Final Exam - Summer 2015 Flashcards
(202 cards)
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia…
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Swine Rearing Disease; Swine
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Pyelonephritis in swine…Fever, anorexia, polyarthritis, meningitis
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Actinobacillus suis
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Sleepy Foal Disease…
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Actinobacillus equuli…septicemia, enteritis, bronchitis/pneumonia
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Actinobacillus Lignieresii
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Wooden/Timber Tongue
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Actinomyces bovis….
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Actinomycosis; Lumpy Jaw in Cattle
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Brucella suis
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Brucellosis in swine; Reportable
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Brucella canis
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Brucellosis; zoonotic; obligate pathogen; bacteremia WITH NO FEVER, lymphadenitis, scrotum dermatitis…
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1 cause of animal abortion…
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Brucella abortus; Reportable and Resistant; CS: placentitis, mastitis, abortion (duh)
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Brucella melitensis/ovis…
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Sheep and Goat Brucellosis; mastitis; “Malta F”
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Borreliosis..
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Borrelia burgdorferi; OSP’s in the cell wall - antigenic variation; Dogs, Horse, Cattle, Sheep, Humans
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Chlamydia spp. highlights
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Intracellular pathogens; Life Cycle: EB and RB; zoonotic (C. abortus/C. felis)
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Chlamydia felis
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congestion, conjunctivitis, rhinitis; shed in ocular/nasal secretions
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Chlamydia abortus
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Enzootic Abortion in Sheep and Goats; late term abortion, stillbirth; shed in placenta, uterine discharge; trans.: ingestion, aerosol, and venereal
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Clostridial disease symptoms..
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flaccid paralysis, cellulitis, sudden death, necrotic myositis
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Clostridium chauvoei…
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Black leg syndrome; crepitus, hemorrhagic (in appearance) lesions, acute, febrile; Hosts: cattle, sheep and pig
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Botulinism….
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Clostridium botulinum; flaccid paralysis, recumbence; neurotoxin; occasional toxics-infectious forms; inhibits NT acetylcholine release
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Locked Jaw; Wooden Horse syndrome
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Clostridium tetani
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Clostridium dificile
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enterocolitis (Diarrhea); Tox A and/or Tox B; stop antibiotics! give probiotics (sometimes) and avoid antidiarrheals - - Diarrhea due to overuse of antibiotics like clindamycin and lincomycin; found frequently in horses and rabbits
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Clostridium spiroforme…
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Rabbits; explosive diarrhea; enteric clostridium
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Clostridium piliforme…
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Tyzzer’s Disease; acute fatal Diarrhea disease of lab animals; “Haystack” appearance; Obligate Intracellular Pathogen; focal liver necrosis
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis…
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Sheep and Goat; intracellular; caseous lymphadenitis
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Corynebacterium renale…
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contagious bovine pyelonephritis; adult cows
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Corynebacterium bovis…
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Hyperkeratosis in Mice
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Erysipelas rheusiopathiae…
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swine; RHOMBOID lesions on skin; septicemia, abortion, chronic: arthritis; subacute: endocarditis
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Glanders (Farcy)
Burkholderia mallei: zoonotic; pyogranulomatous nodules/ulcers; fever; lymphadenitis; intracellular; aerobic
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Burkholderia pseudomallei...
Mainly in Sheep and Goat; Mimics Glanders
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Glassers disease
Haemophilus parasuis; Fac. Pathogenic; septicemia, meningitis, polyarthritis
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Histophilus somnei...
colonizes mucosal ruminant surfaces; IV coagulation; Sleeper's Disease; septicemia, arthritis, myocarditis, pneumonia, mastitis, abortion
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Swine dysentery
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; 6-12 wk old pigs; bloody diarrhea; DDx: Salmonella, E. coli, Campylobacter, Clostridium
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Streptococcus equi subsp. equi...
Strangles; Horses; fever, purulent nasal discharge, Lymph Node abscess, depression, anorexia
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Tularemia
Francisella tularensis; Rabbit/Deer Fly Fever; Reportable; Intracellular; Trans.: flies, mosquitoes, ticks
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Foal pneumonia...
Rhodococcus equi; Intracellular
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Yersinia pestis
Cats; Black Plague; pneumonia, septicemia; Intracellular; Replicates at 4 deg. C.; Trans.: fleas, aerosol, oral
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Mycoplasma avium subsp. pseudotuberculosis
Johnes Disease; Ruminants; chronic, progressive granulomatous enteritis
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Nocardia asteroides...
