Zoonotic Diseases

Question 0

What happened to allow people to identify causative agents of diseases?

Answer 0

Invention of the microscope

Question 1

How long have zoonotic diseases been recognized?

Answer 1

Centuries

Question 2

How did people begin to notice that diseases were zoonotic?

Answer 2

They noticed similarities in symptoms

Question 3

What are three classic zoo notice diseases?

Answer 3

Plague, rabies, TB

Question 4

What are three new zoonotic diseases?

Answer 4

Lyme disease, hantapulomary syndrome, west Nile

Question 5

When did Lyme disease appear?

Answer 5

1970’s

Question 6

When did the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome appear?

Answer 6

1993

Question 7

When did the west mile virus appear?

Answer 7

1999

Question 8

What can happen to closely related virus strains?

Answer 8

They can mutate

Question 9

What is the earliest zoo notice diseases date back to?

Answer 9

6000bc with domestication

Question 10

What are vectors?

Answer 10

Things that are able to transmit diseases

Question 11

How did they prevent and control zoonotic diseases back in the day? (4)

Answer 11

Boiling milk
Religious laws
Killing animals who show signs of diseases
Quarantining ships at ports

Question 12

What are six types of people at risk of zoonotic diseases?

Answer 12

People in contact with livestock
Abattoir workers or workers in food plants
Laboratory workers
Human and veterinary personel
People who often go to wildlife habitats
People with pets or exotics

Question 13

What are four common causes of zoonotic diseases in domesticated animals?

Answer 13

Parasite, fungal, bacterial, and viral infections