Common Diseases of Livestock Animals: Cause & Control

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