FINAL Flashcards by Preeti Gulve

T/F:

Clostridium botulinum and *tetani *both attack neurons

TRUE

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Flaccid paralysis is associated with

C. botulinum

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Spastic paralysis is associated with

Clostridium tetani

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T/F

C. botulinum spores can’t last in the environment because they’re obligate anaerobes

FALSE

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Cholesterol adds osmotic stability for Mollicutes.

TRUE

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Etiologic agent for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is

Mycoplasma mycoides subs mycoides

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T/F

Chlamydia has biphasic, but elementary bodies are not infective

FALSE

Elementary bodies ARE infective

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Target for Anaplasma is

RBCs

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Target for Rickettsia rickettsia is

Endothelial cells

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RMSF: Etiologic agent & vector

Rickettsia rickettsia

and

Dermacentor andersoni

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Breed susceptible to Ehrlichia

German Shepherds

and

puppies

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Etiologic agent for salmon poisoning

Neoreckettis helmnitha

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T/F

Nanophyetus salmincola is the etiologic agent for Potomac horse fever

FALSE

Neorickettsia (Ehrlichia) risticii.

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Capsule can be antiphagocytic in fungus

TRUE

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How do you diagnose yeast?

25C -30C Sabouraud’s Dextrose agar (Dermatophyte test medium). (Make sure to look at temperature).

• Blood will be at 37C.

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What is ringworm caused by? How do you differentiate between the 2 etiologic agents?

Microsporum & Trichophorum.

Micosporum fluoresces under Wood’s lamp.

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Subcutaneous Mycoses – Ddx for cats

Sporothrix schenkii

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T/F

Electron microscopy has shorter wavelengths, so they have better resolution

TRUE

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Cow w/ eye problem due to dust is caused by

Moraxella bovis

and

mycoplasma

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Horse w/ mucopurulent vulvar discharge

is caused by

Taylorella

and

CEM

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Chicken w/ ticks

Fowl spirochetosis

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Spiral organism that is NOT species adapted

Leptospirosis

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Erythritol is associated with

Brucella

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Top agents causing mastitis in ruminants

Steptococcus (agalactia, dysgalactiae, uberis),

E. Coli,

Staphylococcus aureus.

Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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T/F Mosquito from Egypt is most important for Yersinia pestis

FALSE oriental rat flea

Strangles = Symptom being purpura hemorrhagica (Type III hypersensitivity. Ag-Ab complexes) is caused by

Streptococcus equi subs. Equi

Greasy pig disease (exudative epidermatitis) is caused by

*Staphylococcus hyicus*

T/F Gram Negative characteristics include Lipotechoic acids

FALSE gram POSITIVE includes Lipoteichoic acids

*Borrelia burgdorferi *will cause

LYME DISEASE

What is the Cytokine for *Francisella*?

IL-12 and IFN-gamma

Snuffles is caused by

*Pseudomonas* in rabbits

Shipping fever is caused by

*Mannhaemia haemolytica*

T/F Haemophilus and Histophilus need factors X & V to grow

TRUE

T/F E. coli that has attaching and effacing lesion would be pathogenic and hemorrhagic.

TRUE

T/F E. coli is most common normal flora in the GIT

FALSE ## Footnote **Gram positives are the most common normal flora in the GIT. E. coli is the most common GRAM NEGATIVE in the GIT.**

Which causes cancer and GIT ulcers?

*Helicobacter pylori*

Which causes Gastroenteritis in humans?

*Campylobacter jejuni*

Causes dysentery and Gray to strawberry color feces

*Brachyspira hyodysenteriae*

T/F Leptospira, Helicobacter, Brachyspira, Borrelia are all spiral bacteria

TRUE

T/F Lawsonia, Chlamydia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia are ALL obligate intracellular bacteria

TRUE

Which bacteria have been used as bioweapons?

Francisella, Coxiella burnetti, Yersinia pestis, Bacillus anthracis, Burkholderia mallei

Which bacteria are fastidious?

Haemophelius, Histophilus, Francisella, Brucella, Borrelia, Leptospira, Helicobacter, Mycoplasma

What type of fungus would these dogs have? Dog that digs in soil

M. gypseum

What type of fungus would these dogs have? Dog that hunts rats

T. mentagrophytes

What type of fungus would these dogs have? Dog that hunts hedgehogs

T. erinacei

Cat with a big swollen nose is caused by

Cryptococcus neoformans (a capsulated yeast).

