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Major pathogenic species of genus Staphylococcus (3)

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S. aureus
S. hyicus
S. intermedius

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is genus Staphylococcus gram + or -?

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gram+

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what shape are genus Staphylococcus?

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cocci, often in grape-bunch-like clusters

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where is Staphylococcus commensal?

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on skin and mucous membranes

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what can macConkey agar identify?

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only grows gram-negative bacteria, and those bacteria will appear differently based on their lactose fermenting ability

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cows, sheep and goats?

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mastitis

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cows and pigs?

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udder/mammary gland impetigo

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cats and dogs?

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cystitis,
metritis

otitis externa,
pyoderma

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in poultry?

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Arthritis,
bumblefoot,
omphalitis in chicks,
diarrhea in pet birds

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in horses?

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mastitis, Scirrhous cord, pastern dermatitis

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What does Staphylococcus intermedius cause in dogs?

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skin and ear infections

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What does Staphylococcus hyicus cause in cattle rarely?

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Mastitis

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What does Staphylococcus hyicus cause in pigs?

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Exudative epidermitis (greasy-pig disease), arthritis

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What does Staphylococcus intermedius cause in cattle?

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occasional mastitis

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Streptococcus agalactiae causes what in Cattle, sheep, goats

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chronic mastitis

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Streptococcus agalactiae causes what in dogs

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meningitis
neonatal septicaemia

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phenotype of streptococcus

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gram+ cocci

like to form chains

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Major pathogenic species of genus Streptococcus (6)

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S. agalactiae
S. uberis

S. suis

S. zooepidemicus
S. equi
S. pneumoniae

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What does Streptococcus equi cause in horses?

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strangles
purpura haemorrhagica
suppurative conditions

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Horses?

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mastitis,
navel infection

pneumonia

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Dogs?

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haemorrhagic pneumonia

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Cattle, lambs and pigs?

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suppurative conditions,
septicaemia

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What does Streptococcus suis cause in pigs?

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arthritis,
bronchopneumonia,

meningitis,
septicaemia,

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What does Streptococcus suis cause in Cattle, sheep, horses, cats?

