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What is the cause of glanders?

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Pseudomonas mallei

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Bronhamella is a subgenus of:

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Moraxella

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What is the most common condition caused by Brucella?

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Abortion

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What is the growth of Brucella?

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Anaerobic

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Toxins of Bordetella, what is the most important one?

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Heat labile dermonecrotoxin and haemagglutin

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What 2 Bordetella species are most pathogenic for animals?

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B. bronchiseptica and B. avium

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What type of capsule does Bordetella have?

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Outer membrane pseudo-capsule that is lost by passage

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What variant of F. tularensis is found in Israeli?

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Var. palaeartica

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What bacteria uses McCoy agar

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Francisella tularensis

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For which bacteria do you use brilliant green agar?

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Neurotoxins of E. coli cause what?

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Enterotoxaemia of pigs or oedema disease

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Where are endotoxins of e. coli found?

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O antigens that form part of cell wall

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What disease is caused by Serratia?

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Non pathogen but associated with inflammation

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Which bacteria grow on sodium-selenite lactose media (5)

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Lactococcus
Weissella
Leuconostoc
ENterococcus
Fructobacillus

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For which bacteria do you use Rappaport-Varrition media:

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Salmonella

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Deoxycholate citrate agar is used for

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Enteric bacilli: salmonella and shigella

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Ed. tarda cause disease most often in:

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fish

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K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae cause what in cattle?

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mastitis

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Most important species of enterobacter:

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Eb. cloaca and Eb. aerogenes are the most important

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Genus Erwina is most similar to

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enterobacter agglomerans

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Proteus causes what in horse?

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endometritis and urogenital infections

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Morganella morganii is most often found in

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faeces

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Does providencia swarm?

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Yes

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Genus Erwina produces

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a yellow pigment on culture

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for which bacteria can you use SS and MacConkey agar for isolation?
Shigella
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For which bacteria do you use Wilson blair bismuth sulphite agar?
Salmonella
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Red mouth disease is caused by
Y. ruckeri
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Which bacteria causes pseudotuberculosis?
Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis
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What sort of growth do you get from P. multocida on McConkey agar?
Negative growth
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Which Pasteurella species are pathogenic?
P multocida and P gallinarum
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How are aeromonas classified?
morphologically (according to motility)
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Which species causes furunculosis of salmonids?
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida
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Treponema are:
anaerobic
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T. pallidum subsp. pallidum causes:
syphilis in man and monkeys
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B. theileri causes:
bovine and equine borreliosis
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Leptospirosa require
aerobic conditions
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What causes canine leptospirosa?
Leptospirosa interrogans subsp. canicola
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What campylobacter belong to Wolinella group:
C. cinaedi, C. fennelliae, C. pylori, Wolinella succinogens
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Pathogenic strains of campylobacter:
C. jejuni and C. coli
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The most important equine disease caused by Staphylococcus is:
Botrymycosis
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Morphology of Staphylococcus:
Gram-positive cocci that form grape-like clusters
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For which bacteria do you use Yolk-tellurite-glycine-pyruvate agar?
Staphylococcus (micrococcaceae)
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What bacteria produce white to yellow, large colonies with standard incubation?
Staphylococcus
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Haemolytic toxins of Staphylococcus - which ones produce complete haemolysis?
alpha-lysin, gamma-lysin delta-lysin
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Coagulate positive strains are more or less virulent?
more virulent
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Most common cause of Streptococcus infection in foals:
Str. zooepidemicus
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Rhodococcus equi is responsible for:
equine foal pneumonia
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Which species are most often affected by Listeriosis?
Ruminants (sheep and cattle)
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What does E. rhusiopathie cause?
Erysipelas in pigs
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What are the pathologic species of Nocardia?
N. asteroides N. brasiliensis N. caviae
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What causes dermatitis?
Dermatophiles congolensis
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Under what conditions does B. anthracis sporulate?
aerobic
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Acute and peracute forms of B. anthracis occurs in:
Bovine and sheep
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Factor II is:
protective factor
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B. anthracis secrete:
tri-partite exotoxin (pleiotrophic effects on host)
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Infectious necrotic hepatitis is caused by:
C. novyi
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What are sporulation toxins and when are they formed?
Formed intracellularly and released at time of sporulation (e.g. C. perfringens)
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Which species are most susceptible to C. perfringens?
Sheep and goat
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How many toxins are there for C. botulinum?
A --> G
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How do animals develop botulism?
Ingestion of preformed toxin Adsorption of toxin from wound contamination (Clostridium botulinum)
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Lowenstein-Jensen agar is used for:
Mycobacteria
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M. tuberculosis and M. avium form:
Eugonic colonies
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Photochromagen strains form:
no pigment in darkness
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Chlamydia and Rickettsia are:
obligate cell parasites
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Coxiella burnetti can be serologically identified by
complement fixation agglutination
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Larvae and nymphs transmit Coxiella burnetti:
to small vertebrate infections
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What is the causative agent for psittacosis and ornithosis?
Chl. psittaci
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What stain technique is used to identify Chlamydia?
Stamp and stableforth (modified Ziehl-Neelsen)
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Culture media for Chlamydia:
embryonated hen eggs (egg culture) cell/tissue culture
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Culture media for mycoplasma
Enriched, 20% blood serum (human or horse)
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Mycoplasma meleagridis cause:
Mycoplasma of Turkeys

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