Bovine Farcy; Lymphadenitis, Lymphangitis; granulomatous mastitis in cattle and small ruminants
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Circling Disease
Listeria monocytogenes; encephalitis; Intracellular; Ruminants; Listeriolysin O - allows intracellular movement of bact. to move cell-to-cell
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Leptospirosis in Cattle and Swine...
Production/Repro disease
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Leptospirosis in Cats/Dogs...
PU/PD, vomiting, dehydration, lethargy, abdominal pain; Trans.: urine; Diagnosis: blood, urine, CSF, placenta, PRC/FAT, Serum/MAT - - increases sensitivity
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Salmonella spp. characteristics...
Intracellular; Lots of Environmental Resistance
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Salmonella abortus subsp. equi...
Non-Host specific; polyarthritis, abortion, foal born septic
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Salmonella dublin...
calves - diarrhea; adults - subclinical mastitis, abortion
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Salmonella typhimurium...
Zoonotic; bovine - diarrhea, abortion
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Salmonella pullorum...
Reportable! Pullorum Disease; Bacillary White diarrhea; high mortality; acute sepsis; adults and young animals
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Salmonella gallinarum...
Reportable! Fowl typhoid; older animals, hemolytic anemia
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Salmonella enteriditis...
egg contamination
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Chlamydia psittaci...
Psittacosis; Avian chlamydia; Parrot fever; Ornithosis; common!; Respiratory and Enteric Disease; anorexia, yellow-green diarrhea, respiratory distress, Neuro. signs
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Fowl cholera...
Pasteurella multocida; young adults
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Avian tuberculosis..
Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium; SOI: alimentaru canal; Disseminates: liver and spleen; survives years in soil
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Turkey Coryza...
Bordetella avium; Swollen Head Syndrome; Sneezing, head shaking, open-beak resp., tracheal rales, nasal discharge
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Avibacterium paragallinarum...
Fowl coryza; Infectious Coryza; rhinitis, sinusitis, acute conjunctivitis
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Thrush...
Candida albicans; Avian fungal disease
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Brooder pneumonia...
Aspergillus fumigatus; Avian fungal disease
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Microsporum gallinae...
Favus; Avian fungal disease
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Dermatophilosis...
Dermatophilus congolensis; Tram-track skin inf.; "strawberry foot rot" - cattle/ "rain scald" - horses
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Bovine bronchopneumonia and hemorrhagic septicemia...
Pasteurella multocida
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Marie's disease in K9...
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy; Mycobacterium bovis in K9
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Mycobacterium lepraemurium..
Feline Leprosy; cutaneous nodules/ulcerated lesions
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Mycobacterium leprae...
Leprosy/Hansen's Disease
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Mycobacterium Bovis in Bovine...
Bovine Tuberculosis; Zoonotic TB; chronic, progressive latent infection
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Bordetella bronchisepta...
Dogs - Kennel Cough: Dry cough, anorexia, lethargy, pneumonia...Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis
Swine - Atrophic Rhinitis: dermonecrotic, stimulates mucous production, sniffles, sneezes, tears
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa characteristics...
Extracellular, Gram -, Aerobic, Oxidase +, Habitat: humid hospitals
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa...common name, etc.
"Fleece Rot" - Rabbit/Sheep; CS: pyoderma
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Moraxella bovis...
"pink eye" - bovine; Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis; Predisposing Factors: flies, dust, eye irritants, inf. w/ BHV-1
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Proteus mirabilus...
"otitis dog" SOI: ear
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Proteus spp...
swarming; canine
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Campylobacter spp...pathognomonic lesion
Ovine abortion - doughnut-shaped lesions on fetal liver
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Campylobacter subsp. fetus & C. jejuni...
"abortion storm" in sheep/goat
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Most frequent cause of food poisoning via contaminated poultry...
Campylobacter spp.
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Most common Staph isolate in K9...
Staph. pseudintermedius: bacterial folliculitis and furunculosis
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"Foot Rot" in Sheep...
Dichelobacter nodosus; extensive necrosis and keratinolysis
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"Foot Rot" in Cattle...
Fusobacterium necrophorum; extensive necrosis and keratinolysis
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Trueperella pyogenes...
