2nd Prio Dx Flashcards
communicable dx considered to be of socioeconomic and public health importance; significant in int’l trade
2nd prio dx
T/F: 2nd prio dx has a potential of serious and rapid spread
F - 1st prio
Amendment
DA AO No 17 2004
other term for blackleg
clostridial myositis, true blackleg, black quarter dx
manifestation of blackleg
hind quarter lesions (black quarter dx)
blackleg exhibits ________________ in 2 mo - 2 y/o
necrotizing myositis
T/F: blackleg is a chronic febrile dx of cattle and sheep
F - acute
etiologic agent of true blackleg
C. chauvoei
etiologic agent of false blackleg or malignant edema
C. septicum and C. novyi (secondary)
T/F: Clostridium is G(+), spore-forming, soil-borne
T
CFR of blackleg
100%
T/F: blackleg is more common in cattle than sheep
F - more common in sheep
T/F: blackleg in cattle is usually endogenous infxn
T
fast and reliable diagnostic test for blackleg
FAT (fluorescent Ab test)
1st antibiotic of choice for blackleg
penicillin
primary source of re-infxn of a herd w/ blackleg
animals dying of blackleg
etiologic agent of bovine anaplasmosis
- A. marginale
- A. centrale - mild clinical signs; used for prep of live vax against A. marginale
primary source of infxn of bovine anaplasmosis
blood transmission
w/c is more tick-resistant? inducus (tropic [+] hump) or taurus (temperate [-] hump)
indicus
w/c is more susceptible to tabanids? black, red, or white coat breeds
black/red
T/F: dairy breed has greater risk of anaplasmosis transmission than meat breed because of mgt protocols
T
T/F: young calves are more susceptible to anaplasmosis infxn than older cattle
F - less (old>young)
*<1-2 y/o: mild or moderate
T/F: young calves develop immunity in enzootic areas
T
T/F: clinical dx is rare in enzootic areas
T
w/c dx does not cause affected cattle to produce red urine or hematuria or hemoglobinuria
anaplasmosis
standard serologic test for anapasmosis
IFA (indirect immunofluorescence Ab assay)
anaplasmosis tx
tetra, imidocarb, estradiol cypionate, blood transfusion
other term for bovine babesiosis
redwater fever or cattle fever
state w/in clinical dx occurs rarely or not at all
endemic stability
T/F: complete tick elimination is not practical
T (so natural vax will be achieved)
most common piroplasms in PH
B. bovis and B. bigemina
w/c is more virulent? B. bovis or B. bigemina
bovis (coz it causes neurologic problems)
tx for bovine babesiosis
imidocarb, diminazene aceturate
T/F: bovine TB produces secondary caseous nodules
F - primary
T/F: reverse zoonotic is possible in bovine TB
T
other sources of bovine TB infxn (animal)
dog, cat
T/F: drinking milk from cattle infected w/ TB is safe
F - pasteurized milk (pasteurization temp kill tubercle bacilli)
primary MOT of TB
inhalation (#1 cause of mortality)
etiologic agent of bovine TB
- M. bovis (#1): ingestion of milk for humans; inhalation in animals
- M. tuberculosis
color of intestine and carcass of animals infected with TB
- cattle - yellow
- buffalo - white
- others - gray
TB test where you inject tuberculin PPD and detect swelling
SID (single intradermal test)
type of hypersensitivity of SID
type IV or delayed (48-96 hr)