Animal Health Vocabulary

2. Animal or person in apparently good health who harbors pathogenic microorganisms.
3. Center for Disease Control.
5. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
8. Environmental Protection Agency.
9. A large pill for dosing animals.
10. A disease the runs a short, severe course.
11. Food and Drug Administration.
13. Spread of disease by direct or indirect contact.
15. Single-celled microorganisms; some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial.
17. The state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
19. Any deviation from a normal state of health in plants, animals, or people, which temporarily impairs vital functions. It may be caused by viruses, pathogenic bacteria, parasites, poor nutrition, congenital or inherent deficiencies, unfavorable environment, or any combination of these.

1. A disease that is marked by long duration and frequent recurrence.
4. A dispenser with a plunger mechanism in the barrel used to place medicine in the form of pills or capsules in the back of an animal’s mouth or down its throat so that the animal cannot spit the medicine out.
6. A disease in which symptoms of the disease are expressed. Symptoms allow identification of the disease.
7. Fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
10. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
12. The process of identifying a disease by examination and study of its symptoms.
14. A fluid dose of medication given by introducing it into the mouth, usually with a dose syringe.
16. disease : A disease transmitted or spread from animal to animal, person to person, or from plant to plant, by direct or indirect contact with the diseased plant or animal.
18. A temperature higher than normal in animals, which may be caused by disease organisms, poisonous plants, etc.