Exam 1

Question 1

T/F: a pregnant woman concerned about Toxoplasma gondii should clean the litter box once a week.

Answer 1

false, more often

Question 2

nematode being used for bioterrorism. aerosolization potential

Answer 2

baylisascaris procyonis

remember- because raccoons are terrorists

Question 3

in Kansas, zoo with two foreign cows- one is salivating excessively and has a mouth lesion. you should do what

Answer 3

call sv or avic immediately

Question 4

epidemic curves: what is shown on the propagated source curve?

Answer 4

contagious

Question 5

European Measles outbreak 2001

Answer 5

herd immunity

Question 6

Out of 1400 human pathogens, approx how many are zoonotic

Answer 6

about half (61%)

Question 7

Role of USDA accredited practicing vets

Answer 7

to provide surveillance for zoonotic and reportable diseases

Question 8

what do you do during pre-crisis

Answer 8

test messages to an audience

Question 9

What kind of surveillance if you put chickens in cages in the park so they can be bit by mosquitoes and then you test them for EEV?

Answer 9

Sentinel surveillance

Question 10

Which is an example of an emerging disease

Answer 10

Hendra virus

commonly in bats, made an unprecedented appearance in a different species and in humans in 2001

Question 11

Which best encompasses the term “surveillance”

Answer 11

Testing cows for brucella, culling the ones who test positive and publishing and article about it

Question 12

A cat from colorado has cervical and submandibular swelling and a high fever. What should be on your DDx

Answer 12

Tularemia

Question 13

Horse with upright conformation of hooves is predisposed to navicular dz, determinants?

Answer 13

intrinsic and secondary determinant

Question 14

Trematode –> Snail –> crustacean –> human

Answer 14

biological vector- changed from cercariae to metacercariae

Question 15

Which is true about passive surveillance?

Answer 15

It is continuous surveillance

Question 16

Picture of epidemic curve:
All animals exposed day 3 (red arrow)
Day 10-16 contagious

Answer 16

Common source single point

Question 17

which one can be representative of the population

Answer 17

active surveillance

Question 18

Definition of primary prevention?

Answer 18

keeping a pathogen out of a population

Question 19

Which is reducing contact potential

Answer 19

quarantining a farm with a FAD outbreak

Question 20

Tularemia case, hare hunt with disembowelment, everyone within 5 meters is affected by what kind of transmission

Answer 20

Horizontal, direct

Question 21

Increasing host resistance example

Answer 21

genetic selection of trypanotolerant Ndama cattle

Question 22

Which is not a sign of anthrax post mortem in a cow

Answer 22

lesions in mouth

Question 23

What is the amplifying vector in FMD

Answer 23

pigs

Question 24

difference between clinical and epidemiological approach

Answer 24

Epi approach can minimize dz without knowing the etiology

Question 25

Which have to be true to have an epidemic of avian influenza

Answer 25

New strain | Must infect new host

Question 26

Which is false about vets and disaster management

Answer 26

vets are trained in herd management, not good for the task of disaster planning

Question 27

Which stage of pathogen emergence involves dead end hosts

Answer 27

stage 2

Question 28

Which is false about the ICS

Answer 28

it does not allow for multi-agency cooperation

Question 29

which animal do you need category II accreditation for?

Answer 29

pigs

Question 30

Only a ___________ vet can sign the health certificate

Answer 30

USDA Accredited vet

Question 31

Droplet spread

Answer 31

Spray with short range aerosols. | Considered direct b/c transmission is by direct spray over a FEW FEET

Question 32

Airborne transmissions

Answer 32

infectious agents carried by dust or droplet nuclei suspended in air

Question 33

Dead End hosts

Answer 33

stage 2

Question 34

Measles MMR and Autism

Answer 34

Pathogen adaptability

Question 35

What percent of EMERGING diseases are zoonotic

Answer 35

75%

Question 36

Cat stratch bartonella, coughing guy with flue on plane, dog bite rabies, equine STD all are what kind of transmission

Answer 36

Direct transmission

Question 37

Life cycle of an arthropod parasite --> humans

Answer 37

biological vector

Question 38

What is contagious?

Answer 38

propagated source

Question 39

What is an example of primary prevention

Answer 39

border security to keep an FAD out of the US

Question 40

Within the regulatory framework, the role of USDA accredited practicing vets is to:

Answer 40

provide surveillance for reportable dz

Question 41

Disease X is emerging, has an 80% mortality rate, no one seems to care, what do you do?

Answer 41

precaution advocacy

Question 42

T/F: it is important to test messages in the pre-crisis stage

Answer 42

true

Question 43

Which allows for continuous surveillance?

Answer 43

passive surveillance

Question 44

Which type of surveillance can be representative of the population?

Answer 44

active surveillance

Question 45

T/F regarding USDA accreditation: | You are taught the CS for reportable dz in your state

Answer 45

FALSE

Question 46

T/F Only a usda lab can officially diagnose an FAD

Answer 46

true

Question 47

T/F to reduce contact potential quarantine the cattle

Answer 47

true

Question 48

What do the following have in common: | Food/agriculture systems, human behavior, environmental systems, land use changes

Answer 48

all are drivers of pathogen emergence

Question 49

what is the goal of primary prevention

Answer 49

prevent disease occurrence by keeping pathogens out

Question 50

IN the state surveillance of rabies, states depend on submission of case forms. Type?

Answer 50

Passive surveillance