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suppurative conditions

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What does Streptococcus uberis cause in cattle?
mastitis
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Which major pathogenic sp. of genus strepto. gives rodents and humans pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Name 3 main Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia coli Salmonella Yersinia
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what is (ETEC)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli
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what is (EPEC)
Enteropathogenic E. coli
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what is (STEC)
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
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What disease does e-coli cause?
in dogs, pyometra and cystitis in cattle, mastitis enteritis, septicemia in everyone
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Name the 2 important pathogenic sp. belonging to genus salmonella
S. enteritidis S. Typhimurium
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salmonella genus phenotype
gram- rods
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e.coli phenotype
gram- rods
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where is salmonella commensal?
in swine tonsils and in reptiles
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yersinia phenotype?
gram- rods
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name the 3 major pathogenic spp. of yersinia genus
yersinia enterocolitica yersinia pestis yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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what causes Bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans?
yersinia pestis
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phenotype for pasteurella?
gram- rods
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fowl cholera is caused by what bacterium?
pasteurella multocida type A
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where can pasteurella be commensal?
upper respiratory tract in many vertebrate species
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phenotype of haemophilus
Gram-negative rods
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where are haemophilus commensal?
on mucous membranes in the upper respiratory tract or urogenital tract of animals and humans
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What bacterium causes Glässer’s disease in pigs?
haemophilus parasuis
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Bordetella phenotype?
Small Gram-negative rods
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where is bordetella commensal?
upper respiratory tract
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which bacterium causes whooping cough in humans
bordetella pertussis
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major pathogenic spp. in genus pasteurella
pasteurella multocida type A
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Major pathogenic species of Haemophilus
Haemophilus parasuis
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Actinobacillus phenotype?
Gram-negative rods
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How many species of genus actinobacillus are important in vet med?
18
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What does actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) cause in pigs?
Haemorrhagic necrotizing pneumonia and fibrinous pleuritis in pigs (highly contagious under 6 month)
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What bacteria causes Haemorrhagic necrotizing pneumonia and fibrinous pleuritis in pigs
actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)
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campylobacter phenotype
Gram-negative rods some spiral forms
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which campylobacter spp. are of veterinary importance (pathogenic)
campylobacter fetus ssp. veneralis campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus campylobacter jejuni
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Which spp. of actinobacillus are especially important/pathogenic?
actinobacillus equuli = AEQ actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae = APP
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What campylobacter sp. causes Venereal disease, early embryonic death, temporary infertility in cattle?
campylobacter fetus sbp. veneralis
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Which campylobacter spp. causes Avian hepatitis?
campylobacter jejuni
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Which genus of bacteria may cause Guillain Barre syndrome?
campylobacter
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genus francisella phenotype?
Gram-negative coccobacillary rods
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what is tularaemia and what bact. is it caused by?
also known as rabbit fever most commonly ulceroglandular (cutaneous ulcer and swollen lymph nodes), includes fever francisella tularensis
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another word for rod-shape
bacillus
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another word for round bacteria
-coccus / cocci
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2 alt. words for spiral shaped bacteria
spirillum/spirilla or spirochete
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what is the prefix for bacteria situated in what looks like grape bunches
staphylo-
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what is the prefix for bacteria situated in chains
strepto-
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what shape bacteria never really clumps up?
spiral
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what is glanders and what bact. causes it?
a contagious, usually fatal disease of Equidae characterized by lung lesions, mucosal ulceration, septicaemia caused by Burkholderia mallei
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are gram positive (2)?
Staphylococcus Streptococcus
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are gram negative (10)?
Actinobacillus Bordetella Campylobacter Escherichia Francisella Haemophilus Pasteurella Pseudomonas Salmonella Yersinia
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are rods (10)?
Actinobacillus Bordetella Campylobacter (and spirillum) Escherichia Francisella (coccobacillary) Haemophilus Pasteurella Pseudomonas Salmonella Yersinia
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are cocci (2)?
Staphylococcus Streptococcus
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Which genus has a coccobacillary rod shape?
Francisella
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Which genus can have a spirillum shape in addition to the typical rod shape?
Campylobacter
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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What does Haemophilus parasuis cause in Pigs?
Glässer’s disease
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Escherichia (3)?
ETEC = Enterotoxigenic E. coli EPEC = Enteropathogenic E. coli STEC = Shiga toxin (producing) E. coli
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that give cattle mastitis? (2)
S. agalactiae S. uberis
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that makes pigs ill?
Streptococcus suis septicaemia, meningitis, arthritis, Bronchopneumonia
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that make horses ill? (2)
S. zooepidemicus mastitis, pneumonia, navel infections S. equi strangles, suppurative conditions, purpura haemorrhagica
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that gives primates pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that gives pigs greasy pig diaease?
Staphylococcus hyicus exudative epidermitis/ greasy-pig disease, arthritis
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that affects a variety of species in differing ways?
Staphylococcus aureus cattle, sheep, goats mastitis pigs suppurative skin lesions, udder impetigo dogs, cats pyoderma, metritis, cystitis, otitis externa
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that gives cattle mastitis but also dogs, skin and ear infections?
Staphylococcus intermedius cattle mastitis dog skin and ear infections
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What is guillain-barre syndrome?
a neurological disease acute demyelination of the peripheral nerves causing onset of neurologic symptoms.
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Major pathogenic spp. of bordetella
bordetella bronchiseptica
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pseudomonas aeruginosa causes what illness in many species commonly?
mastitis in ruminants otitis and pneumonia in cats/dogs/pigs
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what does pastuerella commonly cause in non avian animals?
pneumonia pasteurellosis
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what does yersinia enterocolitica cause in most animals?
enteritis
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what does yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause in ru and pigs?
enteritis, mesenteric lymphadenitis
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salmonella enteridis is common to what species?
humans causes food poisoning
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salmonella typhimurium can cause what illness?
enteritis, septicemia, abortion in animals typhoid fever in humans

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