Deck 2

Question 1

Epizootological triad:

Answer 1

Animal population
Aetiological agent
Environmental factors

Question 2

What are the different ways of transmission?

Answer 2

Horizontal: direct or indirect
Vertical
Primary: direct contact, transplacental
Secondary: from environment, other sources

Question 3

What causes strangles:

Answer 3

Streptococcus equi subsp. equi

Question 4

Leptospirosis reservoirs:

Answer 4

Rodents

Question 5

What causes bluetongue?

Answer 5

Orbivirus reovirus

Question 6

Transmission of Listeria is:

Answer 6

Direct, oral

Question 7

In what species is Aujeszky’s disease fatal?

Answer 7

Dogs

Question 9

What is an epizootic process?

Answer 9

A biological, dynamic and multifactorial phenonemon based on continuous interaction among the animal population, etiological agents and environment

Question 10

Explain the epizootological chain:

Answer 10

Circulation of aetiological agents in animal population, repeating and continuing process of aetiological agent transmission among susceptible hosts.

Question 11

What causes african horse sickness?

Answer 11

Orbivirus reoviridae

Question 12

What causes fowl cholera?

Answer 12

Pasteurella multocida

Question 13

Transmission of FIV:

Answer 13

Biting, saliva, vertical

Question 14

Reservoir of West Nile virus:

Answer 14

Birds

Question 15

Most susceptible to tetanus:

Answer 15

Horses/lambs

Question 16

Sample for paratuberculosis:

Answer 16

Faeces

Question 17

Brucella culture agar:

Answer 17

Blood agar

Question 18

Division of cell culture growth methods:

Answer 18

Monolayer, suspension, microcarrier

Question 19

Agent for bovine viral diarrhoea virus:

Answer 19

Pestivirus, flaviviridae

Question 20

Does blocked ELISA cause a colour change?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Gold standard for rabies detection is:

Answer 21

Fluorescent antibody testing

Question 22

Stain for brucella:

Answer 22

Ziehl-Neelsen modified (stamp staining)

Question 23

What causes swine vesicular disease?

Answer 23

Enterovirus B

Question 24

Who can be infected by rabies?

Answer 24

Warm-blooded mammals and humans

Question 25

What is WHO?

Answer 25

World Health Organisation

Question 26

Culture of fungi:

Answer 26

Saobourads

Question 27

Virus neutralization test is used for:

(viruses)

Answer 27

Morbus Aujeszky
Foot and mouth disease
Rabies
Rift Valley fever
Vesicular stomatitis
IBR
Equine viral arteritis
Swine vesicular disease

Question 28

Type of cultivation of cells:

Answer 28

Suspension and monolayer

Question 29

Footrot aetiological agent:

Answer 29

Bacteriosus nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorum

Question 30

Sample for African swine fever is taken from:

Answer 30

Blood from liver, spleen, lymph node, tonsils, kidney from dead animals