Public Health

Question 1

What was APHA called before Oct 2014?

Answer 1

AHVLA

Question 2

What do the Home Office Veterinary Inspectorate do?

Answer 2

Oversee Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

Question 3

Total cost of Campylobacter?

Answer 3

£900m

Question 4

When was first Hanta virus case?

Answer 4

2012

Question 5

What causes rat bite fever?

Answer 5

Spirillum minus and streptobacillus moniliformis

Question 6

What is the animal reservoir of Hep E?

Answer 6

Pigs

Question 7

What is the animal reservoir for SARS?

Answer 7

Civet

Question 8

WHat is the animal reservoir for Hanta virus?

Answer 8

Rat

Question 9

How do humans commonly get Hep E?

Answer 9

Eating undercooked pork or venison

Question 10

Which diseases are commonly from water?

Answer 10

Cryptosporidium and giardia

Question 11

When was German E. Coli epidemic?

Answer 11

April-July 2011

Question 12

When was the mercury health scare for pregnant women?

Answer 12

May 2002

Question 13

When was the listeria outbreak in pregnant mothers?

Answer 13

March 1989

Question 14

When was German salmonella bovismorbificans outbreak?

Answer 14

Jan 2005

Question 15

When was Sudan 1 outbreak?

Answer 15

Feb 2005

Question 16

What food is the most common cause of disease outbreak?

Answer 16

Eggs and egg products

Question 17

How many people fall ill from WHO’s 31 foodborne diseases?

Answer 17

600 million

Question 18

How many people die from WHO’s 31 foodborne diseases?

Answer 18

420,000

Question 19

How many DALYs are lost due to WHO’s 31 disease borne illnesses?

Answer 19

33 million

Question 20

What % of the population suffers food poisoning annually?

Answer 20

10%

Question 21

What is haemolytic uraemic syndrome?

Answer 21

Kidney blood vessel endothelium damage

Question 22

Which are rare entero-invasive forms of Salmonella causing septicaemia?

Answer 22

Virchow and Java

Question 23

Which are human adapted Salmonella serotypes?

Answer 23

Typhi and paratyphi

Question 24

Which Salmonella serotypes are associated with food borne disease and subclinical infection of livestock?

Answer 24

Typhimurium and enteritidis

Question 25

Which Salmonella strains are animal adapted and of variable human pathogenicity?

Answer 25

Dublin, abortus-ovis and cholerae-suis

Question 26

What kind of silage harbours listeria?

Answer 26

Butyric

Question 27

Which kind of foods are susceptible to algal toxins?

Answer 27

Shellfish and crustaceans

Question 28

Is food poisoning notifiable?

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

What is the only small animal disease dealt with by the APHA?

Answer 29

Rabies

Question 30

Who pays for the APHA?

Answer 30

Government through tax

Question 31

How many avian flu outbreaks have there been recently?

Answer 31

7

Question 32

How big is the protection zone?

Answer 32

3km

Question 33

When was teh APHA created?

Answer 33

1945

Question 34

What does Schmallenberg virus cause?

Answer 34

Deformities

Question 35

How much preservative is used for samples?

Answer 35

10 times as much as the sample

Question 36

How often does the APHA release disease surveillance reports?

Answer 36

Monthly

Question 37

How often does the APHA release species-specific disease reports?

Answer 37

Quarterly

Question 38

What is the "VIDA" annual report?

Answer 38

Veterinary investigation diagnosis analysis

Question 39

What is PED?

Answer 39

Porcine epidemic diarrhoea

Question 40

What causes blood sweating in calves?

Answer 40

Bovine neonatal pancytopenia - intestines fill with blood, mothers produce anitbodies against blood cells

Question 41

What caused botulism in cattle?

Answer 41

Eating food contaminated with dead poultry

Question 42

What is a "VIC"?

Answer 42

Veterinary investigation centre

Question 43

What is the most expensive disease?

Answer 43

PRR - affects sheep and goats

Question 44

When was the Schamallenberg serological bank opened?

Answer 44

2013

Question 45

How much did the BSE, FMD and swine fever outbreaks cost the taxpayer?

Answer 45

£18 billion

Question 46

How many autosomal recessive traits do pedigree dogs have?

Answer 46

300

Question 47

What animals does Hendra come from?

Answer 47

From fruit bats to horses to humans

Question 48

What animal does Nipah virus come from?

Answer 48

Pigs

Question 49

Which virus causes PMWS?

Answer 49

Porcine circovirus-2

Question 50

When was the OIE created?

Answer 50

25/1/1924

Question 51

How many countries were members of the OIE in 2007?

Answer 51

169

Question 52

How much money did the FMD epidemic cost?

Answer 52

£7,600 million

Question 53

What % loss in milk yield does FMD cause?

Answer 53

50%

Question 54

What kind of virus are measles, distemper and Rinderpes?

Answer 54

Morbillivirus

Question 55

When was Rinderpest eradication announced?

Answer 55

2010

Question 56

What is the vector of bluetongue?

Answer 56

Culicoides biting midge

Question 57

What kind of virus is WNV?

Answer 57

Flavivirus

Question 58

When did american WNV outbreak begin?

Answer 58

1998/9

Question 59

When was the equine WNV vaccine launched?

Answer 59

2005

Question 60

How many annual deaths in the USA are caused by influenza A?

Answer 60

5000-30,000

Question 61

How many people did the 1918 flu pandemic cause?

Answer 61

20-100 million

Question 62

When was the Bubonic Plague?

Answer 62

1347-1351

Question 63

Which subtypes of influenza are highly pathogenic?

Answer 63

H5 and H7

Question 64

How many Ebola deaths were there up to Feb 2015?

Answer 64

9177

Question 65

How many ebola deaths were there up to Jan 16?

Answer 65

11,315

Question 66

When was the index case for the Ebola outbreak?

Answer 66

2 year old boy in a village in Guinea in 2013.

Question 67

Which animals don't get BSE?

Answer 67

Horses

Question 68

What is the main source of Hendra and Nipah viruses?

Answer 68

Fruit bat urine

Question 69

What is the vector of West Nile Virus?

Answer 69

Mosquitos

Question 70

What strain of flu was the 1918 outbreak?

Answer 70

H1N1

Question 71

What is the morbidity and mortality like in Seal Distemper Virus in the North Sea?

Answer 71

Low morbidity, high mortality

Question 72

How much would FMD vaccinations cost every 10 years?

Answer 72

1bn euros

Question 73

What kind of virus is WNV?

Answer 73

Flavivirus

Question 74

When was Rinderpest eradication announced?

Answer 74

2010

Question 75

Is Salmonella notifiable?

Answer 75

No - reportable

Question 76

Are HPAI and LPAI notifiable?

Answer 76

Yes

Question 77

Why does FMD have a greater impact on the developing world?

Answer 77

Prevents access to international trade

Question 78

How is Blue Tongue transmitted?

Answer 78

Midges (Culicoides)

Question 79

Which H subtypes are HPAI?

Answer 79

5 or 7