Brucellosis caused by B.melitensis in sheep and goat

Question 1

The maintenance host of Brucella abortus is he goat and the sheep

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Brucella melitensis infection of sheep and goat is common in Mediterranean littoral

Answer 2

True

Question 3

B. melitensis can disappear spontaneously from sheep and goat

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Herd replacement is the only method of eradication of B. melitensis in a goat herd

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Brucella melitensis is an obligate pathogenic bacterium in sheep and goat

Answer 5

True

False? facultative IC pathogen

Question 6

Brucella melitensis can infection only goats and sheep

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Brucella melitensis is endemic in the Mediterranean area

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Brucella melitensis can cause orchitis and epididymitis in rams and bucks

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Diseases caused by Brucella melitensis can be prevented with vaccination

Answer 9

True

Question 10

B. melitensis infection is common in most EU countries

Answer 10

False

Question 11

B. melitensis can cause orchitis in rams

Answer 11

True

Question 12

There are vaccines for prevention of B. melitensis

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Brucella melitensis is sporadic in Hungary

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Sheep and goats can be infected per os with Brucella melitensis

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Brucella melitensis causes abortion in goats and sheep

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Brucella melitensis can be prevented by attenuated vaccines

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Self-limiting nature of brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis is strong

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Brucella melitensis can infect only goats

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Antibodies against Brucella melitensis can be detected in small ruminants all over Europe

Answer 19

False

Question 20

B. melitensis is mostly affecting the northern part of Europe

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Humans are highly susceptible to B. melitensis

Answer 21

True

Question 22

B. melitensis brucellosis is strongly self-limiting

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Rev-1 is an attenuated B. melitensis vaccine

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Goats and sheep are primary hosts of B. melitensis

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Caprine brucellosis cannot be prevented with vaccination

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Caprine brucellosis is caused by B. ovis

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Caprine brucellosis is endemic in the Mediterranean area

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Rams are asymptomatic in case of brucellosis

Answer 28

True

False? Can cause orchitis, epididymitis

Question 29

Primary way of infection of B. melitensis is by mating

Answer 29

True

Question 30

B. melitensis shed in the fetus, milk and semen

Answer 30

True

Question 31

B. melitensis occurs sporadically in sheep flocks in Hungary

Answer 31

False

Question 32

In abortion caused by B. melitensis, inflammatory necrotic foci are seen in the placenta

Answer 32

True