GI and Urogenital Systems

Question 1

Which bacteria effect the GI system of cattle

Answer 1

Actinobacillosis
Actinomycosis
Calf diphtheria
Clostridial enterotoxemia
Colibcaillosis/Colisepticemia
Johne's Disease
Salmonellosis

Question 2

What bacteria effect the GI system of sheep and goats

Answer 2

Johne’s disease
clostridial enterotoxemia
salmonellosis

Question 3

What bacteria effect the GI system of pigs

Answer 3

colibacillosis/colisepticemia
edema disease
clostridial enterotoxemia
porcine proliferative enteropathy
swine dysentery 
salmonellosis

Question 4

What bacteria effect the GI system of horses

Answer 4

Clostridial entercolitis
enterotoxemis
colisepticemia
C. difficile
Lawsonia intracellularis
salmonelosis*****
potomac horse fever
Rhodococcus equi (foal pneumonia)
Tyzzer's disease

Question 5

What bacteria effect the GI system of dogs

Answer 5

Clostridial enteritis
histoplasmosis***
salmonellosis
protothecosis***
Salmon poisoning***
Pythiosis

Question 6

what bacteria effect the GI system of cats

Answer 6

fungal infections

pythiosis

Question 7

Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficle are associated with what treatment side effect?

Answer 7

Antibiotic induced diarrheas in horses and rabbits (lincomycin, clindamycin)

Question 8

What bacteria causes enterotoxemia

Answer 8

Clostridium perfringens types A-E

Question 9

Which serovar of salmonella infects eggs?

Answer 9

Salmonella enteriditis (zoonotic)

Question 10

What causes Johne’s disease in ruminants

Answer 10

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

Question 11

What causes Potomac horse fever/Equine monocytic ehrlichiosis

Answer 11

Neorickettsia risticii (infects epithelial cells, marcophages, monocytes)

Question 12

What type of cells do Rickettsiae bacteria target

Answer 12

endothelial cells

Question 13

Rhodococcus equi

Answer 13

foal pneumonia
causes GI problems after sputum is swallowed
enterocolitis
mesenteric lymphadenitis

Question 14

Neorickettsia helminthoeca

Answer 14

Salmon poisoning in dogs
fatal granulomatous enterocolitis in dogs and foxes
Fluke Nanophyetus salmincola infected with Neorickettsia helminthoeca
necrosis of lymphoreticular system, hemorrhagic diarrhea

Question 15

for enteric diseases what sample do you use for diagnosis

Answer 15

fecal sample for culture (use screw top container because of fermentation)

Question 16

T/F both gram + and gram - bacteria can cause liver lesions

Answer 16

True

Question 17

characteristic donut lesions in fetal liver are caused by

Answer 17

Campylobacter

Question 18

hepatitis in monogastric animals is caused by

Answer 18

Listeriosis

Question 19

baciliiary hemoglobinuria is caused by

Answer 19

Clostridium hemolyticum

Question 20

liver abscesses found in cattle along with necrotizing laryngitis

Answer 20

Fusobacterium necrophorum

Question 21

random distribution of lesions in liver are found in what type of spread

Answer 21

Hematogenous spread

Question 22

Urinary tract infections of dogs and cats are usually caused by

Answer 22

ascending infections by organisms from urogenital tracts and GI tract
G(+): Staph, Strep, Enterococcus
G(-): E. coli, Proteus, Klebsiells, Pseudomonas, Enterobacter
Fungal: candida albicans

Question 23

Are UTIs less common in cats or dogs

Answer 23

cats

Question 24

What is the preferred urine collection method for diagnosis

Answer 24

cystocentesis (otherwise you have to let lab know it was midstream catch or catheterization so they know there might be contamination)

Question 25

What causes Lymphoplasmacytic tubulointerstitial nephritis

Answer 25

Leptospirosis (serum will indicate renal failure)

Question 26

Systemic infection affecting kidneys

Answer 26

Actinobacillus equuli Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Question 27

Pyelonephritis in adult cows is caused by

Answer 27

Corynebacterium renale

Question 28

White spotted kidney caused by

Answer 28

E. coli

Question 29

Pulpy kidney disease caused by

Answer 29

(Sheep) Clostridium perfringens type D in enterotoxemia

Question 30

mycobacterium sp. causes

Answer 30

granulomatous nephritis

Question 31

porcine pyelonephritis caused by

Answer 31

Actinobaculum suis

Question 32

What are good diagnostic samples to take when looking at abortion bacteria

Answer 32

placenta, fetal and dam serum, fetal organs, fetal abomasal fluid (good for culture)

Question 33

What are some of the most common bacteria that cause abortion

Answer 33

Brucella Campylobacter Ureaplasma Taylorella equigenitalis

Question 34

Canine brucellosis

Answer 34

B. canis, B. suis can be very chronic abortion, conception failure, orchitis, scrotal dermatitis** Lymphadenomegaly, discospondylitis, osteomyelitis Zoonotic!

Question 35

Treatment of canine brucellosis

Answer 35

long antibiotic therapy (weeks) tetracycline, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones spay/neuter lowers transmission risk in kennels only way to eradicate is eliminate all positives

Question 36

Is Brucella canis or Brucella suis more virulent?

Answer 36

``` Brucella suis (reportable)-highest virulence B. canis- low asymptomatic disease, fever, chills, wt loss, lymphadenomegaly ```