MT2 - African swine fever

Question 1

1) Several virulence variants of African Swine Fever Virus exist

Answer 1

T

Question 2

2) African swine fever is shed in the saliva of the infected animals

Answer 2

T

Question 3

3) Stamping out of the infected herds is applied in the control of African Swine Fever

Answer 3

T

Question 4

4) The leading clinical sign in African swine fever is excess salivation

Answer 4

F

Question 5

5) In acute African swine fever the leading pathological findings are the haemorrhages

Answer 5

T

Question 6

6) The African swine fever infects the swine per os

Answer 6

T

Question 7

7) The African swine fever virus genome codes only 2 proteins

Answer 7

F

Question 8

8) The African swine fever virus infects the swine by air

Answer 8

F

Question 9

9) In African swine fever cases of abortion are never observed

Answer 9

F

Question 10

10) The primary replication site of African swine fever virus is the oronasal mucosa.

Answer 10

F

Question 11

11) The tick species vectoring African swine fever are present in Portugal and Spain

Answer 11

T

Question 12

12) The ASF virus is serologically uniform but several genotypes exist

Answer 12

T

Question 13

13) In acute ASF we can observe high mortality in sows

Answer 13

T

Question 14

14) Vaccines are available in EU to be used in the control of African swine fever

Answer 14

F

Question 15

16) The African swine fever virus is highly resistant against the environmental conditions

Answer 15

T

Question 16

17) The African swine fever causes hemadsorption in cell cultures

Answer 16

T

Question 17

18) In the control of African swine fever thinning of the wild boar populations is helpful

Answer 17

T

Question 18

19) ASF is always a peracute disease

Answer 18

F

Question 19

20) ASF virus retains its infectivity for years in frozen meat

Answer 19

T