Acid Fast/Slow Growing

Question 1

Actinomyces bovis

Answer 1

Cattle = Lumpy jaw

Horses = Fistulous withers, poll evil

Question 2

Actinomyces viscosus

Answer 2

Dogs, humans, hamsters;

Wounds, pyothorax, periodontal disease

Question 3

Actinomyces suis

Answer 3

Pigs;

Mammary gland lesions, oral cavity of piglets

Question 4

Nocardia asteroides

Answer 4

Cattle, dogs, cats;

Mastitis, skin lesions, abscesses

Question 5

Dermatophilus congolensis

Answer 5

Humans, cattle, camels, horses, deer, sheep

Exudative dermatitis

Question 6

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 6

Primates

Tuberculosis

Question 7

Mycobacterium bovis

Answer 7

Cattle, pigs, primates, horses, sheep, goats, bison, deer;

Tuberculosis

Question 8

Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)

Answer 8

Avian spp, swine;

Tuberculosis

Question 9

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 9

Humans, armadillos;

Leprosy

Question 10

Mycobacterium lepraemurium

Answer 10

Cats, rats;

Leprosy

Question 11

Mycobacterium kansasii

Answer 11

Cattle, deer, swine;

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections

Question 12

Mycobacterium fortuitum

Answer 12

Dogs, humans;

Pulmonary disease, sporadic infections

Question 13

Mycobacterium chelonae

Answer 13

Swine, cold-blooded animals, humans;

LN lesions, skin lesions, infections, heart valve replacements

Question 14

Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis

Answer 14

Cattle, sheep, camelids;

Johne’s disease (enteritis)