"Summer Mastitis" and abortion in livestock/ruminants and swine
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Treponema paraluis-cuniculi...
"Rabbit Syphilis"/ Vent Diesease; CS: perianal/facial lesions
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Treponema pallidum/brennaborense...
"Hairy Heel Wart"/"Strawberry Foot Rot" in Dairy Cattle
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Clostridium perfringens
Necrotic enteritis
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Riemerella anatipestifer...
New duck disease
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Is Histophilus somnei an obligate pathogen?
Nope. - It CAN cause neuro symptoms, colonizes the urogenital tract and causes intravascular coagulation.
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VTEC infections can cause...
a hoarse voice
petechia on the skin
neuro. symptoms
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T/F - STa is a highly immunogenic toxin of ETEC.
False
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A dog presents to your clinic w/ febrile illness/lameness. You are in an endemic area for Amblyomma americanum ticks and suspect tick-borne disease. Exam of blood smear reveals small numbers of infiltrated neutrophils that include bacterial morulae....What is the etiologic agent?
Ehrlyichia ewingii
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Bacteria do NOT have...
Nucleus, Membrane Bound Organelles, or Histones
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T/F - Mycoplasma have a cell membrane.
False. They do NOT have a cell membrane or LPS.
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T/F - The size of bacteria is critical to the virulence of a bacterial species.
False. The number of organisms, virulence factors, and status of host immune response is important to the pathogenicity of the bacteria.
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Quorum sensing...
Bacteria appear innocuous as the grow in #. Population reaches a certain level, instant changes occur: behavior, appearance, metabolism. Changes culminate in an infection that can ambush/overwhelm immune system defenses.
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What is a Bacterial spp. with a non-polysaccharide capsule...
Bacillus anthracis - has a Poly-Glutamic Acid capsule
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Biofilms...
microbes come together in masses, cling to a surface(s), produce extracellular substances and take in nutrients --> form biofilm ex: Dental Plaque or Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in cystic fibrosus pts.
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Plasmid genes...
Tetanus neurotoxin, Staphylococcus enterotoxin (SuperAntigens)
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Bacteriophage Genes...
corynebacterium diphtheria (Diphtheria toxin), Clostridium botulinum (Botulinum toxin), E. coli 0157 (Shiga toxin)
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Plasmids/Bacteriophages
carry genes for antibiotic resistance, toxin capsules and fimbriae and can mediate transfer
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Superantigens...
cause non-specific activation of T-cells; result in polyclonal T-cell activation & massive cytokine release; indiscriminate binding to MHC Class II molecules on the APC and ThCell Receptor
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Conjugation...
bacterial w/ fertility factor transfers genetic material to another bacteria by direct contact
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Transformation...
direct uptake/incorporation of exogenous material genetically alters a cell
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Transduction...
virus transfers DNA from 1 bacteria to another via bacteriophage
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Metabolism: Require oxygen for growth...
Aerobic, Microaerophilic, Capnophilic
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Metabolism: Do not require oxygen for growth...
Obligate anaerobe, aerotolerant anaerobe
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Metabolism: Do not require oxygen but can utilize it...
facultative anaerobe
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Fungi characteristics...
Cell wall does NOT contain peptidoglycan; Hyphae - multicellular/ Yeast - unicellular; Cell membrane contains sterols; Eukaryotes; Dimorphic fungi exist in yeast and mold form.
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Dimorphic yeasts...
Blastomyces, Histoplasma, Coccioides, Sporothrix
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Pathogenic yeasts...
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Malassezia pachydermatis
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Animal A Brucella titer = 1:256, Animal B Brucella titer = 1:16. Which animal has higher antibodies in serum?
Animal A has higher antibodies in serum than Animal B.
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Is a positive Antibody titer always diagnostic?
Nope.
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What is a common bacterial isolate from canine pyoderma?
Staph. pseudintermedius
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A dog presents with a lesion...what conditions should you investigate?
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Staph. pyoderma
Food allergy
Immune mediated skin condition
Parasitic Inf.
Neoplasm
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T/F - All staphylococcus isolates which are macrolide (erythromycin) resistant should be considered Clindamycin resistant unless otherwise confirmed by a D-test.
True
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In Birds, "Bumble Foot" is caused by...
