BB Ch 15 Flashcards
- Swine are in the order ___________, which contained the even-toed _______________.
Artiodactyla; Ungulates
- What is the common weight and age range for research pigs?
15-30 Kg at 8-12 weeks of age
- The weight gain range of swine is:
2-5 Kg/week
- Experts suggest that projects with duration of greater than ___________ be carried out with miniature swine due to the rapid weight gain that swine normally have.
3 weeks
- Name the five common miniature swine breeds used in research.
- Yucatans, Hanford, Sinclair, Hormel, Gottingen
- In the United States, weanling swine are commonly vaccinated against which two diseases?
- Erysipelas and leptosporosis
- Breeding herds should also be vaccinated against all but which of the following diseases:
a. Porcine parvovirus
b. Bordetella bronchiseptica
c. Pasturella multocida
d. Escherichia coli
e. Rabies
e. Rabies
- What is the recommended minimum acclimation period for research swine?
72 hours
- What nutritional component should be increased in a pig’s diet when it has stress-induced diarrhea?
Fiber
- The two areas on a pig that are suitable for intramuscular injection are the ____________ and ____________.
neck, hindlimbs
- Pigs make a genetic model for which of the following heart defects?
a. High membranous ventricular septal defect
b. Mitral valve prolapse
c. Coarctation of the aorta
d. Transposition of the great vessels
a. High membranous ventricular septal defect
- Pigs make a genetic model for which of the following coagulopathies:
a. Hemophilia (lack of Factor 8)
b. DIC
c. Thrombocytopenia
d. Von Willebrand’s disease
d. Von Willebrand’s disease
- The anatomical and physiological characteristics of porcine skin make it a definitive model for ________________ surgery.
plastic
- What two characteristics of the swine coronary anatomy make them similar to 90% of the human population?
- Right-side dominant and no pre-existing collateral circulation
- The pig stomach has a muscular outpouching, near the pylorus, called the _________________.
- Torus pyloricus
- The majority of the large intestines are in the spiral colon, which is in the _____________ _________________quadrant of the abdomen.
left upper
- Which of the following choices represents all of the accessory sex organs of boars?
a. Prostate, vesicular gland
b. Ductus deferens, prostate, vesicular gland
c. Ductus deferens, prostate, vesicular gland, bulbourethral gland
d. Ductus deferens, prostate, bulbourethral gland
c. Ductus deferens, prostate, vesicular gland, bulbourethral gland
- Diets for mini and micro breeds have lower ______________ and higher ___________ concentrations compared to the food for farm pigs.
energy, fiber
- Female milk is low in which element?
iron
- Piglets may get additional amounts of iron if provided access to what?
Feces from the dam
- The gestation length in swine is:
114-115 days
- Piglets need to be kept at the following temperature range (at pig level) for the first 3 to 4 weeks of life to prevent hypothermia:
a. 70-80ºF
b. 85-90ºF
c. 90-95ºF
d. 95-100ºF
b. 85-90ºF
- True or false. The eyesight of swine is considered poor.
True
- The cortical and medullary areas of porcine lymph nodes are ___________, as well as in elephants, rhinos, dolphins, hippos and warthogs.
inverted
- Swine have two different types of Peyer’s patches. One type is located on the ______________ (having both B and T cells) and the other on the ____________(having B cells almost exclusively).
jejunum, ileum
- By what action does monoclonal antiporcine D3 antibody create in vivo tolerance for xenotransplantation.
- It induces in vivo immunosuppression
- Porcine bone marrow is more similar to people than rodents in the toxicity response to lethal ___________.
irradiation
- True or false. Swine have a lymphocyte subset that expresses both CD4 and CD8, a characteristic shared by several other species.
- False. While swine do have a lymphocyte subset that expresses both CD4 and CD8, this subset is unique to swine and is not seen in other species.
- There is no transplacental transfer of maternal immunity, making the piglets entirely ____________ dependent for immunity during the first 24 to 48 hours of life.
colostrum
- Swine colostrum is rich in which type of immunoglobulin?
a. IgA
b. IgE
c. IgG
d. IgM
c. IgG
- What are the main leukocytes found in porcine colostrum?
- Neutrophils and T cells
- Intestinal closure for the absorption of IgG in colostrum ends when?
24 to 48 hours of life
- Swine lack the gene for IgD, which is a precursor to _________.
IgM
- SLA stands for __________ ________________ ____________, which is equivalent to the major histocompatibility complex.
Swine Leukocyte Antigen
- The gene for the SLA is located on which chromosome?
7
- Antigen-antibody complexes are eliminated through the ________ in pigs.
a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Spleen
d. Kidneys
a. Lungs
- How many blood factors do pigs have?
78
- A researcher can induce an immunodeficiency which removal of which two organs in pigs?
Thymus and spleen
- The hemolytic disease in neonates related to postnatal absorption of maternal antibodies is called____________________ _______________.
- Erythroblastosis fetalis
- An inherited form of glomerulonephritis is found in which breed of pigs?
a. Mini-pig Yucatans
b. Gottingen mini-pigs
c. Norwegian Yorkshires
d. Great Whites
c. Norwegian Yorkshires
- A spontaneous IgA nephropathy has been identified in slaughter pigs from which country?
Japan
- Two infectious causes of arthritis in swine are ____________________ and ________________. Arthritis induced by these agents has a similar pathogenesis to what human disease?
- Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Rheumatoid arthritis
- True or false. Matching SLA skin grafts typically survive for only 2 days.
