Imagine that you are a practicing veterinarian. You are working with an owner an
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Imagine that you are a practicing veterinarian. You are working with an owner and his dog. The dog patient, named Rocky, presents with a cough, fever, and fatigue. Based on your experience and knowledge, you suspect that Rocky has a respiratory virus, and the best treatment is to reduce symptoms while letting the infection run its course. The owner, however, would you to prescribe antibiotics to treat Rocky's illness. Answer the following the questions about how you would draw on evolutionary theory to answer the owner's request. Please answer all four questions. A. What types of infections would antibiotics typically be best used to treat? Do some research if you ae unfamiliar with the question. (2 points) B. would antibiotics be appropriate to treat a viral infection? Explain your answer. (2 points) C. How would you explain to the owner the risk of inappropriately prescribing antibiotics, using evolutionary theory. (4 points) D. Is there evidence that evolution has occurred due to our use of antibiotics? Explain your answer using specific evidence. (4 points)Explanation / Answer
A- Antibiotcs are used to treat bacterieal diseases not viral diseases as antibioctics are secondary metabolite produce by bacteriea in order to kill other bacteriea so we can use antibiotics to kill bacteriea.
B- Antibiotics can't be effective against viral infection.
C- Using antibiotics inappropriately increase the risk of genetic modification in the genome of bacteria due to which that bacteria can become resistance to particular antibiotics and if it release into the environment it will increase it genereation leading to cause making that antibiotic futile and bacteria become untreatable.
D- antibiotic resistance is a stunning instance of evolution by way of herbal choice. the microorganism with developments that permit them to live on the onslaught of medication can thrive, re-ignite infections, and release to new hosts on a cough. evolution generates a scientific arms race. examples of bacteria that are proof against antibiotics include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), penicillin-resistant enterococcus, and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), that's proof against two tuberculosis pills, isoniazid, and rifampicin.