Staphylococcus aureus
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You have a Giemsa stained smear displaying a negatively stained bacteria from a dog w/ a SubQ nodular lesion. What bacteria is on the top of your DDx list?
Mycobacterium
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You have a cat bite abscess...what bacteria is present?
Pasturella spp.
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You are examining a Persian Cat with Pseudomycetoma. What bacteria is present and where does it like to replicate?
Microsporum canis
| Normally multiplies in the stratum cornea
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You chose to treat the Persian Cat w/ Pseudomycetoma w/ Griseofulvin. How does it work?
acts only against dermatophytes; need to administer orally; the drug reaches the superficial dead epithelium and reaches high concentrations in the stratum corneum
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When you see "Cats & Capsules" you think...
Cryptococcus neoformans
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When you see "Broad Based Budding" you think...
Blastomyces
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T/F - Pathognomonic skin lesions observed in swine erysipelas is a local suppurative dermatitis.
False. Path.: septicemia caused by E. rhusiopathiae (Diamond Skin Disease)
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Melioidosis..
Burkholderia pseudomallei
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Burkholderia mallei causes what disease?
Glanders; zoonotic; pyogranulomatous nodules/ulcers, fever, lymphadenitis
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Glanders lesions...
Farcy, pneumonia, lymphatic lesions
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Pigeon fever bacteria and lesions...
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
| Lesions: lymphocutaneous
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Strangles lesions...
lymphadenitis
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What bacterium cause skin lesions in Horses?
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Streptococcus equi subsp. equi; Strangles, Lymphadenitis
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; ulcerative lymphangitis (Pigeon Fever)
Sporothrix schenkii (lymphocutaneous lesions
Burkholderia mallei (Glanders/Farcy)
Histoplasma farciminosum (African farcy)
Pythium insidiosum (Cutaneous pythiosis, Swamp cancer)
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You see skin lesions on a horse from a swampy area in Florida...
"Swamp Cancer"/"Kunkers" - Pythium insidiosum
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What is the best treatment for a Staphylococcal abscess?
Clean, Drain, Wash
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What is a bacterium responsible for enterotoxemia in animals?
Clostridium perfringes
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Prototheca is a/an...
algae
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Oomycetes can cause...
GI disease and skin disease...Pythium insidiosum/Pythiosis
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"potomac horse fever"
Neorickettsia
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Bacterial diseases affecting the GI system of Sheep and Goat...(3)
Johnes disease
Clostridial enterotoxemia
Salmonellosis
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In Cattle, what bacteria causes clostridial enterotoxemia?
Clostridium perfringes
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Bacterial diseases affecting the GI system of Pigs...(6)
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Colibacillosis/colisepticemia
Edema disease - Clostridium - Shiga toxin producing E. Coli
Clostridial enterotoxemia
Porcine proliferative enteropathy
Swine dysentery - Brachyspira
Salmonellosis
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Bacterial diseases affecting the GI system of Dogs...(7)
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Clostridial enteritis - hemorrhagic, acute diarrhea
Histoplasmosis - fungal inf.
Salmonellosis
Protothecosis - chronic diarrhea
Salmon poisoning
Histoplasmosis
Pythiosis
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Bacterial disease affecting the GI system of Cats...(2)
Fungal infections
| Pythiosis
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What bacteria appear in antibiotic induced diarrheas in horses and rabbits?
Clostridium perfringes and Clostridium dificile.
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What cells does Neorickettsia rustic infect?
Epithelial cells, macrophages, and monocytes
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UTI's are More/Less common in Cats.
Less Common in Cats
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UTI's without pyuria occurs in...
diabetes
hyperadrenocorticism
immune deficiencies
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To Diagnose UTI's...
culture and urine analysis
| urine collection - cysto., catheter, midstream catch
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What disease in Foals can result in a UTI?
Actinobacillus equi - "sleepy foal disease"
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If you see a "pulpy kidney" in sheep, you suspect...
Clostridium perfinges type D enterotoxemia
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Porcine pyelonephritis is caused by...
Actinobaculum suis
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What are appropriate diagnostic samples for Reproductive systems infections?
placenta, fetal and dam serum, fetal organs, fetal abomasal fluid
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Contagious equine metritis
Taylorella equigenitalis
| temporary infertility and occasional abortion; Stallions - asymptomatic carrier
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Repro. disorders in female dogs, Acute orchitis in male dogs, general illness and lymphadenopathy, disconspondylitis or osteomyelitis are all signs that make you suspect....
