Erysipelas

Question 1

The agent of swine erysipelas is Erysipelothrix Suis

Answer 1

F

Question 2

The agent of swine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs in the tonsils

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animals

Answer 3

F

Question 4

Swine erysipelas can be an acute septicaemia in pigs

Answer 4

T

Question 5

Diamond skin disease is a clinical form of swine erysipelas

Answer 5

T

Question 6

The agent of swine erysipelas can survive in the environment for a few months.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

The agent of swine erysipelas can be present in the environment

Answer 7

T

Question 8

Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animal

Answer 8

F

Question 9

Warm weather is a predisposing factor of swine erysipelas

Answer 9

T

Question 10

Hyperaemic spleen is a typical postmortem lesion of swine erysipelas

Answer 10

T

Question 11

Sheep are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas per os

Answer 11

F

Question 12

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 12

F

Question 13

High fever is a clinical sign of acute swine erysipelas

Answer 13

T

Question 14

Fever is a frequent clinical sign of Swine erysipelas.

Answer 14

T

Question 15

Endocarditis can be a post-mortem lesion of Swine erysipelas

Answer 15

T

Question 16

Swine erysipelas cannot be treated with antibiotics because the course of the disease is very
fast

Answer 16

F

Question 17

Swine erysipelas cannot be prevented with vaccinations

Answer 17

F

Question 18

There are no vaccines for the prevention of swine erysipelas

Answer 18

F

Question 19

The agent of swine erysipelas can infect only pigs

Answer 19

F

Question 20

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 20

F

Question 21

Humans can be infected with the agent of swine erysipelas by eating meat of infected pig

Answer 21

F

Question 22

Humans can be infected with Erysipelas Rhusiopathie from fishes

Answer 22

T

Question 23

Humans are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas through wounds

Answer 23

T

Question 24

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 24

F

Question 25

In the case chronic swine erysipelas pneumonia is a frequent clinical sign

Answer 25

F

Question 26

The agent of swine erysipelas can frequently cause fibrinous pneumonia

Answer 26

F

Question 27

Erysipelas can be seen only in pig

Answer 27

F

Question 28

Neuraminidase is a virulence factor of the agent of erysipelas

Answer 28

T

Question 29

Polymyxins are used for the treatment of erysipelas

Answer 29

F

Question 30

In Erysipelas the toxin is the virulence factor

Answer 30

T

Question 31

Diamond skin disease is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 31

T

Question 32

Erysipelas affects only pigs

Answer 32

F

Question 33

Chronic form of erysipelas can cause skin necrosis

Answer 33

T

Question 34

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can be carried and shed by asymptomatic pigs

Answer 34

T

Question 35

Only pigs can be infected with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 35

F

Question 36

Purulent pneumonia is a typical clinical form of acute erysipelas

Answer 36

F

Question 37

The agent of porcine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs

Answer 37

T

Question 38

Warm weather and overcrowding can predispose to erysipelas of swine.

Answer 38

T

Question 39

Diamond skin disease is a subacute form of erysipelas of swine

Answer 39

T

Question 40

Overcrowding is a predisposing factor of erysipelas of swine

Answer 40

T

Question 41

The agent of swine erysipelas can cause septicaemia

Answer 41

T

Question 42

Arthritis can be a clinical sign of erysipelas

Answer 42

T

Question 43

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is facultative pathogen

Answer 43

T

Question 44

Turkeys are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Answer 44

T

Question 45

There is a serotype-specific protection against swine erysipelas.

Answer 45

F

Question 46

Erysipelas often appears in a septicaemia form

Answer 46

T

Question 47

Erysipelas has to be introduced into a herd

Answer 47

T

Question 48

In erysipelas, small vessels in the skin become inflamed, causing erythema

Answer 48

T

Question 49

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a facultative pathogenic bacterium.

Answer 49

T

Question 50

In the case of acute erysipelas high fever is an important sign.

Answer 50

T

Question 51

The swine erysipelas bacterium is an obligate pathogen

Answer 51

F

Question 52

Erysipelas can be prevented by inactivated vaccine.

Answer 52

T

Question 53

The main sign in acute erysipelas is fever

Answer 53

T

Question 54

Geese are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 54

T

Question 55

Acute erysipelas causes moderate fever

Answer 55

F

Question 56

Endocarditis is seen in acute erysipelas

Answer 56

F

Question 57

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is not resistant, it cannot survive in the environment

Answer 57

F

Question 58

Some extracellular enzymes are virulence factors of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Answer 58

T

Question 59

Erysipelas can be well treated by penicillin

Answer 59

T

Question 60

Warm weather can predispose pigs to erysipelas

Answer 60

T

Question 61

The causative agent of swine erysipelas is an epiphyte

Answer 61

F

Question 62

“Strong” erysipelas comes together with mild fever

Answer 62

F

Question 63

There is a serotype specific protection in case of erysipelas

Answer 63

F