Bacteriology 5

Question 1

Where in/ on the the body are Staphylococcus infections typically found?

Answer 1

On the skin or mucous membranes

Question 2

List some diseases caused by Staphylococcus.

Answer 2

Mastitis, Dermatitis, Greasy Pig Disease

Question 3

What are Nosocomial infections?

Answer 3

Hospital acquired infections

Question 4

Give an example of a common Nosocomial infection?

Answer 4

MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus)

Question 5

List some diseases caused by Streptococcus

Answer 5

Mastitis, Strangles in horses

Question 6

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 6

Produce endospores, exotoxins

Question 7

Edema factor

Answer 7

Inhibits neutrophil function

Question 8

Anthrax

Answer 8

• Splenomegaly
• Zoonotic
• High mortality

Question 9

Caseous lymphadenitis

Answer 9

Characterized by abscess formation in major peripheral lymph nodes.

Question 10

Johne’s Disease

Answer 10

Small intestine, can’t absorb nutrients, poor BCS

Question 11

Listeriosis

Answer 11

CNS symptoms (turn neck), bacteria contaminates food or water

Question 12

C. tetani

Answer 12

Locked jaw, horses, stretch neck out, sawhorse stance, spastic paralysis

Question 13

C. botulinum

Answer 13

Flaccid paralysis- relaxed muscles

Question 14

E. coli

Answer 14

Diarrhea, edema disease pigs

Question 15

Salmonella

Answer 15

Diarrhea and abortion, good vaccines

Question 16

Plague

Answer 16

Transmitted by fleas present in rats

Everyone died

Question 17

Tularemia

Answer 17

Transmitted by flies, ticks, mosquitoes. Not high mortality

Question 18

Actinobacillus, Pasteurella, Mannheimia

Answer 18

Respiratory disease, bloody nose, pneumonia, shipping fever

Question 19

Brucellosis

Answer 19

Abortion, raw milk consumption

Question 20

Bordetella bronchiseptica

Answer 20

Kennel cough, atrophic rhinitis

Nasal pus, nasal cavity deformed

Question 21

Helicobacter pylori

Answer 21

Gastric ulcers

Question 22

Leptospirosis

Answer 22

Icteric mucous membranes

Question 23

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 23

Lyme disease, transmitted by ticks, bullseye

Question 24

Chlamydia

Answer 24

Birds, STD humans

Question 25

Mollicutes-Mycoplasma

Answer 25

Young animals, pneumonia, egg-like colonies, poor body development

Question 26

Rickettsiales

Answer 26

Transmitted thru ticks

Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia

Question 27

Coxiella burnettii

Answer 27

Q fever, abortion, low mortality

Question 28

Gram positive bacteria/ diseases

Answer 28

Staphylococcus (Dermatitis & Greay Pig), Streptococcus (Strangles), Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax), Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Diamond skin disease), Caseous lymphadenitis, Actinomyces bovis (Lumpy jaw), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), M. avium. subsp paratuberculosis (Johne’s), Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium

Question 29

Gram Negative bacteria/ diseases

Answer 29

E. coli, Salmonella, Plague, Francisella tularensis (Tularemia), Actinobacillus (Porcine pneumonia), Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimmia hemolytica (Shipping fever pneumonia), Brucellosis, Bordetella bronchiseptica (Kennel cough & Atrophic rhinitis), Helicobacter pylori, Leptospirosis, Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme), Chlamydia, Mollicutes-Mycoplasma, Rickettsiales, Coxiella burnettii