Chapter 13 (Fungi)

Question 1

Dermatophytes

Answer 1

Ringworm: Microsporum trichophyton, and Epidermophyton

Question 2

Chytridiomycosis

Answer 2

affects amphibians (Xenopus) and is caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium

Question 4

Pneumocytis spp.

Answer 4

systemic mycoses that rearly causes disease in lab animals but can be fatal in immunosuppressed animals

Question 5

Candida albicans and cryptococcus spp.

Answer 5

yeast that cause opportunistic infections in NHP with weakened immune systems

crytpococcus can cause crytococcal meningitis in guinea pigs

Question 6

aspergillus

Answer 6

mold, causes a systemic infection in rabbits , can be fatal from destruction of lung tissue

Question 7

Encephalitozoon cuniculi (E. cuniculi)

Answer 7

ZOONOTIC, opportunistic in immunocompromised
first identified in rabbits (signs of lethargy, tremors, and partial paralysis)
subclinical in: guinea pigs, mice, and squirrel monkeys

Question 8

Pseudoloma neurophilia

Answer 8

common pathagen (microsporidia) in zebrafish