Common Disease of Livestock Crossword

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  1. 3. responsible for neutralizing or destroying toxins and toxin-producing organisms
  2. 6. live organisms responsible for providing health benefits
  3. 8. spore producing organism which feeds on organic matter and is responsible for causing a disease
  4. 9. Immunity occurs when a large number of animals in a group become immune to a pathogen
  5. 10. Vaccine vaccine which contains an inactive form of a pathogen incapable of replicating
  6. 12. organism which lives in or on another organism and obtains nutrients at the expense of the host; also responsible for causing a disease
  7. 14. organism responsible for causing diseases upon entering the body
  8. 15. study of causes of diseases
  9. 17. structure on the surface of a pathogen responsible for attaching to receptors on immune cells
  10. 18. inanimate objects which carry pathogens until the object touches something else
  11. 19. ability to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies
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  1. 1. study of disease
  2. 2. measures taken to prevent the introduction or spread of a pathogen
  3. 4. substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
  4. 5. Factors factors responsible for making an animal more susceptible to disease
  5. 7. Live Vaccine vaccine which contains a weakened live version of the pathogen which can replicate once in the animal’s body
  6. 9. body’s ability to maintain an internal environment through adjustments of biochemical and physical pathways
  7. 11. alteration of the body or body organs which interrupts or disturbs the body’s functions
  8. 13. single-celled microorganism varying in shape and size, responsible for causing a disease
  9. 16. infectious agent made of a piece of genetic code protected by a coating of protein which can cause a disease