HONR 268 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: World Health Organization, Veterinary Medicine, List Of U.S. State Mammals

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Basic principles of disease causation: disease. Any condition caused by the deviation from normal function. Occurs due to the interactions between host, agent, and the environment. Humans: race/ethnicity, age, gender, and immune system function. Animals: food/air/water quality, space, sanitation, vaccination/medication availability, weather/season, geographic location. Diseases they can be transmitted between humans and people. Concern because they can impact large animal and human populations offering devastating effects. Disease that is not endemic to an area. Reported through contacting the state veterinarian and their evaluation of the situation. The one health concept: human and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the ecosystems in which they exist, importance. Population continues to climb, expansion in a geographic manner due to population increase has caused an increase in human- animal contact offering new exposure to viruses, bacteria, and other disease-causing pathogens: objectives.

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