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equine infectious anaemia Flashcards

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equine infectious anaemia is also known as

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swamp fever

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equine infectious anaemia shortform is

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EIA

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equine infectious anaemia is caused by which virus

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lentivirus

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characteristic clinical signs of EIA virus

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it is demonstrated in blood as long as the animal lives

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tell about the spread of EIA virus/lentivirus

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transmitted mechanically be 
mosquitoes(culex) or 
bitting flies(stomoxys,tabanus)
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characteristic point regarding spread of EIA

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not spread by direct contact

requires vector

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why is the disease called equine infectious anaemia

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anaemia occurs due to haemolysis & erythrophagocytosis

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RBC are coated by ______ and _________ in EIA infection

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antiviral antibodies

complement 3

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what is the reason of GLOMERULITIS in EIA?

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deposition of IgG and C3 in kidney

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EIA can be divided into 3 types. i.e.

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acute
subacute
chronic

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in acute form of EIA death occurs in

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1 momnth

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what is the count of RBC in acute form of EIA

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4 million/mm2

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main feature of subacute form of EIA

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relapsing fever

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RBC count in subacute form of EIA

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1.5 million/mm3

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RBC count in chronic form of EIA

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2-3 million/mm3

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15
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RBC count in EIA
acute
subacute
chronic

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ACUTE=4
SUBACUTE=1.5
CHRONIC=2 to 3

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main postmortem lesion in chronic form of EIA

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hypertrophy of
spleen
bone marrow

17
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why there is hypertrophy of speen and bone marrow in EIA

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due to stimulus of haematopoeisis

18
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what type of anaemia occurs in equine infectious anaemia

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normocytic

normochromic

19
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name the specific test for diagnosing EIA

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coggins test

20
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what is coggins test?

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agar gel immunodiffusion test (AGID)

detects humoral antibodies in serum

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