Ferber’s syndrome（综合症）, a viral disease that frequently affects cattle（牛、家畜）, is transmitted to these animals through infected feed. Even though chickens commercially raised for meat are often fed the type of feed（饲料）identified as the source of infection in cattle, Ferber’s syndrome is only rarely observed in chickens[c1]. This fact, however, does not indicate that most chickens are immune to the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome,[c2] since .
(A）chickens and cattle are not the only kinds of farm animal that are typically fed the type of feed liable to be contaminated with the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome
(B)[ Ferber’s syndrome has been found in animals that have not been fed the type of feed liable to be contaminated with the virus that can cause the disease
(C)[resistance to some infectious organisms such as the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome can be acquired by exposure to a closely related infectious organism
(D)[chickens and cattle take more than a year to show symptoms of Ferber’s syndrome, and chickens commercially raised for meat, unlike cattle, are generally brought to market during the first year of life D
(E) [the type of feed liable to be infected with the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome generally constitutes a larger proportion of the diet of commercially raised chickens than of commercially raised cattle
答案是选择D，不懂文章的意思，特别是这句：Even though chickens commercially raised for meat are often fed the type of feed（饲料）identified as the source of infection in cattle, 作者: chasingM7 时间: 2011-8-2 21:50
conclusion: This fact, however, does not indicate that most chickens are immune to the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome
hope it helps!作者: lishb07 时间: 2011-8-6 14:29
conclusion: This fact, however, does not indicate that most chickens are immune to the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome