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1
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What are the 4 goals of medicine?

A

Promote health
Preserve health
Restore health
Minimize suffering

2
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What are the 4 levels of disease prevention?

A

Primordial
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

3
Q

Formulating a nutrition plan for cats to avoid obesity and decrease risk of feline hepatic lipidosis is what level of disease prevention?

A

Primordial: inhibit risk factors

4
Q

Vaccination, border security, and quarantine of animals before allowing them to enter the herd in order to prevent occurrence of a disease is what level of disease prevention?

A

Primary: avoid disease occurrence

5
Q

Routinely sampling cattle herds to detect bluetongue and vaccinate, or testing hens for salmonellosis and removing positive animals is what level of disease prevention?

A

Secondary: detect and treat ASAP

6
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Management of a diabetic cat, mastitis control in a dairy farm, and pasture turn to control parasite load are under what level of disease prevention?

A

Tertiary: soften impact of ongoing disease, slowing progression, reducing severity

7
Q

Prevention of a disease involves:

A

Reducing the risk or threats of disease in an area, herd, or individual

8
Q

Control of infectious diseases involves:

A

Steps taken to reduce a disease problem to a tolerable level and maintain at that level

9
Q

Eliminating a disease means it is eliminated from a _______.

A

Population

10
Q

Eradicating a disease means it is eradicated permanently, ________.

A

Worldwide

11
Q

What are the only 2 diseases to be actually eradicated?

A

Rinderpest

Smallpox

12
Q

T/F: The latent and infectious periods overlap?

A

FALSE

Incubation and Infectious periods overlap

13
Q

What are the 3 ways to prevent disease?

A

Reservoir neutralization
Reducing contact
Increasing host resistance

14
Q

Reservoir neutralization by removing affected individuals can be accomplished in what ways?

A

Test and slaughter

Mass therapy

15
Q

Reservoir neutralization by rendering infected individuals non shedders can be accomplished by:

A

vaccination

16
Q

Reservoir neutralization by treating the environment can be done by:

A

Building toilets

Controlling vectors

17
Q

What is an example of reducing contact by quarantine or treatment of infected/potentially infected.

A

Parvo cases

18
Q

Reducing contact via population control can be accomplished by:

A

Leash laws to reduce fecal contamination.

Rabies control by keeping a stable vaccinated population.

19
Q

How can we prevent disease by increasing host resistance?

A

Genetic selection
Welfare improvement
Chemoprophylaxis (abx in food)
Vaccination

20
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What are the 5 components of National Disease Control?

A

Animal health law and regulations

Disease control management agency

Veterinary/Inspection services

Laboratory services

Surveillance, info, education, communication and training

21
Q

WTO and OIE, and nationally, The Animal Health Act and animal quarantine laws, fall under what component of disease control?

A

Animal health laws and regulations

22
Q

USDA-APHIS protecting the health of agriculture falls under what component of disease control?

A

Disease control management agencies

AND

Veterinary/inspection services

23
Q

What are the US reference laboratories?

A

National Animal Health Laboratory Network

Different states have different labs for certain diseases

24
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The Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, The National Animal Health and Monitoring System, and The National Centers for Animal Health Emergency Management and Animal Health Programs in MD are part of what component of National Disease Control?

A

Information, Education, Communication, and Training