Exam 3: Other E. coli Diseases

Question 1

What is edema disease in weaned pigs cause by?

Answer 1

Stx2e

Question 2

What does edema disease (caused by STEC) typically express?

Answer 2

F18ab fimbriae

Question 3

What can extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) occur in?

Answer 3

Cattle, swine, and horses

Primarily in neonates as a result of inadequate colostrum

Question 4

What is intestinal adherence in ExPEC mediated by?

Answer 4

Fimbrial adhesin F17c

Question 5

What is uropathogenic E. coli the most frequent cause of in dogs, cats, and people?

Answer 5

UTI

Question 6

What can avian pathogenic E. coli cause?

Answer 6

Aerosacculitis
Polyserositis
Septicemia

Question 7

What is the concern that arises due to the genetic similarities between APEC strains and human ExPEC strains?

Answer 7

That poultry can serve as a reservoir for zoonotic infections

Question 8

What is E. coli the most common cause of in dogs and cats?

Answer 8

Pyometra

Question 9

What causes coliform mastitis?

Answer 9

Klebsiella
Enterobacter
E. coli

Question 10

What is shigella closely related to?

Answer 10

E. coli

Question 11

What is shigella in important cause of?

Answer 11

Dysentery in primates

Question 12

What is shigellosis?

Answer 12

A common and serious disease in monkeys, characterized by severe dysentery

Question 13

Which E. coli is shigella very similar to? How?

Answer 13

EIEC

They invade and multiply inside the enterocytes

Question 14

What is the most important disease affecting channel catfish aquaculture?

Answer 14

Edwardsiella ictaluri