Amphibian diseases Flashcards
Treatment of “red leg”
Parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotics with ocncurrent antifungals
Gross pathology seen with Aeromonas infection
widespread congestion and hemorrhage petechial & ecchymotic hemorrhage of skin, GIT and skeletal muscles SQ edema & coelomic effusion GIT distension and congestion hepatic congestion and mottling splenomegaly dorsal lymph sacs filled with turbid serous effusion
Chryseobacterium spp
Meningosepticum, oderans, indologenes
Salmonellosis in amphibians
Amphibians carry salmonella, rarely affected clinically
General prevention and tx of gram - diseases
Maintain optimal husbandry conditions
Cull diseased animals
Disinfectants: Chlorination, CuSO4, KMNO4, sea salt
Refrigeration (4-5 deg C for 14 days in axolotls)
What abx to use with gram- dz
chloramphenical, enrofloxacin, gentamicin, metro, oxytet, sulfadiazene
Chlamydia spp
gram-, obligate INTRACELLULAR coccoid orgs
Most common Chlamydia spp in anurans
C. psittaci and C. pneumoniae
Histopathology of Chlamydia spp
Pyogranulomatous hepatitis, diffuse hepatic necrosis Fibrinopurulent glomerulonephritis Pyogranulomatous interstitial pneumonia Fibrinopurulent vegetative endocarditis Pyogranulomatous myocarditis
3 forms of mycobacteriosis
Cutaneous
Respiratory
Visceral (most common)
C/S of M. marinum
Abscesses of the feet, cellulitis in the legs and skin, destruction of tibiotarsal jt, toes, base of skull
C/S of M. chelonae
Chronic wt loss, nonhealing skin ulcerations
Which mycobacterial sp is characterized by cutaneous and visceral miliary granulomas?
M. liflandii
Margainins
Defensin protein against gram+ and gram- bacteria, yeasts, protozoa - causes permeability changes
Bombinin is from which sp?
Bombina variegata (fire bellied toad)
Dermaseptin is from which sp? What does it do?
Phyllomedusa sauvagii (waxy monkey leaf frog) - antifungal
PGLA - species, function
X. laevis - cell permeability
Brevinin-1 and -2
Rana porsa brevipoda - antibacterial against gram+ and gram- organisms
Esculentin
Rana esculenta - more gram+ activity