Caliciviridae

Question 1

Caliciviridae is ____ shaped

Answer 1

cup

Question 2

Caliciviridae is ______, with ______ symmetry

Answer 2

non enveloped

icosahedral symmetry

Question 3

What disease is caused by genus lagovirus of Caliciviridae?

Answer 3

Rabbit Hemorrhagic disease

Question 4

What disease does genus sapovirus of Caliciviridae cause?

Answer 4

Porcine sapovirus

Question 5

What diseases does genus vesivirus cause?

Answer 5

vesicular exanthema of swine

feline calicivirus

san manguel sea lion virus

Question 6

Caliciviridae is a _____stranded RNA virus

Answer 6

single

Question 7

Caliciviridae replicates in the _____

Answer 7

cytoplasm

Question 8

Feline calicivirus belongs to the genus _____ and is highly infectious disease of cats

Answer 8

vesivirus

Question 9

What is the highly virulent strain of feline calicivirus?

Answer 9

virulent systemic disease (VSD)

Question 10

Sometimes a cat can recover from Feline calicivirus and become _____of the disease

Answer 10

carriers

*persistently shed the virus

Question 11

What are the three shedding possibilites of cats that have recovered from feline calicivirus?

Answer 11

intermittent shedding- cycles of infection

persistent shedding

no shedding

Question 12

How is feline calicivirus transmitted?

Answer 12

direct contact

*shed in oral, nasal and conjunctival secretions

Question 13

The source of infection in Feline calicivirus can be the infected cat or the ____ cat

Answer 13

recovered

Question 14

What part of the body does Feline Calicivirus have an affinity for?

Answer 14

Oral and respiratory tissues

Question 15

What kind of disease does feline calicivirus cause?

Answer 15

oral and upper respiratory tract disease

Question 16

What are the clinical signs of feline calicivirus?

Answer 16

tongue ulcers

pneumonia

lameness (limping syndrome)

Question 17

Feline calicivirus has a tropism for _____ that may cause inflammation of synovial membrane and lead to lameness and limping syndrome

Answer 17

joints

Question 18

The virulent systemic disease of feline calicivirus has high mortality rates in areas where cats are kept _____

Answer 18

close together

*shelters

Question 19

What pathology occurs in virulent systemic disease of feline calicivirus?

Answer 19

ulceration of tongue

facial and limb edema

ulceration of foot pad

alopecia

pneumonia

Question 20

Most feline calicivirus vaccines are in combination with _____

Answer 20

feline herpes virus

Question 21

It is advisable to vaccinate all the cats and the kittens from a ____ that has a history of feline calicivirus

Answer 21

queen

Question 22

True/False: all healthy cats should be vaccinated against feline calicivirus

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What Calicivirus is a highly infectious disease of swine that leads to formation of vesicles on the snout, feet, and mouth?

Answer 23

Vesicular exanthema of swine

Question 24

How is Vesicular exanthema of swine transmitted?

Answer 24

direst contact with infected animals

ingestion of pig meat that has not been fully cooked

Question 25

What does San miguel sea lion virus cause in sea lions?

Answer 25

vesicles in the oral cavity and on flippers

Question 26

What genus of Caliciviridae is the most common cause of outbreaks of diarrhea on cruise ships and is associated with seafood?

Answer 26

norovirus

*gastoenteritis