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Dx tests (based off chart) Flashcards

1
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Dx by gross evaluation and histopathology

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Fixation with 10% neutral buffered formalin
Consult with lab tech
Case history + description on lesions

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Inclusion bodies

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Nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregates of stainable proteins
Sites of viral multiplication (capsid proteins)
Examined with light or EM

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Which tests are used for Abs

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ELISA, WB, HAI, immunodiffusion, neutralization, IgM specific

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T/F: Tissue fixation or viruses bound to Abs can mask detection and lower sensitivity of the assay for IF detection

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TRUE

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ELISA

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Tissues/ serum
Fast
High sensitivity, low specificity (false +)

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6
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When do you use ELISA?

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Target large # of sick animals
Targets Ab and Ag

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Advantages of ELISA

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Rapid (few hours)
15 mins for a single animal
Automated equipment for many

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Disadvantages of ELISA

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Specificity towards altered viral ags

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Commercial ELISA kit (SNAP)

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Detects FeLV (confirmed by IFA) and FIV Ab in blood (confirmed by WB with unvx animals)

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10
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What are serological tests used for?

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Detect prior infection by a virus
Detect immune response to vx
Detection of response to viruses in acute (blood IgM titer) and chronic phases (IgG)
Pair sampling
Distinguishing Abs response as a result of natural infection v. vx

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11
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Western Blot (immunoblotting)

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Serum
Slow and qualitative
Transfer of proteins from gel surface to a special membrane that capture proteins

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When do you use WB?

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Confirmation of Ab test (FIV)

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Hemaggluntination test (HAI)

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Serum
Rapid
Sensitive and specific

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When is HAI used?

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Any virus that agglutinates RBCs ( influenza or parainfluenza)

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Immunodiffusion

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Serum and tissue samples (oldest)
Slow (24-48 hrs)
Specific but not sensitive, use with ELISA

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16
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Advantages of immunodiffusion

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Simple, inexpensive, doesn’t require production of infectious virus

17
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Disadvantages of immunodiffusion

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Qualitative assay (yes/no), lacks sensitivity

18
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Neutralization

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Serum
Slow and expensive
Detects and quantifies virus specific Abs in blood

19
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When is neutralization used?

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Testing efficacy of vx titer
If pet was recently sick
Prevent virus infection of cells by Abs present in blood

20
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What is the most common procedure of virus neutralization test

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Constant virus variable serum method

21
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Advantage of virus neutralization test

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Species independent

22
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Disadvantages of virus neutralization test

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Slow: takes a few weeks to grow a virus
Labor intensive: growing and maintaining cell culture

23
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IgM specific

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Serum
Rapid
Sensitive and specific

24
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When is IgM specific used?

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IgM: acute, less cross reactive with other viruses
IgG: chronic

25
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Tests for Ags

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ImmunoEM (IEM), Immunofluorescent assay (IFA), ELISA and immunoperoxidase

26
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ImmunoEM (IEM)

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Samples from where virus is shed
Tissues, cells, secretions and excretions
Fast but expensive
More sensitive than EM

27
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When is IEM used?

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Dual infections
Low virus concentrations
Non-cultivated viruses

28
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Immunofluorescent assay (IFA)

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Frozen fixed tissue and liquid nitrogen
Fast (3 hrs)
High sensitivity (more specificity than ELISA)

29
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Disadvantages of IFA

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Requires special microscope and cryostat for tissue sectioning of frozen samples
Can’t ID all viruses (enterovirus)

30
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Immunoperoxidase (IP)

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Frozen tissue, has longer shelf-life
Slow >25 hrs
Sensitive and specific

31
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Advantages of IP

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Examined under LM
Duration and stability of signal
Better cellular localization of virus in tissue

32
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When is IP used?

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Better localization of virus (intracytoplasmic or intranuclear)

33
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PCR (nucleotide)

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Fast (2-8 hrs)
High sensitivity and high specificity

34
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When is PCR used?

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Viruses can’t be cultured readily
Non-infectious viruses
Undetectable viruses
Viruses complexed to Abs
Enteroviruses

35
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Cytopathic effects

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Swelling, rounding, shrinking, syncytium formation, clustering, complete destruction of the monolayer

36
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Cell cultures

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When other tests aren’t possible (new pathogen)
Vx manufacturer
If viruses causes disease in a sample of several viruses
Required to examine sublet CPE
Requires confirmatory testing

37
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_________ is the most accurate of the quantativative biological assays

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Plaque assay

38
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Plaque assays

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Cytopathic viruses produce holes in cells monolayer → each virus infectious particle produces a circular visible eye clear zone (plaque= dead cells)

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