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1
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What disease patterns do members of the genus Actinobacillus cause in small ruminants?

A

Ulcerative lesions of the skin and mammary glands

2
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What metabolic feature is useful in identifying bacteria in the family Pasteurellaceae?

A

They are oxidase posititve

(have cytochrome c oxidase)

3
Q

Which type of agar should be used to culture Haemophilus felis?

A

Chocolate agar

4
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Actinobacillus cause in pigs?

A

Pneumonia, endocarditis, arthritis, and abortion

5
Q

What disease pattern do members of the genus Actinobacillus cause in cats and dogs?

A

Wound infections

6
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Histophilus cause in small ruminants?

A

Pneumonia, septicemia, mastitis, epididymitis

7
Q

How are Pasteurella infections treated and prevented?

A

Antibiotics- tetracycline, aminoglycosides

Vaccines available for adult cattle, calves, and pigs

8
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Haemophilus cause in pigs?

A

Pneumonia, serositis, meningitis (“Glässer’s disease”)

9
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What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in lagomorphs?

A

Rhinosinusitis (“snuffles”), genital infections

10
Q

What is a causative agent of pneumonia in horses in the genus Actinobacillus?

A

Actinobacillus equuli haemolytica

11
Q

How are Haemophilus infections treated and prevented?

A

Treatment- antibiotics, depopulate infected flocks

Prevention- vaccine available for breeding flocks

12
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How are Actinobacillus infections treated and prevented?

A

Treatment- “Wooden tongue”- treat with topical iodine, antibiotics

Prevention- vaccine available for pigs, minimize contact between piglets and adults,

good foaling hygiene

13
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in dogs and cats?

A

Wound infections (from licking), pyothorax

14
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What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in birds?

A

Rales, oculonasal discharge, “avian cholera”

15
Q

Where are Pasteurella and Mannheimia haemolytica usually found?

How are these bacteria transmitted?

A

Normally found in the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract of healthy animals

Spread through saliva and coughing/sneezing

16
Q

Atrophic rhinitis in pigs can be caused by coinfection of which two organisms?

A

Pasturella multocida and Bordetella bronchisepta

17
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Haemophilus cause in birds?

A

Coryza

(acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract)

18
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What disease patterns do members of the genus Haemophilus cause in cats and dogs?

A

Conjunctivits (usually uncomplicated), cystitis, septicemia

19
Q

What is the causative agent of shipping fever in large ruminants?

A

Mannheimia haemolytica

20
Q

Respiratory infections caused by Pasturella can be complicated by co-infection with which organism?

A

Bordetella bronchisepta

21
Q

Which organism causes spreading granuloma, or “wooden tongue,” in large ruminants?

A

Actinobacillus lignieresii

22
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Actinobacillus cause in horses?

A

Pneumonia, neonatal septicemia, and endotoxemia

23
Q

What is the morphology of Actinobacillus colonies? What do they resemble?

A

Have a star-like appearance

“actino-“- radiated

24
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Histophilus cause in large ruminants?

A

Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis (TEME)

Pneumonia, septicemia, abortion

25
Q

How are Histophilus infections treated and prevented?

A

Treatment- antibiotics

Prevention- vaccine available for cows

26
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in horses?

A

Respiratory diseases

27
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in pigs?

A

Pneumonia, atrophic rhinitis

28
Q

What is a causative agent of neonatal septicemia in foals in the genus Actinobacillus?

A

Actinobacillus equuli equuli

29
Q

What disease patterns do members of the genus Pasturella cause in ruminants?

A

Pnuemonia (“shipping fever”), septicemia, mastitis