Diseases and Zoonosis (Intro - Disease, Occurrence, Types, Severity, Progression, Transmission, and Pathogens)

What is a disease?

A condition of an organism that impairs normal physiological function

What is an endemic or enzootic occurrence?

Something that is currently present and unable to be resolved or removed easily

What is the difference between endemic and enzootic?

enzootic is for animals

What is an example of an endemic occurrence?

Fleas, Rabies

What is an epidemic or epizootic?

A disease that suddenly comes from an endemic and is an outbreak

What is the difference between epidemic and epizootic?

epizootic is for animals

What is an example of an epidemic occurrence?

Ebola, Canine Flu

What is a pandemic?

A disease that is found on every content

What is epidemiology?

The study of what influences where and how often diseases pop out (a.k.a why)

What is Morbidity?

The percentage of animals get sick

What is mortality?

The percentage of animals that die from sickness

What is the definition of contagious?

Something that can be spread from one animal to another/animal to human or vise versa

A contagious disease can be direct or indirect, give an example of direct

sneeze

Communicable is a synonym for what?

Contagious

What is an infectious disease?

A disease where a pathogen is involved

What is true about all contagious diseases, but not about infectious diseases?

All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious

What is a metabolic disease and an example?

No pathogen is involved, diabetes

What is an idiopathic disease?

A disease of unknown cause

How can you remember what an idiopathic disease is?

The doctor is an idiot and the animal is pathetic

What is an iatrogenic disease?

A disease caused by the clinician

What is a nosocomial disease?

Something an animal picks up in the hospital

What is a genetic disease?

An inherited condition from the parents

What is a congenital disease?

A disease caused near or at delivery

What is peracute severity?

Instant death

What is acute severity?

Sudden onset and short duration

What is chronic severity?

Something that lasts a long time

What is remission?

A period of time when the disease seems to be "resolved" or is unaffected by the disease (more referring to cancer and the removal of it)

What are signs of disease?

Evidence of disease that can be seen

What are symptoms of disease?

Characteristics of disease felt by Pt

What is a syndrome?

When several signs travel together

What is Ediology?

The study of how diseases progress and what causes them to progress

What is an example of etiology?

genetic or congenital

What is pathogenesis?

How a disease develops and the signs we see

What is pathology?

The organ that is going wrong

What is zoonosis?

Transmissibility from animal to human (and vise versa)

What are the different types of pathogens?

Bacteria, Fungi, Parasite, Virus, Prion