for an inherited immunity is "species immunity". This is sometimes true when the whole species would be immune. The definition for acquired immunity is the immunity acquired in time when you recover from diseases and gain an antibody for that particular disease. Acquired immunity could be with you when you are born. One of the main difference and the most important difference between active and passive immunity is that passive immunity is where the antibody is directly injected into the host causing immediate effect. Active immunity is where a small dosage of the pathogens have died or weakened before being injected into the body. This process of acquiring immunity is usually longer but the results most often would be permanent. Naturally acquired active immunity is when you get infected from your environment and in time you recover from it and gain immunity. Artificially acquired active immunity is when you get a vaccine from a clinic or hospital where you develop your immunity by a small dosage of the disease. Natural acquired passive disease can be gained from your mother when you are born, Where the antibody is directly passed onto to you. An artificially acquired passive disease would be when the doctor gives you an injection of an antibody for immediate effects to cure serious diseases. A vaccine is a way to acquire artificial active immunity. It is usually dead pathogens or weakened pathogens. This dosage would not get you ill be just enough for you body to have reactions and make their own antibodies. A toxoid is a vaccine, which consists of weakened toxins instead of the weakened or dead pathogens themselves. A serum is a substance used for artificial passive immunity. Antibiotics are something produced by an organism to prevent or slow down the growth of pathogens. Some commonly used antibiotics would be penicillin, erythromycin, streptomycin, neomycin, and terra mycin. The problem with antibiotics is that too much or over do...
