MT4 - Pasteurellosis of swine and rabbits (W)

Question 1

Rabbit pasteurellosis is a generalised disease

Answer 1

T

affecting multiple organs and systems in rabbits. It commonly presents with respiratory symptoms, but it can also affect other organs such as the liver, spleen, and reproductive tract.

Question 2

Pasteurella multocida A and D strains can cause pasteurellosis in rabbit

Answer 2

T

P. multocida A (D, F)

Question 3

Clinical signs of pasteurellosis in rabbits are most severe in new-born animals

Answer 3

F

Question 4

The agent of rabbit pasteurellosis can cause septicaemia.

Answer 4

T

• nasal discharge
• conjunctivitis
• laboured breath
• septicaemia
• otitis media (CNS)
• abscesses (sub cutaneous)

Question 5

Nasal discharge is a typical clinical sign of rabbit pasteurellosis.

Answer 5

T

• nasal discharge
• conjunctivitis
• laboured breath
• septicaemia
• otitis media (CNS)
• abscesses (sub cutaneous)

Question 6

Subcutaneous abscesses can be seen in the case of rabbit pasteurellosis

Answer 6

T

Pathology:
- purulent bronchopneumonia
- otitis media/interna
- abscesses
- pyometra, orchitis

Question 7

Otitis media can be a clinical sign of rabbit pasteurellosis

Answer 7

T

• nasal discharge
• conjunctivitis
• laboured breath
• septicaemia
• otitis media (CNS)
• abscesses (sub cutaneous)

Question 8

Rabbit pasteurellosis causes only respiratory clinical signs.

Answer 8

F

SEPTICEMIA

Question 9

rabbit pasteurellosis is more frequent in large scale farms than in small ones

Answer 9

T

Question 10

Mannheimia haemolytica causes rabbit pasteurellosis:

Answer 10

F

P. multocida A (D, F)

mixed infection is possible: S. aureus, B. bronchiseptica

Question 11

Pasteurellosis is limited to the respiratory tract in rabbits.

Answer 11

F

Question 12

Bibersteinia trehalosi is the causative agent pasteurellosis of rabbits.

Answer 12

F

P. multocida A (D, F)

mixed infection is possible: S. aureus, B. bronchiseptica

Question 13

Serous pneumonia is typical in the case of pasteurellosis of rabbits

Answer 13

F

purulent bronchopneumonia

Question 14

Pasteurellosis is limited to the respiratory track in rabbits

Answer 14

F

replication in lungs: bronchopneumonia, conjunctivitis

Question 15

Neurologic signs can be seen in the case of pasteurellosis of rabbits

Answer 15

T

otitis media (CNS)

Question 16

Pasteurellosis is common in suckling rabbits

Answer 16

F

• first cases in 4–5-week-old rabbits
• mainly in 2–3-month-old animals

Question 17

The poor quality of the air can predispose to rabbit pasteurellosis

Answer 17

T

predisposing factors:
- humid, cold environment
- NH3
- mixing, overcrowding

Question 18

Purulent bronchopneumonia is a frequent post mortem lesion of rabbit pasteurellosis

Answer 18

T

Pathology:
* purulent bronchopneumonia
* otitis media/interna
* abscesses
* pyometra, orchitis

Question 19

Fibrinous pneumonia can be seen during necropsy in case of pasteurellosis in rabbit.

Answer 19

F

Pathology:
- purulent bronchopneumonia
- otitis media/interna
- abscesses
- pyometra, orchitis

Question 20

Pasteurellosis in rabbit causes high amount of nasal discharge

Answer 20

T

Clinical signs:
- nasal discharge
- conjunctivitis
- laboured breath
- septicaemia
- otitis media (CNS)
- abscesses (sub cutaneous)

Question 21

Pasteurellosis in rabbit is caused by P. multocida A

Answer 21

T

P. multocida A (D, F)
mixed infection is possible: S. aureus, B. bronchiseptica

Question 22

Mycoplasmas predispose pigs to pulmonary pasteurellosis.

Answer 22

T

predisposing factors
- non infective
- management, nutrition
- stress, overcrowding, mixing

infective:
- mycoplasma, A. pleuropneumoniae
- circovirus, PRRS, Aujeszky-disease
- classical swine fever, African swine fever, swine influenza

Question 23

Pulmonary pasteurellosis is more frequent in suckling piglets than in adults

Answer 23

F

Question 24

Bordetella bronchiseptica predisposes pigs to pulmonary pasteurellosis

Answer 24

F

mycoplasma, A. pleuropneumoniae

Question 25

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae predisposes pigs to pulmonary pasteurellosis

Answer 25

T | mycoplasma, A. pleuropneumoniae

Question 26

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae of pigs can be chronic

Answer 26

T

Question 27

Pasteurella multocida can cause haemorrhagic septicaemia in pigs

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Pulmonary pasteurellosis of pigs is mainly caused by Mannheimia hemolytica

Answer 28

F | P. multocida A, (P. multocida D)

Question 29

respiratory pasteurellosis of pigs is generally an acute, generalized disease

Answer 29

F respiratory pasteurellosis may present as chronic respiratory disease, with pigs exhibiting persistent coughing, nasal discharge, and reduced growth rates over an extended period.

Question 30

Vaccines can prevent pneumonia of swine caused by pasteurella

Answer 30

F No vaccines prevention of predisposing factors

Question 31

P. multocida A is causative agent of pneumonia caused by pasteurellosis in swine

Answer 31

T

Question 32

Dermonecrotoxin of Bordetella bronchiseptica causes lesions in the nasal cavity and on the skin of pigs

Answer 32

F