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17 Cards in this Set
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Disease |
An abnormality of structure or function with recognizable clinical signs |
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Zoonosis |
An animal disease transmitted to humans |
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Reverse Zoonoses |
A human disease transmitted to animals |
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Virulence |
How easily does infectious organism cause disease |
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Direct Trasmission |
Close and/or physical contact with infect animal including secretions |
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Fomites |
Inanimate objects contaminated with infected material, transports pathogen to other places |
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Vehicle |
Car, food, milk or water that carries pathogenic organisms |
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Vector |
Required for transmission of disease, without vector no disease |
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Canine Core Vaccines |
CDV, CAV2, CPV, Rabies |
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Canine Non-Core Vaccines |
Leptospirosis, Coronavirus, Lyme Disease, Bordetella, Parainfluenza |
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Canine Distemper |
Viral disease related to measles, "Hardpad Disease" |
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Canine Adenovirus Type 1 |
Canine Infectious Hepatitis, Foxes and Dogs are reservoirs |
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Bordetella (Bordetella bronchiseptica) |
Upper Respiratory infection, gram-negative rod, affects all dog breeds, Kennel Cough |
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Canine Parvovirus |
Persists in environment for months-years, not easily killed except for hypochlorite solution (bleach 1:32), unenveloped |
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Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans) |
Spirochete type bacterium, affinity for kidneys (live, spleen, CNS, eyes, urinary tract) |
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Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) |
Tick borne disease: Ixodes scapularis, reservoirs are deer, mice and birds |
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Canine Coronavirus |
Acute, contagious intestinal virus, most cases are asymptomatic, may be a problem if concurrent with Canine Parvovirus-coinfection |
