Chapter 38

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Ascarids

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Roundworms

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Disease

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Poor health that is a disturbance or a change in an animal's function and structure

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Hookworms

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Common intestinal parasite of dogs and occasionally cats that have either teeth like structures are cutting plates with which they attach themselves to the wall of the intestine and feed on the animals food

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Heartworm disease

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Disease spread by the mosquito; of most concern and dogs and cats in the occasionally ferrets, causing the long white worms to build up in the heart

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Pathogen

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Diseases and what causes them

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Bartonella

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Bacteria caused by a flea bite that affects cats within their bloodstream and infects the red blood cells and immune system

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Tapeworm

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Intestinal flatworms that are segmented or have individual parts that grow in shed as the parasite ages

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Zoonosis

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Disease passed from animals to humans

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Equine infectious anemia

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Highly infectious disease of horses also known as swamp fever; a viral disease for which there is no vaccine and no cure

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Sarcoptic mange

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Name for the skin disease caused by infection with the Sarcoptes scabei Mite that causes a zoonotic mites skin condition; burrow into the skin causing infection

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Lyme disease

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Bacterial disease transmitted by the bite of a tick that causes joint inflammation in affected animals

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Toxoplasmosis

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A single cell organism that can occur in any mammal but it should through the feces of cats which are the only animals that pass it through the feces

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Scabies

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Sarcoptic mange condition in humans

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Ringworm

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Fungal condition that affects the skin of humans and mammals and is highly contagious

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Fungal

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Class of disease spread by simple celled organisms or spores that areas of the environment, mostly in moist and humid conditions

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Encephalitis

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Disease in horses and people that is called sleeping sickness; several strains are spread by mosquitoes and affect the nervous system

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Viral

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Class of disease caused by particles that are contagious and spread through the environment

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Rickettsial

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Class of disease spread by biting insects, such as fleas and ticks

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Bacterial

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Class of disease spread through single-celled organisms called germs and are located in all areas of an animal's environment

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Roundworm

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Visible long white worms that are most common intestinal parasite in small and large animals

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Strongyles

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Common intestinal parasite in small and large animals

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Coccidiosis

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Common protozoan internal parasite that is a simple one-celled organism that occurs in all mammals

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Supportive care

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Fluid replacement, medications to decrease vomiting and diarrhea and pain medication

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Pre-conditioning

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Building up and animals body to prevent stress from occurring

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Rickettsial

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Spread by biting insects, such as fleas and ticks

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Mites

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May live on skin or hair coat and may invade the ears

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Coccidiosis

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Common protozoan internal parasite that is a simple one celled organism that occurs in mammals

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Lyme disease

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Bacterial disease transmitted by the bite of a tick that causes joint inflammation

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Tick

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Arthropods that seek heat and movement

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Bacterial

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Class of disease spread by single celled organisms called germs

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Bacterial

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Class of disease spread by single celled organisms called germs

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Fleas

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Can cause an animal to have anemia

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Tapeworm

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Intestinal flat worm

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Roundworm

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Visible long white worms that are most common intestinal parasite in small and large animals

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Whipworms

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Internal parasite of dogs and occasionally cats that have either teeth like structures or cutting place in which they attach themselves to the wall of the intestine and feed off of the animals blood

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Ringworm

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Fungal condition that affects the skin of humans and mammals and is highly contagious

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Toxoplasmosis

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Shed through feces of cats

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Strongyles

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Intestinal parasite in large animals that are long, thin and white in appearance

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Lice

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All animal and human can get this