Clostridium Flashcards
1) Most clostridia have low invasive capacity
true
2) Spores of clostridia are generally very resistant against heat
true
3) The habitat of clostridia is the gut and the soil
true
4) Clostridia are obligate aerobic bacteria
false
5) Clostridium perfringens is an obligate pathogenic bacterium
false
6) Clostridium perfringens can produce main and auxillary toxins
true
7) Extracellular enzymes and toxins are virulence factors of clostridia
true
8) There are no vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by clostridia
false
9) Clostridium is anaerobe spore forming bacteria
true
10) Clostridium bacteria is not in the environment, because it cannot tolerate oxygen
false
11) Clostridium spreads usually rapid in a herd
false
12) Clostridium spread mostly with insecticides
false
13) Clostridium difficile can be treated with metronidazole
true
14) Clostridium difficile is seen in foal and piglets
true
15) Many Clostridium species have flagella
false
clostridium species are only found in the subtropics.
false
17) Clostridium can cause severe contagious diseases
false
18) Clostridium are obligate pathogens
false
1) Anaculture or anatoxin vaccines are used for the prevention of malignant oedema
true
2) Cl. chauvoei is the agent of malignant oedema
false
3) Lesions of malignant oedema are mainly seen in the large muscles
true
4) Malignant oedema is generally endogenous in cattle
false
5) Malignant oedema is generally a consequence of wound infection
true
6) Movement difficulties are frequently seen in the case of malignant oedema
true
7) Clostridium novyi can cause malignant oedema
true
8) Malignant oedema can be diagnosed based on clinical signs
false
9) Malignant oedema is caused due to wound infection
true
10) Malignant oedema is only in ruminants
false
11) Malignant oedema, one of the clinical signs is lameness/movement problems
true
12) Malignant oedema, attenuated vaccine for prevention
false
13) Clostridium channel is the agent of malignant oedema
false
14) Clostridium septicum is an agent of malignant oedema
true
15) Clostridium histolyticum can cause malignant oedema
true
16) Agents of malignant oedema can be detected by bacterium culture
true
17) There are no vaccines for the prevention of malignant oedema
false
18) Malignant oedema occurs in ruminants and pigs
true
19) Malignant oedema is an acute fatal disease
true
20) Malignant oedema can be treated with antibiotics.
true
21) Malignant oedema can occur in any warm-blooded animal
true
22) Once an area is infected with gas gangrene re-occurrence is common.
true
23) Malignant oedema cannot occur in swine
false
24) Malignant oedema usually develop following an endogenous infection
false
25) Malignant oedema is well treated with long-term antibiotics therapy
false
26) Malignant oedema can be treated with polymyxin
false
27) Malignant oedema can be well treated with antibiotics over a long period
false
28) Is gas gangrene (malignant oedema) a regional illness.
false
29) The lesions of malignant oedema are mainly seen in the lungs
false
1) Blackleg is caused by Clostridium septicum
false
2) Lesions of blackleg are mainly seen on the claws
false
3) Lameness is a clinical sign of blackleg.
true
4) Blackleg is a frequent disease in pigs
false
5) Generally attenuated vaccines are used for the prevention of blackleg
false
6) Anaculture or anatoxin vaccines are used for the prevention of blackleg
true
7) Blackleg occurs only in tropical and subtropical countries
false
8) Blackleg generally occurs in endemic form
true
9) Blackleg occurs most frequently in pigs
false
10) Blackleg is a gas gangrene disease
true
11) Blackleg is generally endogenous in sheep
false
12) Blackleg is generally endogenous in cattle
true
13) Movement disorders and lameness can be clinical signs of Blackleg
true
14) Clostridium chauvoei can produce acids and gas from carbohydrates
true
15) Blackleg occurs mainly in ruminants
true
16) Oedema is a typical clinical sign of blackleg
true
17) Live vaccines are used for the prevention of blackleg
false
18) Blackleg infects ovine through wounds
true
19) In Blackleg disease we use attenuated vaccine
false
20) In the case of sheep, blackleg is generally consequence of a wound infection
true
21) Blackleg is caused by Clostridium chauvoei
true
22) Severe diarrhoea is the main clinical sign of blackleg
false
23) Blackleg occurs in cattle and sheep
true
24) If antibiotics are applied after appearance of the clinical signs of blackleg, treatment is generally successful
false
25) Blackleg disease occurs only in ruminants
false
26) Blackleg can usually be treated with antibiotics successfully
false
27) Blackleg in cattle is mainly endogenous between 6 months-3 years old.
false
28) The disease caused by Clostridium chauvoei occurs mainly in cattle and sheep
true
29) The disease caused by Clostridium chauvoei is primarily the result of endogenous infection in cattle
true
30) Blackleg has four toxins
true
31) Blackleg can be prevented by using vaccine
true
32) We use neomycin and polymyxin to treat disease caused by Clostridium chauvoei
false
33) Blackleg in cattle is mainly endogenous between 2 months-2 years old
true
34) Blackleg in bovine is caused by wound infections
false
1) Classical swine fever is a frequent predisposing factor of bradsot
false
2) Oedema in the wall of the abomasum and duodenum are postmortem lesions of bradsot
true
3) Bradsot is caused by Clostridium chauvoei
false
4) Bradsot occurs mainly in tropical and subtropical countries
false
5) Soil contaminated frozen feed is a frequent predisposing factor of bradsot
true
6) Frozen food is a predisposing factor of bradsot
true
7) Bradsot occurs mainly late autumn and winter
true
8) Overeating can predispose the animals to bradsot
false
9) Thickening of and oedema in the stomach wall are typical lesions of bradsot
true
10) Aminoglycosides are successfully used for treatment in the case of bradsot
false
11) Bradsot is caused by Clostridium septicum
true
12) Severe pneumonia is a typical clinical sign of bradsot
false
13) Bradsot has a very fast course
true
14) Bradsot occurs only in suckling lambs
false
15) Bradsot is typically a chronic disease
false
16) Bradsot is common in the summer out on the pasture
false
17) Bradsot is an acute disease resulting in sudden death in many cases
true
18) We can use anaculture strain vaccine against Bradsot
true
19) Bradsot causes oedema of the legs and necrosis
false
20) Post mortem lesions of bradsot can be seen in the stomach (rennet)
true
1) Köves disease is an indicator disease
true
2) CSF is a predisposing factor of koves disease
true
3) Köves disease can be seen in pigs
true
4) Köves disease is caused by Clostridium chavoei
false
1) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is mainly seen in pigs
false
2) Infectious necrotic hepatitis can be prevented by using anatoxin vaccines
true
3) Liver fluke can predispose animals to infectious necrotic hepatitis
true
4) In sheep, Clostridium septicum causes necrotic liver infection
false
5) Infectious necrotic hepatitis causes inflammation and necrotic nodules in the liver
true
6) There is no vaccine to prevent infectious necrotic hepatitis
false
7) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is caused by Clostridium septicum
false
8) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is mainly seen in suckling lambs
false
9) Parasite infection is a frequent predisposing effect of infectious necrotic hepatitis
true
10) Focal necrosis in the liver is a typical post mortem lesion of infectious necrotic hepatitis
true
11) Anatoxin vaccines can be used for the prevention of infectious necrotic hepatitis
true
12) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is caused by Clostridium novyi
true
13) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is spread by tick
false
14) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is caused by Clostridium novyi type B
true
15) Infectious necrotic hepatitis is found worldwide
true