Exotic Dx

Question 1

dx not and no longer present

Answer 1

exotic dx

Question 2

results from prion infxn

Answer 2

BSE (bovine spongiform encepalopathy)

Question 3

other term for BSE

Answer 3

Creutzfeldt-Jacobson syndrome

Question 4

incubation period of BSE

Answer 4

2-8 yr

Question 5

BSE clinical sign are observed only when ___________

Answer 5

mature (2-8 yr)

Question 6

BSE CFR

Answer 6

100%

Question 7

associated with meat and bone meal

Answer 7

BSE

Question 8

after ingestion, prions replicate in _____________

Answer 8

Peyer’s patch

Question 9

BSE clinical exam

Answer 9

bang, flash, clipboard, stick

Question 10

gold standard for surveillance for BSE

Answer 10

immunohistochemistry

Question 11

BSE tx

Answer 11

none (euthanasia)

Question 12

T/F: downer cows are not fit for consumption

Answer 12

T

Question 13

other term for ovine enzootic abortion

Answer 13

Chlamydophila abortion

Question 14

etio of ovine enzo abortion

Answer 14

Chlamydophila abortus

Question 15

main source of ovine enzo abortion

Answer 15

birthing fluid, placenta (high shedding during parturition)

Question 16

if non-preggy = ________ infxn

Answer 16

latent

Question 17

if preggy = _________ infxn

Answer 17

persistent

Question 18

ovine enzo abortion is more common in ___________ stage of pregnancy

Answer 18

late

Question 19

ovine enzo abortion definitive diagnosis

Answer 19

bacterial culture

Question 20

for surveillance of ovine enzo abortion

Answer 20

ELISA

Question 21

other term for Johne’s dx

Answer 21

paratuberculosis

Question 22

etio agent of Johne

Answer 22

Mycobaterium avium ss. paratuberculosis

Question 23

incidence of Johne is high in ____________

Answer 23

intensive systems

Question 24

Johne is primarily shed via ________

Answer 24

feces

Question 25

primary MOT of Johne

Answer 25

nursing

Question 26

T/F: Johne do not show CS until mature

Answer 26

T

Question 27

age risk factor of Johne

Answer 27

animals under 30 d/o

Question 28

zoonotic implication of Johne

Answer 28

Crohn’s - enteritis in humans

Question 29

stages of Johne

Answer 29

1 - silent infxn
2 - inapparent mastitis, infertility
3 - clinical dx; loss of BW, low milk pdtn, diarrhea
4 - advanced, most obvious

Question 30

most reliable diagnostic test because of 100% specificity and sensitivity

Answer 30

fecal culture

Question 31

Johne tx

Answer 31

none

Question 32

most pathogenic viral dx of small rumi

Answer 32

Nairobi sheep dx

Question 33

etio agent of Nairobi

Answer 33

Gamjam virus NSDV

Question 34

Nairobi vectors

Answer 34

1. R. appendiculatus - main
2. Amblyomma variegatum

Question 35

main organ affected of Nairobi

Answer 35

abomasum (zebra stripes)

Question 36

Nairobi tx

Answer 36

none

Question 37

etio agent of q fever (humans), coxiellosis (animals)

Answer 37

Coxiella burnetti

Question 38

T/F: q fever is a bioterrorism weapon

Answer 38

T

Question 39

main reservoirs of q fever except in NZ

Answer 39

cattle, sheep, goat

Question 40

caused with prion and same with mad cow dx

Answer 40

scrapie

Question 41

etio agent of vesicular stomatitis

Answer 41

vesiculovirus, fam Rhabdoviridae

Question 42

most susceptible to vesicular stoma

Answer 42

cattle

Question 43

vesicular stoma MOT

Answer 43

biologically transmitted via flies (also associated w/ bodies of water)

Question 44

gold standard diagnosis for vesicular stoma

Answer 44

virus isolation