Rickettsiales

Question 1

Anaplasma marginale

Answer 1

Intracellular bacteria
Erythrocytes
Gram -

Question 2

a. Marginale mode of transmission

Answer 2

Tick

Question 3

A. Marginale disease patterns

Answer 3

Anemia in adult cow

Question 4

A. Phagocytophilum

Answer 4

Less specific

Neutrophils

Question 5

A. Phagocytophilum disease patterns

Answer 5

High fever
Coughing
Decrease appetite 
Dullness
Lameness

Question 6

Diagnosis of a. Marginale and Phagocytophilum

Answer 6

Cbc
Blood smears
Serology

Question 7

Treatment and control for both Marginale and Phagocytophilum

Answer 7

Tetracycline

Question 8

Ehrlichia canis transmission

Answer 8

Tick

Question 9

E. Canis infects

Answer 9

Dogs

Question 10

E. Canis phases

Answer 10

Acute:thrombocytopenia, non specific
Subclinical: thrombocytopenia
Chronic: weakness, anorexia, weight loss

Question 11

Treatment of e. Canis

Answer 11

Doxycycline

Question 12

Neorickettsia risticii

Answer 12

Potomac horse fever

Monocytic

Question 13

N. Risticii transmission

Answer 13

Fecally transmitted
Not contagious
Nematodes and insects

Question 14

N. Risticii disease pattern

Answer 14

Anorexia
Lots of diarrhea
Fever

Question 15

Diagnosis of n. Risticii

Answer 15

PCR

IFA

Question 16

Treatment of n. Risticii

Answer 16

Oxytetracycline