Erysipelas

Question 1

1) The agent of swine erysipelas is Erysipelothrix Suis

Answer 1

false

Question 2

2) The agent of swine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs in the tonsils

Answer 2

true

Question 3

3) Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animals

Answer 3

false

Question 4

4) Swine erysipelas can be an acute septicaemia in pigs

Answer 4

true

Question 5

5) Diamond skin disease is a clinical form of swine erysipelas

Answer 5

true

Question 6

6) The agent of swine erysipelas can survive in the environment for a few months

Answer 6

true

Question 7

7) The agent of swine erysipelas can be present in the environment

Answer 7

true

Question 8

8) Warm weather is a predisposing factor of swine erysipelas

Answer 8

true

Question 9

9) Hyperaemic spleen is a typical postmortem lesion of swine erysipelas

Answer 9

true

Question 10

10) Sheep are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas per os

Answer 10

false

Question 11

11) Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 11

false

Question 12

12) High fever is a clinical sign of acute swine erysipelas

Answer 12

true

Question 13

13) Fever is a frequent clinical sign of Swine erysipelas

Answer 13

true

Question 14

14) Endocarditis can be a post-mortem lesion of Swine erysipelas.

Answer 14

true

Question 15

15) Swine erysipelas cannot be treated with antibiotics because the course of the disease is very fast

Answer 15

false

Question 16

16) Swine erysipelas cannot be prevented with vaccinations

Answer 16

false

Question 17

17) There are no vaccines for the prevention of swine erysipelas

Answer 17

false

Question 18

18) The agent of swine erysipelas can infect only pigs

Answer 18

false

Question 19

19) Humans can be infected with the agent of swine erysipelas by eating meat of infected pigs

Answer 19

false

Question 20

20) Humans can be infected with Erysipelas Rhusiopathie from fishes

Answer 20

true

Question 21

21) Humans are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas through wounds

Answer 21

true

Question 22

22) In the case chronic swine erysipelas pneumonia is a frequent clinical sign

Answer 22

false

Question 23

23) The agent of swine erysipelas can frequently cause fibrinous pneumonia

Answer 23

false

Question 24

24) Neuraminidase is a virulence factor of the agent of erysipelas

Answer 24

true

Question 25

25) Polymyxins are used for the treatment of erysipelas

Answer 25

false

Question 26

26) In Erysipelas the toxin is the virulence factor

Answer 26

true

Question 27

27) Diamond skin disease is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

28) Chronic form of erysipelas can cause skin necrosis

Answer 28

true

Question 29

29) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can be carried and shed by asymptomatic pigs.

Answer 29

true

Question 30

30) Purulent pneumonia is a typical clinical form of acute erysipelas

Answer 30

false

Question 31

31) The agent of porcine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs

Answer 31

true

Question 32

32) Warm weather and overcrowding can predispose to erysipelas of swine

Answer 32

true

Question 33

33) Diamond skin disease is a subacute form of erysipelas of swine

Answer 33

true

Question 34

34) The agent of swine erysipelas can cause septicaemia

Answer 34

true

Question 35

35) Arthritis can be a clinical sign of erysipelas

Answer 35

true

Question 36

36) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is facultative pathogen

Answer 36

true

Question 37

37) Turkeys are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 37

true

Question 38

38) There is a serotype-specific protection against swine erysipelas

Answer 38

false

Question 39

39) Erysipelas often appears in a septicaemia form

Answer 39

true

Question 40

40) Erysipelas has to be introduced into a herd

Answer 40

true

Question 41

41) In erysipelas, small vessels in the skin become inflamed, causing erythema

Answer 41

true

Question 42

42) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a facultative pathogenic bacterium

Answer 42

true

Question 43

43) In the case of acute erysipelas high fever is an important sign

Answer 43

true

Question 44

44) The swine erysipelas bacterium is an obligate pathogen

Answer 44

false

Question 45

45) Erysipelas can be prevented by inactivated vaccine

Answer 45

true

Question 46

46) The main sign in acute erysipelas is fever

Answer 46

true

Question 47

47) Geese are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 47

true

Question 48

48) Acute erysipelas causes moderate fever

Answer 48

false

Question 49

49) Endocarditis is seen in acute erysipelas

Answer 49

false

Question 50

50) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is not resistant, it cannot survive in the environment

Answer 50

false

Question 51

51) Some extracellular enzymes are virulence factors of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 51

true

Question 52

52) Erysipelas can be well treated by penicillin

Answer 52

true

Question 53

53) Warm weather can predispose pigs to erysipelas

Answer 53

true

Question 54

54) The causative agent of swine erysipelas is an epiphyte

Answer 54

false

Question 55

55) “Strong” erysipelas comes together with mild fever

Answer 55

false

Question 56

56) There is a serotype specific protection in case of erysipelas

Answer 56

false