A4: Zoonotic Diseases Flashcards
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Campylobacteriosis (FECAL-ORAL)
Campylobacter
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- Gram negative rod bacteria
- fecal-oral transmission
- symptoms: GI infection, severe cases cause dehydration, system infection and death
- prevention: gloves, hand washing, avoid uncooked meat
- host: animals in crowded conditions (puppies/kittens/cattle/chickens)
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Cryptosporidiosis (FECAL-ORAL)
Cryptosporidium aka. Crypto
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- protozoal bacteria
- fecal-oral transmission
- symptoms: GI infection, mild to severe diarrhea
- prevention: good hygiene
- host: cattle
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Giardiasis (FECAL-ORAL)
Giardia aka. Beaver Fever
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- protozoal bacteria
- fecal-oral transmission
- symptoms: GI infection, severe abdominal cramping/diarrhea
- prevention: wash hands well, avoid contaminated food/water
- host: any wild animals, humans
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Salmonellosis (FECAL-ORAL)
Salmonella
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- gram negative rod bacteria
- reportable disease
- fecal oral transmission
- symptoms: GI infection, can lead to systemic infection and death
- prevention: avoid eating raw food, wash hands, wear gloves
- host: mammals, birds and reptiles
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Toxicariasis (FECAL-ORAL)
Toxocara
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- roundworm
- fecal oral transmission
- symptoms: infected animals appear potbellied, humans not natural host, travel through tissue (visceral larval migrans/ocular larval migrans)
- prevention: cleaning feces before they are infective, deworming animals, washing hands
- host: dogs and cats
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Toxoplasmosis (FECAL-ORAL)
Toxoplasma Gondii
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- protozoal bacteria
- fecal-oral transmission
- symptoms: flu like symptoms, infected pregnant women have babies with severe health issues
- prevention: gloves, wash hands, prevent cats from eating mice, clean anything around raw meat
- host: most mammals (pigs, mice, cats most common)
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Lyme Disease (INSECT VECTOR BORNE)
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- bacteria borrelia burgorferi
- deer tick bites
- symptoms: fever, headaches, joint pain, chronic arthritis, bullseye rash pattern at site of bite
- prevention: check pets for ticks, vaccinate
- host: commonly dogs
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (INSECT VECTOR BORNE)
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- rickettsial bacteria
- tick bite
- symptoms: fever, headaches, neurological signs, spotted rash
- prevention: check pets for ticks
- host: commonly dogs
9
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Leptospirosis (URINE-ORAL)
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- bacteria
- transmitted by: ingesting infected urine, urine in contact with mucous membranes or skin abrasions
- symptoms: mild or severe, kidney damage, liver failure, respiratory issues and meningitis
- prevention: avoid ingesting contaminated food/water, wash hands
- host:wild animals, livestock, rodents, dogs, cats
10
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Ancylostomiasis (DIRECT PARASITE INFECTION)
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- hookworm
- transmitted by contact with bare skin on soil infected by parasite
- symptoms: cutaneous larval migrans, red scaled lines
- prevention: de worm regularly, don’t walk barefoot
- host: dogs and cats
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Dermatophytosis (DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT)
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- ringworm fungus
- transmitted by direct contact with animal or indirect contact with fomites
- symptoms: ring shaped lesions, may be dry and scaled or wet and crusty
- prevention: washing hands after handling infected animals, disinfect clothing and equipment
- host: cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats
12
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Chlamydiosis (DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT)
A
Pink eye in humans from FURD disease in cats
Wash hands
13
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Q-Fever (DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT)
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- rickettsial bacteria
- transmitted by aerosols, contact with infected tissue, tick bites
- symptoms: may not appear until a month after infection
- prevention: wash hands, wear gloves
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Tularaemia (DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT)
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- bacteria
- transmitted by contact with infected animal or infected body fluids
- not prevalent in alberta
15
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Brucellosis (DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT)
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- reportable disease
- transmitted by airborne microbes or by contacts with infected fetuses/placenta
- symptoms: systemic fever, headaches, muscle aches, weakness, can infect lining of heart and central nervous system
- prevention: wear gloves, wash hands
- host: cloven hooves livestock and wildlife
