Epi Mix AB 5401-5600 Flashcards
Genetic reassortments may cause significant antigenic changes in reovirus strains
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Orbiviruses are serologically uniform
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Orbiviruses are mainly arboviruses
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Reoviruses are sensitive to lipid solvents and detergents
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Orthoreoviruses frequently cause tenosynovitis of horses
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Orthoreoviruses can cause pneumoenteritis in calves
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Orthoreoviruses can cause pneumoenteritis in cattle
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Avian orthoreo –and rotaviruses can cause runting sunting syndrome in chickens
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Avian orthoreoviruses cause mainly nephritis and encephalitis
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Infection of adult birds with orthoreoviruses usually remains subclinical
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Avian orthoreoviruses usually transmitted by germinative route
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Avian orthoreoviruses can cause damages in the bursa Fabricii
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Mammalian orthoreoviruses can cause pneumoenteritis only in suckling animals
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Orthoreovirus can cause tenosynovitis in pigs
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Avian orthoreoviruses usually cause disease in adult birds
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Tenosynovitis is one of the most frequent manifestations of avian orthoreovirus infections
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Trypsin-sensititive avian orthoreovirus usually cause respiratory disease in birds
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Yolk immunity does not influence the efficacy of vaccination against avian orthoreovirus
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Avian orthoreoviruses may cause necrotic foci in the visceral organs of birds
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Avian orthoreoviruses can cause inapparent infection in poultry
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Orthoreoviruses can be detected by haemagglutination test.
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Trypsin resistant strains of Avian orthoreoviruses frequently cause diarrhoea
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Trypsin sensitive strains of avian orthoreoviruses frequently cause tenosynovitis
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Horses usually develop lethal hemorrhagic enteritis in Orthoreovirus infections
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Orthoreoviruses can cause encephalitis in cattle
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Avian orthoreoviruses can cause poult enteritis-mortality syndrome (PEMS).
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Infectious tenosynovitis can be prevented by vaccination
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Avian orthoreoviruses infect only via inhalation and parenterally
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Avian orthoreoviruses only infect via PO infections
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All Avian orthoreoviruses can spread germinatively
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Helicopter disease causes feather problems
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Orthoreovirus infections cause immunosuppression in birds
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Tenosynovitis is a frequent sign of Avian Orthoreovirus infection
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Orthoreovirus mainly infects younger animals
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Orthoreovirus causes respiratory and GI disease
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Tenosynovitis is caused by only one Orthoreovirus
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Rotaviruses are sensitive to environmental conditions
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Rotavirus infection is sporadic within the herd
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Rotavirus only infects mammals
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Clinical signs of rotavirus infection are usually seen in animals older than 2 weeks of age
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Swine is not susceptible to rotavirus infection
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Rotaviruses predispose to E.Coli infection in suckling piglets
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Rotaviruses are shed in the faeces in high titres
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Rotavirus infection results in high mortality
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Avian rotaviruses are transmitted by germinative infection
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Losses due to rotavirus infection of young animals can be prevented by colostrum feeding
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Rotaviruses usually cause enteritis in young (1-2 weeks old) animals
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Rotaviruses damage the mucosa of the large intestines
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Rotaviruses are serologically uniform
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Rotaviruses are typically transmitted via the faecal oral route
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Swine rotavirus infection is frequently followed by E. coli secondary infection in piglets
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Avian rotaviruses can cause tenosynovitis
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Rotaviral enteritis of calves can be prevented by immunization of pregnant cows
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Rotaviruses can cause chronic enteritis and persistent infection
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Rotaviruses cause mainly respiratory signs in cattle
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Rotaviruses mainly cause respiratory disease in older animals
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Rotaviruses typically cause respiratory disease in 3-6 month old calves
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Rotavirus is species specific
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Rotaviruses frequently cause tenosynovitis in birds
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Vaccination of horses in the Americas is used to prevent rotavirus infections
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Bluetongue is present only in tropical areas
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Rodents serve as reservoirs of bluetongue
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Ibaraki disease is clinically very similar to bluetongue
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Ibaraki disease virus can be used to immunize cattle against bluetongue
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Lameness is a frequent symptom of bluetongue in sheep
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Bluetongue virus can cause bloody diarrhoea in lambs
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Bluetongue is named after cyanosis of the tongue
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The bluetongue virus is vectored by midges/ gnats
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Cattle can carry the bluetongue virus for years without symptoms
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Wild birds play the most important role in the distribution of bluetongue
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In Europe vaccination of small ruminants against bluetongue is mandatory
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Bluetongue virus is also foetopathic
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Bluetongue virus may cause foetal developmental problems
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Lameness and abortion are signs of bluetongue
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Bluetongue occurs only in Africa and Australia
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Bluetongue is transmitted by ticks
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Bluetongue virus is typically vectored by ticks
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Bluetongue can be transmitted by semen
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Goats are more resistant to the bluetongue than sheep
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Goats are not susceptible to bluetongue virus
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