Aspergillosis

Question 0

aspergillus is a pathogen or an opportunist

Answer 0

opportunist

Question 1

aspergillosis is most common in which species

Answer 1

poultry

Question 2

which part of body do aspergillus affect

Answer 2

lungs(pneumonia)
blood vessels(mycelial emboli)

Question 3

toxins produced by aspergillus

Answer 3

alfatoxins

Question 4

alfatoxins cause disease called

Answer 4

alfatoxicosis(myco-toxicosis)

Question 5

aspergillosis in poultry is known as

Answer 5

brooder pneumonia

Question 6

aspergillosis commonly occurs in _______ in horses

Answer 6

guttural pouch(recurrent epistaxis)

Question 7

M. lesions of aspergillosis

Answer 7

• thrombosis/infarction of wall or arteries

- granulomas

Question 8

m. lesions of aspergillosis

Answer 8

• large colonies of radiating hyphae

- mycelia surrounded by “SPLENDORE-HOEPPLI” material

Question 9

tell about hyphae of aspergillus

Answer 9

• septate & branching

- basophilic

Question 10

tell about splendore-hoeppli material

Answer 10

• are radiating clubs surrounding mycelia

- eosiniphilic

Question 11

aspergillus is associated with which material

Answer 11

splendore-hoeppli

Question 12

define mycotoxicosis

Answer 12

dz. caused by toxins of fungi

Question 13

fungi are ______toxic mostly

Answer 13

hepatotoxic

Question 14

alfatoxicosis is caused by toxin of __________ sp.

Answer 14

aspergillus

Question 15

alfatoxicosis is also known as _________ poisoning

Answer 15

groundnut

Question 16

groundnut poisoning is caused by which sp.

Answer 16

aspergillus

Question 17

alfatoxins are produced by which two species of genus aspergillus

Answer 17

A. flavus

A. parasiticus

Question 18

at least ____ different alfatoxins exist

Answer 18

17

Question 19

name the five most important alfatoxins

Answer 19

B1,B2
G1,G2
M1

Question 20

out of all, which alfatoxin is most TOXIC and most PREVALENT

Answer 20

B1

Question 21

name a metabolist of alfatoxin B1, which is found in milk

Answer 21

M1

Question 22

two cytopathic effects of alfatoxins

Answer 22

• hepatoxic
• carcinogenic

(hence cause LIVER CANCER)

Question 23

which disease of alfatoxin was encountered first time and in which species

Answer 23

hepatitis X

dogs

Question 24

cause of heptatitis X in dogs

Answer 24

goundnut meal

Question 25

disease caused in turkey by alfatoxin

Answer 25

turkey X disease

Question 26

tell about species,age susceptibility of alfatoxicosis

Answer 26

young>old
male>female
ducks,turkeys>chicken

Question 27

which species are resistant to alfatoxicosis

Answer 27

horses