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