Brucellosis caused by B. melitensis in sheep and goat Flashcards
The maintenance host of Brucella abortus is he goat and the sheep
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Brucella melitensis infection of sheep and goat is common in Mediterranean littoral
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B. melitensis can disappear spontaneously from sheep and goat
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Herd replacement is the only method of eradication of B. melitensis in a goat herd
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Brucella melitensis is an obligate pathogenic bacterium in sheep and goat
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Brucella melitensis can infection only goats and sheep
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Brucella melitensis is endemic in the Mediterranean area.
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Brucella melitensis can cause orchitis and epididymitis in rams and bucks
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Diseases caused by Brucella melitensis can be prevented with vaccination.
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B. melitensis infection is common in most EU countries
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B. melitensis can cause orchitis in rams.
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There are vaccines for prevention of B. melitensis
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Brucella melitensis is sporadic in Hungary
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Sheep and goats can be infected per os with Brucella melitensis
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Brucella melitensis causes abortion in goats and sheep.
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Brucella melitensis can be prevented by attenuated vaccines.
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Self-limiting nature of brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis is strong.
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Brucella melitensis can infect only goats.
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Antibodies against Brucella melitensis can be detected in small ruminants all over Europe.
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melitensis is mostly affecting the northern part of Europe.
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Humans are highly susceptible to B. melitensis.
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B. melitensis brucellosis is strongly self-limiting
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Rev-1 is an attenuated B. melitensis vaccine.
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Goats and sheep are primary hosts of B. melitensis.
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Caprine brucellosis cannot be prevented with vaccination
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Caprine brucellosis is caused by B. ovis
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Caprine brucellosis is endemic in the Mediterranean area
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Rams are asymptomatic in case of brucellosis.
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Primary way of infection of B. melitensis is by mating.
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B. melitensis shed in the fetus, milk and semen.
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B. melitensis occurs sporadically in sheep flocks in Hungary.
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In abortion caused by B. melitensis, inflammatory necrotic foci are seen in the placenta.
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Brucella ovis can infect only sheep
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