Bacteria ID

Question 1

Largest group of pathogenic bacteria that is opportunistic

Coliforms

Answer 1

GNRODS

Question 2

Can be spread by eating contaminated beef

Answer 2

E. Coli

Question 3

Main reservoirs include: chickens, eggs, unpasturized milk, ground meat, and fish
Causes food poisoning or Typhoid F+

Answer 3

Salmonella

Question 4

Found in soil, water, on plants, in humans and animals

Lg % of hospital infx by way of IV bags (Glucose/Dextrose)

Answer 4

Klebsiella

Question 5

Subgenus of Salmonella

Largely seen in sheep

Answer 5

Arizona

Question 6

Normal flora in human intestines

Swarms on BAP

Answer 6

Proteus

Question 7

Common contaminant in dog and cat mouths and is isolated from dog and cat bites
Snuffles in rabbits

Answer 7

Pasturella

Question 8

Poses an occupational risk to vet staff
W/in the repro tract of bovine, swine, goats, and humans
Eradicated from bovine from immunization of calves

Answer 8

Brucella

Question 9

Poses an occupational risk to vet staff
Spread through contact with wild rabbits, rodents, or vectors
C/S: skin lesions and severe resp dz

Answer 9

Francisella tularensis

Question 10

Causes cholera in humans

Comma shaped

Answer 10

Vibrio

Question 11

Kennel cough in dogs

Answer 11

Bordetella

Question 12

Dermatitis with blueish green purulent discharge
Primary pathogen of birds, reptiles, and amphibians
Fruity smell

Answer 12

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 13

Widespread in fresh water, sewage, and soil

Causes dz in fish, reptiles, and amphibians called Red Leg

Answer 13

Aeromonas

Question 14

Species include: Bacillus,Listeria, Corynebacterium and Clostridium

Answer 14

GPRODS

Question 15

Causes anthrax
one of the most pathogenic bacteria known to man
Produces an exotoxin that affects cardiovascular system
C/S: bleeding from all orifices, blood will not clot, no rigor mortis
Dx: blood draw from ear vein, DO NOT OPEN CARCASS

Answer 15

Bacillus anthracis

Question 16

Contaminant of silage
20% mortality rate
One of the most deadly food borne pathogens
2 types: visceral and neural

Answer 16

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 17

Causes caseous lymphadenitis, resp dz, and skin infx
Diptheria in humans
Pleomorphic

Answer 17

Corynebacterium

Question 18

One of the most potent toxins to man
C/S: food poisoning and paralysis
One gram can kill one million people (Class A Bioweapon)
Inactivated by heat

Answer 18

Clostridium botulinium

Question 19

Causes tetanus

Answer 19

Clostridium tetani

Question 20

Causes GI infx and abortions

Thermophilic and microaerophilic

Answer 20

Campylobacter

Question 21

Severe renal dz in dogs but rare in cats

Spread in urine

Answer 21

Leptospira

Question 22

Need to acid fast stain to ID and survives phagocytosis

Tuberculosis in humans and cows

Answer 22

Mycobacterium

Question 23

Need to acid fast stain to ID
Pleomorphic
No cell wall - resistant to penicillin
Pneumonia in humans and pigs

Answer 23

Mycoplasmas

Question 24

Non-motile, GN bacteria that replicate within host cells
carried by parasites
Ex: Ehrlichia, Anaplasmatacae, Haemobartonella,

Answer 24

Rickettsial agents

Question 25

Rocky Mountain Spotted F+

Answer 25

Rickettsial ricketsii