Chapter 2. What is Canine Distemper? Canine distemper is a serious disease caused by a highly contagious virus that attacks the respiratory‚ gastrointestinal‚ and nervous systems of dogs. The virus also infects foxes‚ wolves‚ coyotes‚ raccoons and other wild animals in the canine family. Juvenile dogs are most prone to infection. Older dogs can also be infected although with much less frequency. More than 50% of dogs that acquire the disease die from canine distemper. An even lower 20% survival
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The population of Native American was estimated to be between 30-100 million people. The Eurasian continent included many domesticated animals‚ large animals‚ such as cows‚ horses’ oxen; Etc. The Americas‚ by contrast lacked these large domesticable animals and concomitant diseases. These animals offered a lot of great benefits‚ but also transmitted all types of diseases to the farmers. In the 14th century The Black Plague devastated their population‚ which killed 90 percent of their people. The
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(http://icah.infobaselearning.com/pdocument.aspx?ID=110538&search=iran+contra+north) Lt. Colonel Oliver North was criminally charged‚ prosecuted and convicted but later the convictions were overturned upon appeal due to the fact that he was granted immunity. North should have been convicted of his crimes and faced his time in jail for what he did. North burned legal documents containing crucial evidence for his trail‚ he lied to Congress about using the money from the Iran weapons sales to help the
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through the lymphatic stream. There are many cells in the lymphoid tissue. One type is lymphocytes‚ which are referred to often as T or B cells. Plasma cells are antibody-producing offspring of B cells. Macrophages are phagocytes that help out with immunity. Reticular cells are cells that form the lymphoid tissue stroma. Thes cells are very important parts of the immune system. The Lymphatic System also contains tissues. The tissue of the Lymphatic System is reticular connective tissue. It hold
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The Black Plague manifests itself in one of three iterations of an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis: bubonic plague‚ pneumonic plague‚ or septicemic plague. When Y. pestis invades the lymphatic system‚ it inflames lymph nodes that swell into large‚ painful bubos‚ hence the derivation of its moniker. Transmission is via a bite of the rat flea and‚ subsequently‚ the infection spreads to the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. If contracted from a plague victim by aspiration of aerated
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building immunity the natural way it is said to be more effective‚ the children’s hospital has proven it because they have stated that ¨it is true that natural infection is always causing better immunity than vaccines. As a human i choose to be for vaccinations because we have been depending on vaccinations for the longest time for health reasons and no more epidemics happening‚ or even many painful deaths to loved ones. I believe these vaccinations are safe to people with strong immunities‚ if not
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CARI BB E AN E XA MINA TIONS C OUN CIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION JANUARY 2012 HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY GENERAL PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION Copyright © 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved. 2 GENERAL COMMENTS The 2012 examination was the seventh January sitting of Human and Social Biology‚ offered at the General Proficiency level. The format of the examination was different from that
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be a U.S. citizen. The privileges or immunities clause was first written in Article IV section two. It was then written again in the 14th Amendment after slavery was abolished in order for equal protection guarantee. The federal government wanted to insure that states respected the rights and freedoms of former slaves. In the first section of the 14th Amendment it states‚ “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United states.” This
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Vaccinations: Are they important? Forty percent of parents in the United States delay or don’t vaccinate their children (Culp-Ressler). Many parents believe vaccinations have serious side effects‚ but the CDC has not found links between vaccinations and the side effects parents are worrying about. Since some parents believe vaccinations can cause serious side effects‚ they have not been vaccinating their children and are using philosophical exemptions keep their children from having to get those
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