Chapter 17 - Immunologic Drugs

Question 1

Immunizations should never take the place of regularly scheduled ___

Answer 1

Routine checkups.

Question 2

What six factors may determine an animal’s response to immunization?

Answer 2

1. health/age
2. type of vaccine
3. route of administration
4. concurrent incubation of the infectious disease
5. exposure to an infectious disease prior to immunity
6. drug therapy

Question 3

What is an inactivated vaccine?

Answer 3

has organisms commonly treated by chemicals to kill them, but very little change occurs in the antigens that stimulate protective immunity.

Question 4

what is a live vaccine?

Answer 4

prepared from live microorganisms or viruses.

Question 5

What is a modified live vaccine?

Answer 5

has organisms that have undergone a process (attenuation) to lose their virulence.

Question 6

What is a toxoid?

Answer 6

a vaccine used in producing immunity to a toxin rather than to a bacterium or virus.

Question 7

What is an antitoxin?

Answer 7

a specific antiserum aimed against a toxin; contains a concentration of antibodies extracted from blood plasma of a hyperimmunized, healthy animal (usually a horse)

Question 8

When a shipment of vaccine arrives at a veterinary facility, what should occur immediately?

Answer 8

Contents should be unpacked and placed in the refrigerator.

Question 9

what is immunotherapy?

Answer 9

using drugs to stimulate the body’s immune response to disease.

Question 10

____ is a complex carb derived from aloe vera.

Answer 10

Acemannan

Question 11

What are some of the signs of anaphylaxis?

Answer 11

vomiting, salivation, dyspnea.

Question 12

borrelia burgdorferi is an example of which type of vaccine?

Answer 12

recombinant