Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Fungi

Question 1

Bacterial disease in Animals

Answer 1

1. BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
2. BRUCELLA ABORTUS
3. CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS VENEREALIS
4. CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
5. ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE
6. ESCHERICHIA COLI
7. LEPTOSA INTERROGANS
8. PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA
9. MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS

Question 2

Causative agent of Bacillus Anthracis

Answer 2

ANTHRAX

Question 3

Animals affected or most susceptible to Bacillus Anthracis

Answer 3

RUMINANTS

Question 4

Route of infection of Bacillus Anthracis

Answer 4

BACTERIAL SPORE ENTER OPEN WOUND or BY INGESTION and/or BY INHALATION

Question 5

Animal carcass suspected to die from this disease should not be subjected for necropsy because once that carcass is opened, the bacterial spores are liberated

Answer 5

ANTHRAX

Question 6

Used by terrorist as weapon for bioterrorism after 9/11

Answer 6

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Question 7

Common in Region 1 (Ilocos Region) and Region II (Cagayan Valley)

Answer 7

ANTHRAX

Question 8

Causative agent of Brucellosis in cattle and buffalos

Answer 8

BRUCELLA ABORTUS

Question 9

Cause brucellosis in sheep and goat

Answer 9

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS

Question 10

Causes abortion in livestock

Answer 10

BRUCELLOSIS

Question 11

• Considered to be a venereal or sexually transmitted disease
• Also zoonotic but affected humans only manifest fever

Answer 11

BRUCELLA ABORTUS

Question 12

Causes brucellosis in swine

Answer 12

BRUCELLA SUIS

Question 13

Causative agent of vibriosis in cattle

Answer 13

CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS VENEREALIS

Question 14

• Also a venereal disease; however it can also be spread through ingestion of the bacteria
• Cause late stage abortion and infertility

Answer 14

CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS VENEREALIS

Question 15

Causative agent of Tetanus

Answer 15

CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI

Question 16

Ubiquitous in soil; these bacteria are found in the gut of herbivores

Answer 16

CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI

Question 17

Most susceptible species to tetanus

Answer 17

HORSES

2nd are goats

Question 18

Causative agent of Erysipelas

Answer 18

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE

Question 19

A disease in pigs that cause rhomboid lesions on their barrel that will eventually lead to arthritis and endocarditis

Answer 19

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE

Question 20

The term of the disease cause by Erysipelas in humans

Answer 20

ZOONOTIC and ERYSIPELOID

Question 21

Clinical signs of Tetanus

Answer 21

• SAW HORSE STANCE

- FLEHMEN REACTION

Question 22

• A natural commensal of the gut of both human and animal
• The toxins of this bacterium causes endotoxemia which may lead to morbidity among affected eventually mortality among affected animals
• Are also an indicator of hygiene and public health

Answer 22

ESCHERICHIA COLI

Question 23

Indicated when any food and water that has colonies of Escherichia Coli

Answer 23

FECAL CONTAMINATION

Question 24

Causative agent of Leptospirosis

Answer 24

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS

Question 25

Common serovars of Leptospirosis

Answer 25

- ICTEROHEMORRHAGIAE - CANICOLA - GRIPPOTYPHOSA - HARDJO - POMONA - BRATISLAVA

Question 26

A serovar that was isolated from sewer rats in Manila

Answer 26

MANILAE

Question 27

Route of infection

Answer 27

OPEN WOUND OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE COMES IN CONTACT WITH INFECTED URINE OR INGESTION OR URINE-CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER

Question 28

- Can be sexually transmitted - Can cause abortion, renal (kidney) failure, jaundice or icterus, infertility, stillbirth and death - Zoonotic

Answer 28

LEPTOSPIROSIS

Question 29

May either act as the primary pathogen or secondary pathogen in diseases such as: Shipping Fever (Ruminants), Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Ruminants), Athropic Rhinitis (Pigs) among others

Answer 29

PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA

Question 30

- These bacteria are commensal of the upper respiratory tract and oral cavity - These bacteria become pathogenic if the animal's immune system is suppressed either due to stress or introduction of a viral disease - Potentially zoonotic

Answer 30

PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA

Question 31

Fungal Disease

Answer 31

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

Question 32

- Causes aspergillosis - Route of infection: Inhalation - To prevent thus fungus from growing, make sure to keep the animal's housing clean and free of ammonia

Answer 32

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

Question 33

It can cause bronchopneumonia, mastitis, placentitis and abortion in this animal

Answer 33

CATTLE

Question 34

It causes bronchopneumonia in this animal

Answer 34

BIRDS

Question 35

It causes epistaxis and dysphagia due to guttural pouch mycosis. The fungus grows in the guttural pouch in this animal

Answer 35

HORSES

Question 36

Inflammation of the mammary glands

Answer 36

MASTITIS

Question 37

Inflammation of the placenta

Answer 37

PLACENTITIS

Question 38

Nose bleed in horses

Answer 38

EPISTAXIS

Question 39

Difficulty in swallowing

Answer 39

DYSPHAGIA

Question 40

An organ in horses that connect the nose, mouth and ears

Answer 40

GUTTURAL POUCH