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Disease Diagnosis & Prevention

Factors that influence disease Stress Nutrition Natural Immunity Environment

Stress Stress comes from –Too hot or cold –Too little to eat or drink –Over work –Emotional (separation from young, abuse, etc) –Over crowding (peck order, competition, etc) –Pain or injury

Malnutrition Does not always mean starving Deficiency of any one or more nutrients Deficiencies of vitamins or minerals can weaken the body’s ability to fight pathogens Lack of calories causes the body to go into survival mode and shut down non- essential system like immune system

Natural Immunity Broken down into innate immunity and adaptive immunity –Innate is the generalized immune response to any pathogen –Adaptive immunity is the specific – more rapid – response to a pathogen if re-infected again Example – injecting horses with low levels of snake venom to build up their natural immunity

Environment If the environment is chronically dirty, wet, etc, then more of a chance for infection of disease. –Exposes animal to feces (carry pathogens) –Moisture encourages bacterial & fungal growth –Causes stress –Filth encourages vectors like insects Clean with a 10% bleach solution