Common Diseases of Livestock Animals: Cause & Control

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