Clear‚ bright eyes; with no discharge. Free moving limbs with no clicks or stiffness in the joints; and no limp or lameness when walking. Healthy‚ glossy coat and skin; with no patches missing or matted fur‚ no dry patches of skin. 2. How is the disease Canine Parvovirus spread? The virus is spread by humans; on shoes‚ clothes and animals; fur‚ paws after having come into contact with infected soil or faeces. The virus can live in soil for up to a year. 3. Give three symptoms of dehydration. Taut
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rabies hydrophobia‚ which means fear of water‚ a symptom shown by rabies victims. Rabies is a highly fatal‚ zoonotic disease that causes severe destruction of the central nervous system of all warm-blooded animals. It has been known since the ancient days of 2300 B.C. This lethal virus still exists in almost all parts of the world. Once infected‚ and left untreated‚ this disease is usually fatal. The rabies virus is
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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Discussion of Lyme disease The documentary‚ Under our skin‚ showcased the deeply negative aspects of health-care beuarcracy. The fact that the film-makers expose the truths behind the politics that have happened (or even happening) can only mean positive things as far as coming up with policies to deal with those issues. The level of apathy towards diagnosing patients with Lyme disease is alarming as physicians have a great responsibility to take all the measures to ensure that proper screenings
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Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology TUI University Lea Glover MPH 504 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology Case Assignment #3 Dr. Sharon Nazarchuk Abstract Descriptive epidemiology is defined as the study of the amount and distribution of disease within a population by person‚ place‚ and time. Descriptive epidemiology answers the following questions: Who is affected? Where and when do cases occur? It describes cases by person‚ place‚ and time (TUI University 2008). Introduction Descriptive
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Lyme disease is a bacterial infection‚ caused by bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi‚ that is transmitted through the bite of a tick. Bacterium borrelia burgdorferi is a spiral shaped bacteria (spirochetes) that causes lyme disease. This bacteria is carried by a variety of different kinds of ticks but the most common carrier is the blacklegged ticks or deer ticks. The tick doesn’t start out by carrying the disease‚ it receives it from another animal like a mouse‚ squirrel‚ or deer‚ and then it is passed
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Experience is the best teacher "Experience is the best teacher." Although this theory is well known by a large percentage of the world‚ there is quite a division over the truth of the statement. Perhaps‚ this is due in part to the way in which our society places heavy emphasis on formal education. Experience in itself‚ is the oldest teacher on the planet. You can travel to the most underdeveloped societies‚ lacking any form of school or academic institution‚ and you will find that old schoolteacher
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evidence suggests that the young graduate student has contracted what disease? Ans: The signs and symptoms the young graduate student presented‚ show evidence of Lyme disease. 2. What is the environmental pathway for the vector of this disease? Ans: The environmental pathway for the vector of this disease would be a forested habitat. The black-legged tick or the deer tick is the principle vector of this disease (Lyme disease)‚ and they’re always found in forested habitat like the Pinelands. They
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Ornithodoros hermsi ticks. Question 1b: Identify vectorborne diseases associated with these ticks‚ and describe the pathogens associated with these diseases. Question 1c: Describe preferred feeding locations of ticks. Question 2: Describe the effect of climate on vectors and vectorborne diseases. The western-blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) can transmit the organisms responsible for causing anaplasmosis and Lyme disease in humans. Wild rodents and other mammals are likely reservoirs
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everything in their path. National Geographic (n.d.) produced information on the deer tick. They are feared by humans because of their ability to transmit a debilitating virus named Lyme disease. Lyme disease’s true name is bacterium Barriela burgdorferi (CBS news Minnesota 2011). This virus was given the name Lyme disease after being discovered in areas of Connecticut in the 1970s. National Geographic (n.d.) refers to the illness as being rarely fatal and can commonly be mistreated for symptoms of
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