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The common cold is always present within the human population at relatively high numbers. This means that the common cold could be classified as a _______________disease.

An 11-year-old female Doberman Pinscher dog is evaluated because of bradycardia and excessive panting after being given a presurgical dose of morphine. What is another common adverse effect this patient may exhibit?

Tetanus is said to be _______________because you can only catch this disease from inanimate objects, like rusty nails.

What type of media would the following recipe make (all numbers represent the grams added)?

You go camping and you run out of bottled water. You decide to fill up the water bottles in the stream since the water looks clear. The next day you start to feel ill and you send the water off for testing. The results state there is Giardia (a microbe) in the water, which means you likely got sick how?

What is the amino acid sequence produced by the following nucleic acid sequence? AUG  GGA  AAA

While browsing through the supermarket you notice boxes of milk sitting out on a non-refrigerated shelf and it looks like they have been there a while. What is the most likely explanation for the placement of this milk?

Which of the following is a measurement that is used to approximate the number of bacteria present by measuring how much light is scattered when it passes through a sample. 

Using the growth curve below, identify the lag phase.  

The following data was obtained by incubating Staphylococcus aureus (a gram-positive bacteria) in nutrient medium with disinfectant for 24 hours (Initial), then transferring one loopful of that culture to non-selective nutrient medium (subculturing). (+ = growth; – = no growth) Using the above information, which disinfectant is the most effective at stopping bacterial growth initially?