Bordetella

Question 1

Bordetella Characteristics

Answer 1

Cocco-bacillus
Slow growth
Obligate symbiotic

Question 2

B. Bronchiseptica has affinity for

Answer 2

ciliated respiratory epithelium

Question 3

B. Bronchiseptica - causes what in dogs

Answer 3

Kennel cough

Question 4

B. Bronchiseptica - causes what in pigs

Answer 4

Atrophic rhinitis

Question 5

B. Bronchiseptica - Virulence - Adhesins

Answer 5

Filamentous haemagglutinin
OMP
Fimbriae

Question 6

B. Bronchiseptica - Virulence - Toxins

Answer 6

Haemolysin - neutrophil inhibition
Dermonecrotic
Osteo toxin
Tracheal cytotoxin
LPS

Question 7

B. Bronchiseptica - Pigs - Non-progressive rhinitis

Answer 7

Damage of nasal mucosa

Question 8

B. Bronchiseptica - Pigs - Pneumonic bordetellosis

Answer 8

Primary infection when less than 1 wk
Coughing, dyspnea
High morbidity and mortality
Lung lesions

Question 9

B. Bronchiseptica - Pigs - Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis

Answer 9

Damage to osteoblasts

Sniffing, Sneezing, Tears, Blood from nose

Question 10

B. Bronchiseptica - Pigs - Treatment

Answer 10

Difficult
Antibacterial
Vaccination (sow, piglets)

Question 11

B. Bronchiseptica - Dogs and Cats - Pathogenesis

Answer 11

Endogenic and exogenic

Adhesion to ciliated epithelium –> NH3 production and toxins –> inflammation

Question 12

B. Bronchiseptica - Dogs and Cats - Symptoms

Answer 12

Dry cough
Runny nose and eye
Decrease appetite
Lethargic

Question 13

B. Avium - Turkeys

Answer 13

Coryza - irritation and swelling of the mucous membranes in nose

Question 14

B. Avium - Epidemiology

Answer 14

Older animals are carriers

Transferred via bedding and drinking water

Question 15

B. Avium - Symptoms

Answer 15

High morbity, low mortality
Decreased growth
Nose discharge + sneezing
Head shaking