wildlife

Question 1

t/f: it is appropriate to give directions for care of wildlife such as feeding and handling instructions to people who call

Answer 1

false

Question 2

t/f: most deer will abandon their young if they smell humans scent on them

Answer 2

false

Question 3

t/f: to treat and care for wild animals, special permits are required

Answer 3

true

Question 4

t/f: squirrels are known to carry leptospirosis

Answer 4

true

Question 5

t/f: squirrels can carry yersenia pestis

Answer 5

true

Question 6

t/f: wild canids such as coyotes and foxes are not susceptible to canine parvo

Answer 6

false

Question 7

t/f: after being bitted by a rabid animal the virus travels directly to the salivary glands and then is shed in the saliva

Answer 7

false

Question 8

t/f: salmonella typhmurium is the most common serovar found in the united states

Answer 8

true

Question 9

t/f: virtually all wildlife has the potential of carrying salmonella

Answer 9

true

Question 10

t/f: rats and mice are the most common carriers of Hantavirus

Answer 10

true

Question 11

t/f: hantavirus is spread through the bite wounds from the carrier animal

Answer 11

false

Question 12

t/f: tularemia may be transmitted by tick bites

Answer 12

false

Question 13

t/f: west nile virus is transmitted by the sand fly midge

Answer 13

false

Question 14

many times people find young wildlife ad do not see the adult. it is best to advise them

Answer 14

to leave them alone

Question 15

signs of an abandoned animal might include all of the following except:
cold, skinny, dead siblings, injury, warm to the touch

Answer 15

warm to the touch

Question 16

reptiles are known to carry

Answer 16

salmonella

Question 17

raccoons are known to carry this intestinal roundworm

Answer 17

baliascaris procyonis

Question 18

raccoons are commonly infected with this pathogen that will lead to neurologic symptoms

Answer 18

canine distemper

Question 19

opossums commonly carry

Answer 19

fleas

Question 20

yersenia pestis is known to cause

Answer 20

bubonic plague

Question 21

rabbit fever is caused by

Answer 21

franciella tularensis

Question 22

in the state of missouri the most common carrier of rabies is the

Answer 22

bat

Question 23

mycobacterium leprae is known to be carried by

Answer 23

armadillos

Question 24

the inhalation of dust, feather debris or dried fecal material from a bird may predispose this infection

Answer 24

chlamydophilia psittaci

Question 25

the most common carrier of lepto is

Answer 25

rodents

Question 26

the most common organs affected by lepto are

Answer 26

renal and hepatic

Question 27

the most common cause of tularemia includes all except: eating under cooked rabbit meat, drinking contaminated water, handling of infected tissues w/o ppe, inhalation, mosquito bites

Answer 27

all of them cause it