VEM 059 Quiz 1

1. The process of biorisk analysis includes biohazard identification, biorisk assessment, _______ management, and biorisk communication.

The first example uses _______ _________, a zoonotic agent, as an example of a biosafety risk managed by veterinary laboratories.

The second example uses _______ and mouth disease (FMD) virus as an example of a veterinary pathogen of variable economic significance.

The FMD example represents an assessment completed by a laboratory located in an FMD-_______ area.

Disease control and eradication programs increase the _______ impact of the disease and associated biorisks of handling the agent in the laboratory.

Regarding anthrax, animals become infected by ingesting _______ or possibly by being bitten by flies that have fed on an infected animal or carcass.

More than 95% of human anthrax cases take the _______ form and result from handling infected carcasses or hides.

Post-mortem examinations conducted outside of laboratory containment on carcasses suspected to have died of anthrax are _______ to avoid environmental contamination.

The most common lesion in anthrax-infected animals is an enlarged _______ with a ‘blackberry jam’ consistency.

13. The risk of _______ anthrax may arise if individuals eat meat from animals infected with anthrax.