Brucellosis
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For diagnosing Canine Brucellosis, your serum samples must be free of what?
Hemolysis
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What is the gold standard for sample submission for Brucellosis?
Blood culture
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What Brucella spp. is of Public Health concern?
Brucella suis - has the highest virulence!
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What tests are available to diagnosing Brucellosis?
indirect fluourescent Antibody test
rapid slide agglutination
tube agglutination
agar gel immunodiffusion
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T/F - Bacillus anthracis has predilection for the nervous system.
False.
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Pleocytosis...
presence of: pleomorphic cells in blood, CSF, nervous tissue
see inflammatory cells in the CSF
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Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis - TEME...
Histophilus somnei
| blindness, ataxia convulsions, depression, coma
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Pathognomonic lesions of TEME...
necrosis due to thrombus formation - multiple reddish necrotic foci in the brain
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What is the most common presentation of Listeriosis in ruminants?
Encephalitis
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Listeria bacteria travel along what to reach the CNS and cause disease? What do they have affinity for?
Trigeminal nerve
| Brainstem
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Sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis in Feedlot cattle...
Chlamydia pecorum
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Edema disease in Pigs
Shigatoxin E. coli
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3 Bacterial diseases causing Lymphangitis...
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Pigeon Fever)
Sporothrix schenkii (Cats, Dogs, Horses)
Histoplasma (Epizootic lymphangitis)
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Causes Myositis (1)
Histotoxic clostridium
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Causes Arthritis (5)
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Streptococcus
Mycoplasma bovis
Lyme disease
Chlamydia
Erysipelothrix
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Causes Osteomyelitis (4)
Trauma/Implants
Coccidomyces (Fungal Inf.)
Brucellosis
Actinomyces bovis
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What are the histotoxic Clostridium spp.?
C. chauvoei, C. novyi, C. septicum
| NOT C. difficile - causes GI symptoms: overuse of antibiotics
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Clostridium septicum...
Malignant edema, Braxy, Necrotic dermatitis (chickens)
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T/F - Anaerobic culture of the affected muscles is the best method for Diagnosing infections caused by histotoxic Clostridium.
False. Fluorescent Antibody detection technique
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis...
Johne's Disease; acid-fast staining; young animals are most susceptible; incubation period up to 2 yrs.; primary hosts - cattle (ruminants); chronic progressive granulomatous enteritis
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Why may you get a False negative when testing for Johne's Disease using an ELISA?
Anergy will cause a False (-) test result in advanced stages of Johne's Disease.
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Mycoplasma bovis...
mycoplasma mastitis
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Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia...
Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (small colony variant); Reportable in the US!
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae...
swine; chronic respiratory disease
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Mycoplasma hyorhinis...
young swine; fever, anorexia, listlessness, arthritis, lameness, polyserositis
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Mycoplasma haemofelis...
Feline Infectious Anemia
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Mycoplasma canis in canine...
urogenital disease - prostatitis, cystitis, endometritis, orchitis
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Is Mycoplasma felis found in equine?
yes!
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Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is found...
widespread in soil and H2O
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How do you diagnose Johne's Disease?
Johnin Hypersensitivity skin test
surgical biopsy from ill-cecal region and culture + PCR
PCR Targets Insertion Sequence: IS900
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What is the most important way to prevent/control Johne's Disease?
Keep the maternity pens clean and disinfected!
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What 2 bacteria can cause mammalian tuberculosis?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
| Mycobacterium bovis
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Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia...
Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae
| Reportable in the US
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Contagious agalactia of sheep and goats...
Mycoplasma agalactiae and mycoplasma putrefaciens
| Reportable in the US
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Clostridium novyi...
histotoxic; myositis; Black Disease (necrotic hepatitis), Gas Gangrene
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Clostridium septicum in Sheep...
"Braxy"; toxemia and inflammation of abomasal wall
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Clostridium septicum characteristics...
Malignant Edema; necrosis, gangrene, severe edema;affects all ages and species
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Necropsy of a sheep with fluid-distended intestine, focal encephalomalacia and rapid-post mortem renal autolysis is typical of what disease?
