Diseases and infections in animals

• Dealing with animal diseases, infestations and emergencies

  • Understand how animal diseases and infestations can be prevented, controlled and treated, along with suitable responses to emergencies
• Measures for Preventing disease

  Vaccinations- immune response, antibodies
• Controlling disease spread


  In discussion groups of 3 Discuss the things that you do during practical sessions as part of the routine that can control the spread of disease
• Emergency situations


  Scenario: - There has been a outbreak of VHD in the animal establishment you work in. It is your job to activate the action plan
• Treatments


  If a disease is identified in an animals they signs of illness can give us clues of what type of pathogen is present
• Administering treatment


  Once the type of pathogen has been discovered the correct medication can be given and an Administration route can be chosen
• Treatment records


  Treatments must be done in the correct way for the correct amount of time
• Examples of parasites


  • fleas, ticks, lice, worms, mites, flukes
• Immunoglobulins (antibodies) bind to antigens on pathogen surfaces and neutralize them or mark them for destruction by other cells.
• Lymphocytes are white blood cells involved in the adaptive immune response.
• Antigens are molecules that trigger an immune response by binding to specific receptors on lymphocytes.
• Antigens are molecules that stimulate an immune response.