & appear to be choking--first response of many farmers is to reach in and see what is wrong w/ it... WEAR A GLOVE
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What bacteria causes Lyme disease
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Spirochete bacteria
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what is the most common vector of lyme disease?
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deer tick
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symptoms of lyme disease
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rash around tick bite and elsewhere
headaches, body aches, flue like symptoms several months later--arthritis swollen, painful joints (knees, esp) may shift from one joint to another neurological problems eventually (numbness, headaches, facial paralysis) occasional heart abnormalities |
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lyme disease treatments
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antibiotics-- heavy doses for long periods
very similar in dogs--shifting leg lameness is a common symptom vaccines available for dogs |
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Baylis Ascaris
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roundworm found in raccoons
aberrant migration in humans can travel to brain and eventually cause death good to avoid raccoons and dung as well |
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west nile virus
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transmitted by mosquitoes
headaches, fever goes away most people have this and don't know it treatment= antibiotics mosquitoes get it from birds |
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Psittacosis
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disease recognize.. realized that there was an association of the condition tin humans to psittacine birds
became a pandemic in the early 1930s befre antibiotics became available caused by bacteria Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia-like symptoms in humans |
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Tuberculosis
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caused by bacteria in genus Mycobacterium
one of the major causes of human death til antibiotics were discovered prevalence of both animal and uman forms is associated w/ overcrowding local infections of scratches on humans from water containing infected fish sometimes the antibiotics are bad |
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colibacillosis
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e. coli infection
more than 2000 known species and only a few are both pathogenic for animal and humans infection in both animal and humans is characterized by profuse, watery diarrhea, dehydration and acidosis |
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brucellosis (undulant fever) -- hot cold hot cold etc
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caused by brucella aborts w/ a reservoir in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, swine, and rabbits
usually contracted by consuming prodcts of the above infected animal very high undulating fever, sweating, fatigue, and rapid weight loss can happen by drinking unpasturized milk |
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salmonellosis
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pathogenic strain of salmonella... may not affect host animal such as a turtle
also called FOOD POISONING acute gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration we vaccinate for typhoid and paratyphoid eliminate problem by cooking |
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avian influenza
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not a zoonotic disease until a few years ago
now there is one type that causes death in humans |
