Equine Viral Arteritis

Question 1

Arterivirus the virulence is highly variable

Answer 1

T

Question 2

The equine viral arteritis is caused by an arterivirus

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Serological tests can NOT be used for laboratory detection of equine viral arteritis

Answer 3

F

Question 4

Red blood cells can be used for laboratory detection of equine viral arteritis virus

Answer 4

F

Question 5

Nasal fluid can be used for laboratory detection of equine viral arteritis virus

Answer 5

T

Question 6

A semen sample can be used for laboratory detection of equine viral arteritis virus

Answer 6

T

Question 7

Equine arteritis virus is very resistant to physical damages

Answer 7

F

Question 8

Equine viral arteritis is usually asymptomatic

Answer 8

T

Question 9

In cases of equine viral arteritis the rate of seroconverted animals increases with age

Answer 9

T

Question 10

The main target cells of equine viral arteritis are macrophages

Answer 10

T

Question 11

Equine Viral arteritis (EVA) virus can affect donkeys

Answer 11

T

Question 12

The persistence of EVA virus within one herd is usually caused by the stallions

Answer 12

T

Question 13

EVA is transmitted by sexual and aerogenic pathways

Answer 13

T

Question 14

EVA can cause persistent virus carrying

Answer 14

T

Question 15

Equine Viral Arteritis virus can infect by inhalation

Answer 15

T

Question 16

Vaccine against Equine Viral Arteritis is never used in Europe

Answer 16

F

Question 17

The Equine Viral Arteritis is caused by retrovirus

Answer 17

F

Question 18

The equine viral arteritis virus cannot damage the wall of blood vessels

Answer 18

F

Question 19

The equine viral arteritis virus rarely causes asymptomatic infection

Answer 19

F

Question 20

The equine viral arteritis virus always causes clinical symptoms

Answer 20

F

Question 21

EVA is spread by insect vectors

Answer 21

F

Question 22

Long term carrier of EVA

Answer 22

T

Question 23

Equine viral arteritis causes reproductive problems/impotence in stallions

Answer 23

T

Question 24

Acute equine viral arteritis is similar to Equine infectious anaemia.

Answer 24

T

Question 25

Equine viral arteritis in mare is reactivated in pregnancy

Answer 25

F

Question 26

Equine viral arteritis aborted embryos have degenerated liver

Answer 26

F

Question 27

Mares are frequently life-long carriers of the Equine arteritis virus

Answer 27

F

Question 28

Subcutaneous oedema is a frequent sign of equine viral arteritis

Answer 28

T

Question 29

Pregnant mares usually abort in the acute phase of equine viral arteritis

Answer 29

T

Question 30

Equine viral arteritis is diagnosed by agarose-gel immunodiffusion (Coggins test

Answer 30

F

Question 31

The Equine arteritis virus may cause abortion in pregnant mares

Answer 31

T

Question 32

Vaccination of colts before puberty can prevent the development of EAV-carrier status

Answer 32

T

Question 33

Stallions may be long-term carriers of the Equine arteritis virus

Answer 33

T

Question 34

Conjunctivitis and subcutaneous oedema are possible signs of equine viral arteritis

Answer 34

T

Question 35

Equine viral arteritis virus can infect through nasal route

Answer 35

T

Question 36

Equine viral arteritis virus can infect per os

Answer 36

T

Question 37

Equine viral arteritis virus can infect through venereal way

Answer 37

T

Question 38

Equine viral arteritis virus can infect only by arthropods.

Answer 38

F

Question 39

Equine arteritis virus is a uniform virus without serotypes subtypes etc

Answer 39

T

Question 40

Aerogenic infection can happen in the case of equine arteritis virus

Answer 40

T

Question 41

Equine arteritis virus is shed in the semen

Answer 41

T

Question 42

Equine arteritis virus can cause abortion

Answer 42

T

Question 43

Lameness due to inflammatory joints is the most typical sign of Equine infectious arteritis

Answer 43

F

Question 44

Equine infectious arteritis is a notifiable disease; therefore vaccinations are forbidden

Answer 44

F

Question 45

After equine viral arteritis virus infection mortality rate is low

Answer 45

T

Question 46

Equine infectious arteritis is a notifiable disease

Answer 46

T

Question 47

The main target of Equine viral arteritis virus is macrophages

Answer 47

T

Question 48

Equine infectious arteritis is stenoxen viruses

Answer 48

T

Question 49

Equine viral arteritis can be controlled in part by removing long-term carriers

Answer 49

T