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The Cornerstone of Disease Prevention is: Maintaining Good Animal Health

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The Cornerstone of Disease Prevention is:

Maintaining Good Animal Health

How is this Accomplished?

1). Good nutrition

Of these three animals, which animal is most likely to be able fight off disease?

2). Maintaining a Healthy Environment

This includes: Socialization

Keeping a Closed Herd

Diseases are either: Heritable or Communicable

Diseases are Spread by: Air

Feces

Oral

Through the Skin

Communicable Diseases can be caused by:

Bacteria

Viruses

Fungi

Internal Parasites

An aminals resistance to certain diseases can be increased by the use of

Vaccines !

Vaccines can either be:

Modified live or Killed

The ultimate goal of any vacc- ination or health program is: