Exam 2 Flashcards
(182 cards)
What Disease in swine can survive for long periods of time in the environment and resist heat up to 157 degrees, survivng for up to 2 years in dried, salted, or smoked meat
Swine Vesicular Disease
What three ways can Humans become infected with Anthrax?
Inhalation of spores
Ingestion of spores
Cutaneous route
Humans can get Toxoplasma via ingestion of tissue bradyzoites in undercooked meat, mainly _____
Pork
*Bradyzoites in the undercooked meat of the intermediate hosts- Mainly PORK
Women who are infected with _____ while they are pregnant can lead to still birth and miscarrages, as well as being transferred to the fetus leading to congential abnormalities

Toxoplasma
*Clinical signs in the baby are much worse the earlier the women is infected during pregnancy
True/False: Raccoons shed up to 45 million Roundworm eggs per day and a low infectious dose is needed to infect other species
True
Echinococcus Species that leads to Alveolar Cyst disease and leads to multilobular small cysts mainly in the liver and lungs
Echinococcus Multilocularis
Reservoirs for all species of Echinococcus are _____
Canids
Oriental Rat flea that is very important as Vector of the Plague
Xenopsylla Cheopis
Most Virulent Equine Encephalitis that begins with fever and lethargy that progresses to neurological disease including seizures
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
What are the three classically Milk-Borne Bacteria?
Brucella
Coxiella Burnetii
Mycobacterium Bovis
______ Protects urban populationf from Coxiella Burnetii, but not animal workers
Pasteurization
True/False: If a prengant woman wants to get a cat, you should suggest and adult cat rather than a kitten because the adult is less likely to be shedding Toxoplasma
True
What can humans get by ingesting an infected flea?
Dipylidium Caninum
Most Pathogenic in the US with regards to Spotted Fever Rickettsia
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
How do Carnivores get Bacillus Anthracis?
Eat infected Herbivores
Disease in swine caused by Picornaviridae that can survive for long periods of time in the environment
Swine Vesicular Disease
Avian species are usually infected with _____ strains of Influenza
Low pathogenicity
Blood not clotted
Spores in blood on microscopy
Rapid Bloating
Lack of Rigor Mortis
Blood form Orifices
What disease do these clinical signs portray?
Anthrax in Cattle
In what three species can Q fever lead to Anorexia and Abortion
Cattle
Sheep
Goats
True/False: To prevent dog bites its best to spay/neuter virtually all dogs
True
When you suspect that an animal has died from ____ you do not open up the body, because when the blood is exposed to the air infectious spores will be formed
Anthrax
____% of emerging human infectious disease have originated in animals
75
How do cats usually acquire Francisella Tularensis?
Eating infected rodents
Equine Encephalitis virus that is cycles between birds and the Culex spp. of Mosquito
Western Equine Encephalitis

















