VB SC 050S Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neoplasm, Cestoda, Selective Breeding
8 Sep 2016
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65% of 1500 disease in humans also occur in animals: 75% have an arch in animals, important to remember in emerging viruses and diseases. Outbreaks in animal population effect human populations sometimes. Increase movement and migration increases the rapidity of infection. 2001 diagnosed west nile, in 15 years it has spread to every continent in the us. Looking at disease prevention on a global basis across all species. Health and disease: health- the state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease or abnormality, disease-an interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs. What"s normal: normal or usual, species differences (like normal temperatures, genetic differences within the species/breeds/strains. Different cattle have different types of metabolisms and sensitivities to different drugs. Different enzymes in human males and females: age differences some systems might not be fully developed yet like the immune system in a baby, production groups.