Pulpy Kidney Disease caused by Clostridium perfringes
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When staining with McFaydean's Methylene Blue for Bacillus anthracis, the capsule will stain...
the capsule will stain as a pink shadow...the bacillus will stain blue
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The most common isolate of Botryomycosis...
Staphylococcus aureus
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In a group of housed ruminants, you notice several animals developing unilateral facial nerve paralysis, some with the tendency to turn their heads to one side and some that tend to continuously spin in circles in one direction. You most likely diagnosis is...
Listeria monocytogenes
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What are the dimorphic yeasts and what is their distribution?
Blastomyces - Distribution: Eastern NA, Middle East, Europe and India
Histoplasma - Distribution: Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers
Coccidioides - "Valley Fever" Distribution: Southwestern US, Central/South America
Sporothrix - "Rose Handler's Disease" Distribution: Tropics/Subtropics
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Malassezia pachydermatis...
K9 Otitis externa; seborrheic dermatitis; peanut-shaped/bottle-shaped cells
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Candida albicans...
"Germ Tube" formation; "Terry-Toweling"/"Sour Crop"- chickens; Human "Thrush"; Crop mycosis; Digestive and Urogenital tract of calves or poultry
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Cryptococcus neoformans...
Large muco-polysaccharide capsule; associated with pigeon droppings; mastitis in cattle; pulmonary or skin lesions in K9, Equine and Feline
Cryptococcus, Cats, Capsule - causes rhinitis in cats
Zoonotic
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Sporothrix Schenckii...
Sporotrichosis; cigar-shaped; in CATS, horse, dogs and humans; Zoonotic Transmission from Cats to Humans; systemic mycosis
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Aspergillus fumigatus...
Brooder pneumonia; produce pigmentation; chronic airsacculitis; cause abortion in cattle; common in birds, rare in mammals
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Coccidioides immitus...
"Valley Fever"; Severe in dogs, humans and primates, granulomas in pulmonary tissues; Direct exam of Spherules in wet mount
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Histoplasma capsulatum...
NO CAPSULE; more frequently diagnosed fungus; in soil enriched w/ bird feces; in circulating monocytes and neutrophils; Histoplasmosis in dogs, cats and humans; primarily in pulmonary tissue and GIT
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Blastomyces dermatitidits....
very thick wall with broad-based budding; found in dogs (large breed/hunting dogs) and humans; primarily pulmonary but can disseminate to skin, eye and bone - progressive infection in dogs!
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Histoplasma capsulatum var farciminosum...
Epizoonosis lymphangitis; "African Horse Farcy"; Africa, Asia and Middle East (endemic areas); Disseminated disease in dogs and cats - coughing and GI signs (Dyspnea in Cats); Micro: small budding yeasts, biofilm, buffy coat smear
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Pythium insidiosum and lagenidum...
Cutaneous pythiosis aka Swamp Cancer; Aquatic organisms; septated hyphae; PCR and ELISA
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Coxiella burnetti...
"Q Fever"; bioweapon; reportable; no vector needed; Repro. problems - shedding, vasculitis, placentitis, hepatitis, Fever; Txt: alkalinize the environment
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Rickettsia rickettsia..
"Rocky Mtn. Spotted Fever"/"Tick Fever"; Edema, vasculitis, hemorrhage, thrombosis; Vascular endothelial cells; intracellular
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Anaplasma marginalis...
undulating Fever; reportable; Msp2 Gene; target RBCs
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Ehrlichia ruminatum...
Reportable; replicate in reticuloendothelial cells; in Macrophages, neutrophils and endothelial cells; Hosts: cattle and sheep; "African Heartwater"; severe edema and hydropericardium, vasculitis and effusion, opisthotonos (head/neck extension), tremors and seizures
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Ehrlichia canis...
in monocytes and macrophages; nose bleeds, anemia, enlarged spleen and liver
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Ehrlichia ewingii...
canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis
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Ehrlichia chaffeenis...
humans; human monocyte ehrlichiosis
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum...
in granulocytes; reservoir: rodents and deer; infects neutrophils; zoonotic; immunosuppressive effects
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Neorickettsia risticii....
Equine monocytic ehrlichiosis/Equine scours; "potomac horse fever"; watery diarrhea
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Neorickettsia helminthoeca...
K9 mononuclear cells; salmon poisoning in dogs - pacific northwest; hemorrhagic diarrhea and lymphadenopathy; no vaccine available