Which E. coli does Attaching and effacing lesions?

enteropathogenic (EPEC) & enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)

Pleomorphic, gram (-) include?

Moraxella, Francisella

Which bacteria ends in recurrent iridocyclitis in a horse

*Leptospira*

Eye of bull ending in blurred vision

*Moraxella*

Function of the capsule

Anti phagocytosis & protect from MAC (complement)

Avian Borrelia that causes high mortalities in young

*Borellia anserina*

Differentials for Bovine Shipping Fever

* M. haemolytica* * P. multocida*

Differentials for Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis (Kennel Cough)

Canine parainfluenza virus, canine adenoviruses 1 + 2, Canine Herpes virus (yeah, no bacteria mentioned in the right answer in a bacteriology class)

Which gram (-) uses UREASE as a virulence factor?

A. pleuropneumoniae, Helicobacter spp.

Which bacteria is usually associated w/ A. paragallinarum

Mycoplasma spp.

Mare with mucopurulent secretions from vagina

*Taylorella*

Gram (-) bacteria was isolated in a Blood Agar from an animal with diarrhea, after cultivation, the colonies had complete zones of beta hemolysis

*Burkholderia*

Aborted fetus with ringworm-like lesions

Aspergillus fumigatum

Horse with a coral-like lesion

*Pythium*

Pizzle rot is caused by

*C. renale*

Sebum coming out of the face of a post-weaning piglet is caused by

*S. hyicus*

Botryomycosis is associated with

*Staphylococcus aureus*

Dipicolinic acid is associated with

ENDOSPORES

Caseous necrosis granulomas in the liver is caused by

*Mycobacterium bovis*

What is the animal source of infection for man of campylobacter spp

chickens

What causes Paratyphoid in calves, chickens, and pigs

*S. typhimurium*

Nurmi Principle is associated with

*Salmonella*

What is the main reservoir B. Burgdorferi ?

rodents

Least likely to cause Dz in feedlot cattle?

Yersinia

T/F *B. abortus *can be transmitted venereally

FALSE

Least likely to be found in urogenital tracts of dogs?

*C. jejuni*

What clinical sign is not likely to be seen in Lepto?

Diarrhea!!

*Brachyspira hyodysenteriae *is found in the colon of what species?

PIGS! (assoc with swine dysentery)

T/F *Brucella abortus* requires 10% CO2 for growth

TRUE

T/F *Actinobacillus ligniersii *is a well known cause of bovine mammary gland infection

FALSE | (wooden tongue)

Calf Diphtheria is caused by

*F. necrophorum*

Hairy footwart is caused by

*Treponema brennaborense*

Small comma shaped/spirally curved G- rods

*Campylobacter*

Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis cause by 2 things, what are they?

*Pasteurella multocida* and *Bordatella bronchisepta*

What is the major clinical sign shown in Lyme Disease

ARTHRITIS

“Turkey coryza” is caused by

*Bordatella avium*

“Infectious coryza” of chickens is caused by

*Haemophilus paragallinarum*

“Epizootic Hemorrhagic septicemia” in water buffalo is caused by

*Pasteurella multocida*

Fowl Typhoid is caused by

*Salmonella gallinarum*

BWD “Bacillary White Diarrhea” is caused by

*Salmonella pullorum*

3 month old piglet, acute erosive inflammation of colon

*Brachyspira hyodysenteriae*

Campylobacter is microaerophilic Fusobacterium is strictly anaerobic Pasteurella is bipolar staining (safety pin?) Pseudomonas is Oxidase positive

just FYI

“Terminal dry gangrene” in cattle is caused by

*Salmonella dublin*

Which species is Least likely to get leptospirosis?

CATS

Kennel cough is usually caused by

*Bordatella bronchisepta*

Fleecerot in sheep is caused by

*Pseudomonas aeruginosa*

Erythritol is present in what species of bacteria?

*Brucella abortus*

T/F *E. coli *is a major cause of epididymitis in rams

FALSE

Sleepy foal

*Actinobacillus equuli*

CEM

*Taylorella*

Glanders

*Burkholderia mallei*

Infectious Ophthalmia

*Moraxella*

Bison and elk in Yellowstone

*Brucella abortus*

T/F *Brucella ovis *can cause disease in man

FALSE only in sheep

Thrush

Gram NEGATIVE **an**aerobes

*Klebsiella pneumoniae *is most likely to cause \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in mares

_infertility_

swarming growth

*Proteus *spp.

T/F *C. fetus venerealis *causes abortion in cows

FALSE!!!!!!!!!!! it causes **infertility**