Erysipelas Flashcards
The agent of swine erysipelas is Erysipelothrix Suis
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- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathia
The agent of swine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs in the tonsils
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Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animals
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Swine erysipelas can be an acute septicaemia in pigs
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Diamond skin disease is a clinical form of swine erysipelas
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The agent of swine erysipelas can survive in the environment for a few months.
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The agent of swine erysipelas can be present in the environment
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Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animal
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Warm weather is a predisposing factor of swine erysipelas
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Hyperaemic spleen is a typical postmortem lesion of swine erysipelas
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Sheep are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas per os
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Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection
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High fever is a clinical sign of acute swine erysipelas
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Fever is a frequent clinical sign of Swine erysipelas.
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Endocarditis can be a post-mortem lesion of Swine erysipelas
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Swine erysipelas cannot be treated with antibiotics because the course of the disease is very
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Swine erysipelas cannot be prevented with vaccinations
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There are no vaccines for the prevention of swine erysipelas
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The agent of swine erysipelas can infect only pigs
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Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection
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Humans can be infected with the agent of swine erysipelas by eating meat of infected pig
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Humans can be infected with Erysipelas Rhusiopathie from fishes
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Humans are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas through wounds
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Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection
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In the case chronic swine erysipelas pneumonia is a frequent clinical sign
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The agent of swine erysipelas can frequently cause fibrinous pneumonia
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Erysipelas can be seen only in pig
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Neuraminidase is a virulence factor of the agent of erysipelas
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Polymyxins are used for the treatment of erysipelas
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In Erysipelas the toxin is the virulence factor
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Diamond skin disease is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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Erysipelas affects only pigs
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Chronic form of erysipelas can cause skin necrosis
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can be carried and shed by asymptomatic pigs
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Only pigs can be infected with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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Purulent pneumonia is a typical clinical form of acute erysipelas
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The agent of porcine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs
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Warm weather and overcrowding can predispose to erysipelas of swine.
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Diamond skin disease is a subacute form of erysipelas of swine
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Overcrowding is a predisposing factor of erysipelas of swine
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The agent of swine erysipelas can cause septicaemia
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Arthritis can be a clinical sign of erysipelas
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is facultative pathogen
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Turkeys are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
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There is a serotype-specific protection against swine erysipelas.
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Erysipelas often appears in a septicaemia form
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Erysipelas has to be introduced into a herd
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In erysipelas, small vessels in the skin become inflamed, causing erythema
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a facultative pathogenic bacterium.
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In the case of acute erysipelas high fever is an important sign.
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The swine erysipelas bacterium is an obligate pathogen
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Erysipelas can be prevented by inactivated vaccine.
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The main sign in acute erysipelas is fever
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Geese are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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Acute erysipelas causes moderate fever
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Endocarditis is seen in acute erysipelas
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is not resistant, it cannot survive in the environment
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Some extracellular enzymes are virulence factors of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
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Erysipelas can be well treated by penicillin
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Warm weather can predispose pigs to erysipelas
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The causative agent of swine erysipelas is an epiphyte
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“Strong” erysipelas comes together with mild fever
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There is a serotype specific protection in case of erysipelas
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