Old material - disease and agent

Question 1

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 1

Human pharyngitis/tonsilitis

Question 2

Streptococcus equi ssp. equi

Answer 2

Strangles

Question 3

Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus

Answer 3

Most common pyogenic agent of horses

Question 4

Streptococcus canis

Answer 4

Neonatal septicemia and genital, wound, and skin infections in dogs

Question 5

Streptococcus agalactiae

Answer 5

Chronic bovine mastitis

Question 6

Streptococcus suis

Answer 6

Pneumonia, septicemia, arthritis, and meningitis; zoonotic from pigs to humans

Question 7

Enterococcus spp.

Answer 7

Canine UTI’s (10-15%), endocarditis

Question 8

Staphylococcus pseudointermedius

Answer 8

Most common pyogenic agent in dogs

Question 9

Staphylococcus delphini

Answer 9

Most common SIG in horses

Question 10

Staphylococcus intermedius

Answer 10

Pigeon staph infection

Question 11

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 11

Abscesses, mastitis, osteomyelitis; bumble-foot in birds

Question 12

Staphylococcus hyicus

Answer 12

Greasy pig disease

Question 13

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 13

Subclinical bovine mastitis; infections often associated w/ medical devices

Question 14

Rhodococcus equi

Answer 14

Chronic pyogranulomatous inflammation, suppurative pneumonia w/ abscesses in lungs and hilar LNs in foals

Question 15

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Answer 15

Caseous lymphadenitis in sheep and goats, ulcerative lymphangitis in horses (sometimes cattle)

Question 16

Corynebacterium renale group

Answer 16

Bovine pyelonephritis, ovine posthitis (pizzle rot)

Question 17

Trueperella pyogenes

Answer 17

Most common pyogenic agent of cattle

Question 18

Lysteria monocytogenes

Answer 18

Multi-focal organ necrosis in parenchymal GI organs in monogastrics, abortion in cattle and sheep, Meningitis/nervous system infection

Question 19

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 19

Diamond skin disease, vegetative endocarditis (chronic), polyarthritis (chronic), acute septicemia (death)

Question 20

Actinomyces bovis

Answer 20

Lumpy jaw

Question 21

Actinomyces viscosus

Answer 21

Cutaneous pyogranulomas, pyothorax, osteomyelitis

Question 22

Actinomyces hordeovulnaris

Answer 22

Cutaneous pyogranulomas, pyothorax, osteomyelitis in dogs

Question 23

Nocardia asteroides

Answer 23

Cutaneous granulomas, pyothorax in dogs; mastitis in cattle, pneumonia in CID foals

Question 24

Crossiella equi

Answer 24

Associated w/ placentitis and abortion of foals

Question 25

Dermatophilus congolensis

Answer 25

Superficial dermatitis w/ thick crust and hair loss in scabs, temperature-limited (in where it can go in host)

Question 26

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 26

Severe systemic disease in cattle; fever, restlessness, dyspnea, agitation in horses; local edema and swelling of face, neck, and LNs in pigs/carnivores; humans affected as well

Question 27

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 27

Botulism, "limber neck" in water birds

Question 28

Clostridium tetani

Answer 28

Tetanus

Question 29

Clostridium chauvoei

Answer 29

Blackleg in ruminants

Question 30

Clostridium septicum

Answer 30

Malignant edema in ruminants, pigs, horses

Question 31

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 31

wound infection and gas gangrene in all species, enterocolitis (enterotoxemia)

Question 32

Clostridium novyi

Answer 32

Big head in rams (type A), and black disease (type B)

Question 33

Clostridium haemolyticum

Answer 33

Redwater (bacillary hemoglobinurea)

Question 34

Clostridium difficile

Answer 34

Enterocolits and diarrhea in horses, pigs, and dogs

Question 35

Fusobacterium necrophorum

Answer 35

Calf diphtheria, footrot in cattle, "bull nose" in pigs

Question 36

Porphyromonas spp.

Answer 36

Associated w/ periodontal disease

Question 37

Dichelobacter nodosus

Answer 37

Contagious footrot in sheep

Question 38

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Answer 38

Scours, traveler's diarrhea

Question 39

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Answer 39

Colonic hemorrhage and edema

Question 40

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Answer 40

Malabsorptive diarrhea

Question 41

Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli

Answer 41

Edema disease of pigs

Question 42

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Answer 42

UTI - intracellular uroepithelial infection

Question 43

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Answer 43

Opportunistic, sporadic, pyogenic infections; pneumonia - dogs, foals; UTIs in dogs (<5%), mastitis in cows, cervicitis/metritis in mares

Question 44

Proteus spp.

Answer 44

Otitis externa, UTI's (<10%) in dogs

Question 45

Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica

Answer 45

Enteritis w/ severe fluid loss (non-typhoidal form)

Question 46

Yersinia pestis

Answer 46

Plague

Question 47

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 47

Pyogenic infections w/ liquifactive necrosis

Question 48

Burkholderia mallei

Answer 48

Glanders disease in horses

Question 49

Aeromonas hydrophilus

Answer 49

Red leg disease in frogs

Question 50

Bordatella spp.

Answer 50

Most common bacterial cause of resp. disease in dogs; porcine atrophic rhinitis

Question 51

Mannheimia haemolytica

Answer 51

Most common bacterial agent of bovine respiratory disease complex

Question 52

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 52

Most common pyogenic agent of cats

Question 53

Bibersteinia trehelosi

Answer 53

Septicemia, systemic pasteurellosis, important in feedlot lambs

Question 54

Actinobacillus lignieresii

Answer 54

Wooden tongue in cattle

Question 55

Actinobacillus equuli

Answer 55

Sleepy foal disease

Question 56

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Answer 56

Acute fibrinous pleuropneumonia in pigs

Question 57

Actinobacillus suis

Answer 57

Acute septicemia in swine

Question 58

Haemophilus parasuis

Answer 58

Glasser's disease, polyserositis, polyarthritis in swine

Question 59

Histophilus somnus

Answer 59

Thrombotic meningoencephalitis in cattle

Question 60

Histophilus agni

Answer 60

Septicemic disease in lambs

Question 61

Histophilus ovis

Answer 61

Mastitis in ewes

Question 62

Brucella abortus

Answer 62

Abortions in cattle, bison, and elk

Question 63

Brucella melitensis

Answer 63

Abortion in goats and sheep

Question 64

Brucella suis

Answer 64

Abortion, orchitis, arthritis, infertility in wild pigs, caribou, and reindeer

Question 65

Brucella ovis

Answer 65

Ram epididymitis, reduced fertility

Question 66

Brucella canis

Answer 66

Kennel problem with dogs, abortions

Question 67

Taylorella equigenitalis

Answer 67

Contagious equine metritis

Question 68

Campylobacter jejuni

Answer 68

Enteritis w/ D+ in humans, dogs, and cats; some cause abortion in sheep and goats ("abortion storms")

Question 69

Campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus

Answer 69

3rd trimester abortions in sheep

Question 70

Campylobacter fetus ssp. venerealis

Answer 70

Postbreeding endometritis and vibriosis in cows

Question 71

Helicobacter spp.

Answer 71

Gastric ulcers in dogs, cats, and humans

Question 72

Leptospira

Answer 72

Leptospirosis

Question 73

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

Answer 73

Swine dysentery

Question 74

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 74

Lyme borreliosis

Question 75

Francisella tularensis

Answer 75

Tularemia