Avibacterium and Taylorella

Question 1

________ is the cause of fowl coryza in chickens

Answer 1

Avibacterium paragallinarum

Question 2

Avibacterium paragallinarum affects what age of what species?

Answer 2

Adult chickens

Question 3

What is the likely signs seen in a bird suffering from Avibacterium paragallinarum?

Answer 3

Air sacculitis, sneezing, swelling of head.

Most important: decrease in egg production

Question 4

Does Avibacterium paragallinarum require a V factor?

Answer 4

YES

Question 5

_________ is the cause of contagious equine metritis

Answer 5

Taylorella equigenitalis

Question 6

Where do male horses carry Taylorella equigenitalis? Females?

Answer 6

Penis, sheath, and urethra

Clitoral fossa

Question 7

What are some signs/syptoms of horses affected with Taylorella equigenitalis?

Answer 7

vaginitis, cervicitis, and a large amount of mucopurrulent exudate

Question 8

T/F Taylorella equigenitalis infection causes abortion

Answer 8

FALSE; it does not cause abortions