1. AG-ASB- 18 g, h, i, j, k, l How do the immune systems of animals work?

2. Immunity Who got the flu shot? Did anybody get the flu?
How does that work?

3. How do disease organisms enter the body?
Natural openings – eyes, ears
Respiratory tract – breathing it in
Digestive tract – consuming
Skin cuts

4. Immune system
A method that the body uses to prevent disease

5. What is an animal’s first line of defense?
Natural barriers such as
nose hair – sneezing
mucous membranes – boogers and snot
digestive enzymes – break down/kill bad things or makes you puke them up

6. What is the body’s second line of defense?
White blood cells called phagocytes that destroy disease carrying organisms.
They are produced by bone marrow.
White blood cell counts will spike when a disease is present
Testing for appendicitis

7. What are lymphocytes?
White blood cells produced by the lymph glands that kill disease carrying organisms
This is why your glands swell when you are sick

8. Vaccinations
The process of injecting an animal with low level of antigens to allow the animals immune system to build up resistance to that particular disease.
Distemper
Bordetella
Rabies

9. Active and passive immunity
Active is permanent
Passive is temporary

10. Acquired Immunity
Naturally acquired immunity results from actually surviving the disease
Artificial is the result of vaccines