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Animal Disease and the Health of Humans
Chapter Quiz
1
Which of the following properly defines "zoonoses"?
A)
animal diseases found primarily in domestic livestock
B)
animal diseases found primarily in exotic (zoo) animals
C)
animal diseases found primarily in domestic pet animals
D)
animal diseases that may be transmitted to humans
E)
human diseases that are primarily transmitted to animals
2
An insect that assists in the transmission of a disease from one animal to another is called what?
A)
an antigen
B)
a vector
C)
an internal parasite
D)
a virus
E)
a reservoir
3
Which of the following describes the production loss related to animal disease?
A)
morbidity
B)
mortality
C)
fecundity
4
What term is generally given to a disease causing organism?
A)
pathogen
B)
antigen
C)
vector
D)
carrier
E)
carrion
5
What term specifically describes a swelling in the area of injury or infection?
A)
inflammation
B)
febrile reaction
C)
edema
D)
immune response
E)
virulence
6
What is the name given to substances that stimulate the body to respond in a defensive manner?
A)
antiserum
B)
antitoxin
C)
antibodies
D)
antigen
7
The introduction of foreign proteins into the body may cause the body to create what immune substances?
A)
antibodies
B)
antigens
C)
bacterins
D)
vaccines
E)
antibiotics
8
What term describes immunity that is acquired from receiving preformed antibodies?
A)
vaccination
B)
active acquired immunity
C)
passive immunity
D)
genetic resistance
E)
immune reaction
9
Which of the following is an example of passive acquired immunity?
A)
injection of vaccine
B)
survival of a disease such as canine distemper
C)
consumption of colostrum
10
Which term refers to the breakdown of red blood cells?
A)
hemolysis
B)
agglutination
C)
necropsy
D)
dysplasia
11
Which disease causing agent is characterized by lack of independent metabolism?
A)
antitoxin
B)
antibiotic
C)
virus
D)
monoclonal antibody
E)
mycobacterium
12
Which of the following is transmissible from domestic or wild animals to humans?
A)
bluetongue
B)
milk fever
C)
foot-and-mouth disease
D)
tuberculosis
13
Which disease is transmitted primarily from animals to humans by an insect vector?
A)
smallpox
B)
rocky mountain spotted fever
C)
tuberculosis
D)
west Nile virus
E)
rabies
14
All but one of the following diseases is a viral disorder. Which one is bacterial in origin?
A)
encephalitis
B)
rabies
C)
rocky mountain spotted fever
D)
smallpox
E)
brucellosis
15
Worm infestations that affect domestic pets are generally not transmissable to humans.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
16
The plague is an example of a disease that has a reservoir in a mammal (the rat) but transfers to humans primarily via a vector (rat flea).
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
17
Humans possess considerable natural resistance to anthrax, but cattle and sheep possess little resistance to the disease.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
18
Necropsy refers to the sampling of a small portion of tissue in a living animal to determine if the tissue is diseased.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
19
Genetic resistance to disease is generally limited to nutritional and hereditary weaknesses and has no impact on infectious agents.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
20
Immunity acquired by passive means lasts longer than immunity acquired by active means.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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