- False. Matching SLA skin grafts typically survive for 7 to 12 days
- True or false. Vascular grafts and liver transplants survive much longer, sometimes indefinitely.
True
- Hyperacute rejection of transplanted organs occurs within minutes to hours. This reaction is mediated by ________________.
complement
- High titers of natural “________________” target carbohydrate antigens expressed on donor tissue __________________.
xenoantibodies
endothelium
- The cell mediated reaction to transplanted organs typically takes how long (a range)?
3-4 days
- What branch of science shows the most promise in preventing the rejection of xeontransplanted tissues?
Transgenics
- Expression of ___________, a human complement regulatory protein, has promoted the survival of swine lungs in a pig to primate model of xenotransplantation.
CD59
- There are 3 Salmonella spp. which typically cause disease in pigs. Name them.
Salmonella choleraesuis var. kunzedorf
S. typhimurium
S. typhisuis.
- What are some clinical signs of Salmonella septicemia?
Respiratory: Cough, dyspnea, pyrexia.
Enteric: hemorrhagic enterocolitis, anorexia, dehydration, pyrexia.
Other diseases: septicemia, meningitis, lymphadenitis, abortion
- What is the source of the 2 main Salmonella spp?
S. cholerasuis: other swine and environments contaminated by swine (host-specific).
S. typhimurium: swine and other animals (not host specific)
Describe the pathogenesis of S. cholerasuis?
- It invades the mucosa of the ilium and is taken up by macrophages.
- It produces Shiga- like and cholera-like toxins that are responsible for the microthrombosis and ishemia of vessels in the lamina propria.
- What are a couple of ways of preventing Salmonellosis?
- Minimize stress, practice good sanitation (chorine, iodine, or phenol disinfectants work well.)
- Are there vaccines for S. cholerasuis or S. typhimurium?
- Yes
Modified-live attenuated vaccines for S. cholerasuis
Bacterins for S. typhimurium.
Can Salmonellosis cause complications in research?
Yes, duh, with high morbidity and mortality
- What causes Glasser¹s disease?
- Haemophilus parasuis
- What are clinical signs and age of presentation of pigs with Glasser¹s disease?
- Pigs are 3 weeks to 4months old
- Pyrexia, anorexia, depression, lameness, neurological signs, dyspnea, and death. Long-term sequela may be abortion and chronic arthritis
- What is the pathogenesis of the organism that causes Glasser¹s disease?
- H. parasuis is normal flora in non-SPF swine and is opportunistic with swine influenza virus.
- What is the best prevention for Glasser¹s disease?
- Increase immunity in the herd (bacterins, herd-specific vaccines) and minimize stress.
- How can Glasser¹s disease complicate research?
- It can confound cardiovascular studies because the chronic form can produce congestive heart failure and fibrinous pericarditis.
- What causes Erysipelas?
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
- What are the signs of erysipelas?
- Clinical signs range from no signs to a combination of the following: classical rhomboid or diamond-shaped urticarial skin lesions, fever, anorexia, depression, stiff gait, abortion, death.
- How do pigs get erysipelas?
- Pigs are the natural reservoir for E. rhusiopathiae.
- Contact with infected sheep, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and emus can cause infection in pigs.
- The bacterium gains entry into the pig through the oral route (food or water) or skin wounds.
- T or F- Vaccination can prevent the acute and chronic form of erysipelas.
False - only the acute
- What research complications can arise from erysipelas?
- Acute form: High morbidity and mortality
- Chronic form: proliferative, non-suppurative arthritis and vegetative proliferation on the heart valves (orthopedic and cardiovascular studies)
- What organism causes Streptococcosis in swine?
- Streptococcus suis (usually type 2)
Lancefield group D
- What are the clinical signs of streptococcosis?
- Age 5-16 weeks most commnonly affected
- Manifestations of meningitis are most characteristic of S. suis type 2 infections
- Pyrexia to 42.5 C usually initial sign, then anorexia, depression, ataxia, paddling, opisthotonus, convulsions, death
- Also can cause pneumonia, rhinitis, polyarthritis, stillbirths, abscesses, vaginitis, endocarditis, myocarditis, cyanosis, dyspnea, sudden death
- How does transmission occur for streptococcosis?
- Transmission is by carriers (other animals, birds, humans) or flies between herds. The sow can infect newborns during birth or suckling.
- The pathogenesis of S. suis begins with colonization of the ________, then spread to the cribiform plate, or by septicemia.
palantine tonsils
- How can streptococcosis be prevented?
- Rederivation or depopulation/repopulation.
- T or F- There are vaccines for S. suis.
- True - live avirulent strains and cell-wall protein vaccines
- Cardiovascular research can be complicated due to what manifestation of steptococcosis?
- Endocarditis and myocarditis
- T or F - S. suis is zoonotic.
True
- Pseudorabies is also known as _________.
- Aujeszky¹s disease
- Pseudorabies virus is in the _________ subfamily of the __________.
- Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily of the Herpesviridae
- The pseudorabies virus impact these two organ systems:
- Respiratory and CNS
- T or F - Pseudorabies in animals other than pigs is subclinical.
- False. Most animals other than pigs die as a result of infection
- Once CNS signs appear in pseudorabies infection, death occurs in _______ (Time period)
- 24-36 hours
- T or F - Close to 100% of pigs develop both respiratory and CNS signs of pseudorabies.
- False - Mortality is low and most animals develop respiratory signs only.
- Transmission of the pseudorabies virus can occur by (choose all that apply)
A) direct contact
B) insemination
C) transplacental route
D) insect bites
- A, B, and C (insects vectors has not been adequately evaluated)