Quiz Wk 2-Intro to Disease

Question 1

Fomites may include which of the following?

Answer 1

Stethoscopes, grooming, brushes, and mops

Question 2

Factors, such as age of animal, lifestyle, concurrent, diseases, and stress are known as____________.

Answer 2

Host risk factors

Question 3

An inanimate object that can be contaminated with a pathogen, which can then be carried to a susceptible host is called a/an:

Answer 3

Fomite

Question 4

An animal that has a subclinical infection may aid in the spread of disease as the pathogen can be shed from these animals

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A systemic infection occurs when the microbe enters the body and is confined to a specific area.

Answer 5

False. Localized

Question 6

Not all infectious diseases can be transmitted between animals.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Herpes virus and feline. Calicivirus, are examples of pathogens that can remain dormant in a host for weeks, to years, and may cause disease to develop if the animal is stressed or immunocompromised. This is known as a/an ____________ infection.

Answer 7

Latent

Question 8

Fleece, ticks, mosquitoes, and flies can transmit infectious organisms from one hose to another, and are known as:

Answer 8

Vectors

Question 9

Which of the following are true statements regarding ways that microbes can cause disease?

Answer 9

-release of toxins from the microbes
-damage caused by the patient’s immune system in response to infection
-Direct damage caused the cells/tissues

Question 10

A____________ infection (often times due to a bacteria ) may develop after the body /immune system is weakened by an initial infection with a different microbe (often times a virus.)

Answer 10

Secondary