Bovine brucellosis (R) Flashcards
Brucella abortus can cause septicaemia in cattle
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Brucella abortus can cause necrosis in the chorionic villi of pregnant cattle.
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ABR test can detect antibodies against Brucella abortus in milk.
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Arthritis is a clinical sign of bovine brucellosis.
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Fluoroquinolones are the first choice for treatment of bovine brucellosis.
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In case of brucellosis our aim is eradication and maintain the disease-free status.
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Abortion isa clinical sign of bovine brucellosis.
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Brucella abortus can colonise the udder and shed with the milk of cows.
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Brucella abortus can colonise the testicles, epididymis and accessory genital glands and shed
with the semen.
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Cattle can be asymptomatic carriers of brucellae
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Infected cattle carry brucellae lifelong
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Calves can be infected with brucellae during pregnancy if the cow is infected.
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Bovine brucellosis is caused by Brucella bovis
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Brucella melitensis can cause abortion in cattle
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Antibacterial treatment is pointless in bovine brucellosis
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Brucella abortus can colonise only pregnant cows or heifers
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Brucella abortus can cause abortion of cattle
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Brucella abortus and brucella melitensis can cause bovine brucellosis.
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Bovine brucellosis has to be treated 4-6 weeks long with penicillins
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Brucella abortus can colonise only cattle
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Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis can cause bovine brucellosis
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Bovine Brucellosis has to be treated 4-6 weeks long with Penicllins
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Cattle cannot infect humans with Brucellae
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The maintaining host of Bruecella abortus is the goat and the sheep
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Orchitis is a clinical sign of Bovine Brucellosis.
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Calves can be born with Brucella
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Notes say brucella free calves born from sero + livestock
Brucellosis of cattle is mainly limited to the genital tract
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Bovine brucellosis is caused by Brucella bovis.
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B. melitensis can cause abortion in cattle.
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In the case of bovine brucellosis abortion usually occurs after fifth month of gestation.
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Retention of fetal membranes is a characteristic clinical sign of bovine brucellosis
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Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis occurs in the Mediterranean area.
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The S19 strain is an inactivated B. melitensis strain, which can be used for brucellosis
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Nervous clinical signs are frequent in the case of bovine brucellosis.
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Bovine brucellosis can be diagnosed using the tuberculin test
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ABR test cannot be used to test colostrum.
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Bovine brucellosis is a self-limiting disease.
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Bovine brucellosis was described for the first time by Sir David Bruce in 1886.
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Bovine brucellosis is not a notifiable disease
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Bovine brucellosis can be treated well with penicillin
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Rose-Bengal test is a frequently used serological test in the diagnostic work of brucellosis
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In ABR (Abortus bang ring/Brucella milk ring) test, we detect brucella antigens in the milk
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Fluoroquinolone treatment can cease shedding of Brucella.
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Rev 1. strain is a modified live vaccine strain of B. melitensis.
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Sensitivity and specificity of the serological tests, which are used in Brucella diagnostics are
different.
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Bovine brucellosis is a notifiable disease.
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An early antibiotic therapy is really important in the treatment of bovine brucellosis.
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Bovine brucellosis is a notifiable disease
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Brucella abortus can cause an abortion storm in a newly infected pregnant cattle herd.
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In case of bovine abortion we must send only fetal fluid to the diagnostic laboratory,
because is enough for the diagnosis
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In the ABR test we detect Brucella abortus bacteria in the cattle milk.
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S19 vaccine is a live vaccine, which can cause abortion in pregnant cows.
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Serological tests are frequently used methods in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis.
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False positive or false negative reactions can be seen in the serological tests in the
serodiagnostics brucellosis.
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Icterus is a frequently seen clinical signs of bovine brucellosis.
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ABR test is a human serological test for the detection of antibodies in human blood serum
sample.
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Abortion is a frequently seen clinical sign of bovine brucellosis
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Most important clinical sings of bovine brucellosis are icterus and CNS signs
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Cattle are generally infected with Brucella per os.
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After infection brucella replicate in the lymph nodes of cattle.
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Bulls are resistant to Brucella infection.
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Bovine brucellosis is always an acute disease.
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Bovine brucellosis is widespread within the EU.
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Necrosis of fetal membrane is a post mortem lesion of bovine brucellosis.
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Brucella can be detected in fetal membrane and fetus with Koster staining.
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Infected cattle can be recognized by detecting Brucella in blood with ELISA.
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ABR test is used to detect Brucella in milk.
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Brucellosis of cattle is a self-limiting disease.
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Cattle infected with brucellosis stay life-long carriers.
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Brucella abortus causes no disease in bulls
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Brucella are introduced in a herd with infected animals.
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Brucella colonize the lymph nodes in young calves.
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Brucella abortus can colonize only cattle
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Cattle are mainly infected with Brucella sexually.
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Brucellosis of cattle is mainly limited to the genital tract only.
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Brucella abortus can be carried and shed by dogs and cats.
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Brucella abortus can cause abortion wave in a cattle herd, when it is newly introduced.
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Fetus, fetal membranes and blood sample of the cow have to be sent to the diagnostic
institute in case of abortions.
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Antibodies against Brucella abortus are detected in the ABR test.
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Male calves may be vaccinated with vaccines containing live attenuated strains, without any
side effects.
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Rev-1. vaccine can cause abortion of pregnant animals
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Brucellosis of bovine cannot be shed in the milk.
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B. suis can infect cattle.
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Brucellosis can cause placentitis in cattle
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In case of brucellosis in cattle, only very few bacteria are needed to cause the disease.
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Bovine brucellosis is primarily caused by venereal infection
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Calves shows clinical sign after weaning when infected young with brucellosis.
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Calves can be born infected with brucellosis
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B. abortus can cause bovine brucellosis.
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B. melitensis can cause brucellosis in cattle
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Bovine brucellosis is seen in most European countries.
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Bovine brucellosis is zoonotic.
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If young calves are infected with brucellosis, the bacteria remain in the lymph nodes until
maturity.
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In the case of bovine brucellosis, septicemia happens.
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Cattle recovered from brucellosis do not remain carriers.
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Brucella abortus infects only cattle.
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Bovine brucellosis is only endemic in Hungary.
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The biggest economic damage to bovine brucellosis is orchitis in bulls.
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Brucella abortus infects only cattle.
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Sexual infection of cattle is the main way of infection with brucellae
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Brucella abortus can cause arthritis and bursitis in cattle-
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