2-Zoonotic and Transboundary Diseases Flashcards
What is an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and wild cloven-hoofed animals, characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp. around the hooves?
Foot and Mouth Disease
How many different serotypes of Foot and Mouth Disease are there?
How many “different” viruses?
- 7
- 20-25
What is the reservoir for Foot and Mouth Disease?
What is a specific example?
- Wildlife
- Cape Buffalo
What are 2 types of vaccines available for Foot and Mouth Disease?
- Killed
- Experimental recombinant vaccines
What type of a host are sheep and goats with FMD?
What type of a carrier?
- Maintenance
- Pharyngeal tissue 4-6 months
What type of a host are pigs for FMD?
What type of a carrier?
- Amplifier
- Not a carrier
What type of a host are cattle for FMD?
What type of a carrier?
- Indicator
- Pharyngeal tissue 6-24 months
What are 3 examples of clinical signs of FMD seen in sheep and goats?
- Fever
- Lameness
- Oral lesions
What makes the diagnosis and prevention of spread of FMD in sheep and goats difficult?
Clinical signs are often mild.
What are 3 clinical signs of FMD in pigs?
- Hoof lesions
- Snout vesicles
- Oral vesicles
Are FMD hoof lesions in pigs more or less severe than they are in cattle?
More severe in pigs.
Which FMD clinical sign in pigs is very painful and can be found around the coronary band, heel or interdigital space?
Hoof lesions
What are 6 clinical signs that can be seen with FMD in cattle?
- Oral lesions (vesicles)
- Excess salivation
- Drooling
- Nasal discharge
- Lethargy
- Loss of body condition
Where are 6 possible locations of oral lesions seen in cattle with FMD?
- Tongue
- Dental pad
- Gums
- Soft palate
- Nostrils
- Muzzle
What do teat lesions seen with FMD in cattle lead to?
Decreased milk production.
Where are 2 possible locations of hoof lesions seen with FMD in cattle?
What are 2 other clinical signs that can be seen in relation to the hoof lesions?
- Interdigital space, coronary band
- Lameness, reluctant to move
What virus causes Rinderpest?
Paramyxovirus
Rinderpest is a disease of which species?
Ruminants (esp. cattle)
Which disease is characterized by fever, dysentery and inflammation of the mucous membranes?
Rinderpest
Does Rinderpest have a high mortality?
Yes, very high mortality.
How many strains of Rinderpest are there?
One
Are there any vaccines available for Rinderpest?
Yes, one
Do you see lifetime immunity with Rinderpest?
Yes
How is Rinderpest spread?
Almost exclusively by contact between infected and susceptible animals.
T/F: Rinderpest has been eradicated world-wide.
True
What are 7 clinical signs seen with the classic form of Rinderpest?
- Fever
- Depression
- Anorexia
- Constipation followed by hemorrhagic diarrhea
- Serous to mucopurulent nasal/ocular discharge
- Necrosis and erosion of the oral mucosa
- Enlarged lymph nodes
Death form Rinderpest is seen within how many days?
6-12 days
What is a highly infectious, often fatal disease of swine caused by a flavivirus (genus Pestivirus) and characterized by fever, loss of appetite, weakness, erythematous lesions especially in light-skinned animals and severe leukopenia?
Classical Swine Fever
Low pathogenicity isolates of Classical Swine Fever can be seen where?
Americas
How many strains of Classical Swine Fever are there?
One
Are there vaccines available for Classical Swine Fever?
Yes, one
Do you see lifetime immunity with Classical Swine Fever?
Yes
How is Classical Swine Fever spread?
Almost exclusively by direct contact between infected and susceptible animals.
What are 9 clinical signs seen with the acute form of Classical Swine Fever?
- High fever (105F)
- Huddling, weakness
- Anorexia
- Conjunctivitis
- Diarrhea
- Staggering
- Cyanosis
- Skin hemorrhages
- Death
What is an acute highly contagious usually fatal disease of swine that is caused by a double-stranded DNA virus (genus Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae), that resembles but is more severe than CSF, and that is indigenous to Africa?
African Swine Fever
Which virus causes Classical Swine Fever?
Flavivirus genus Pestivirus
Which virus causes African Swine Fever?
Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae
What is the reservoir for African Swine Fever?
Warthogs, other suidae