Final Exam: GI & Urogenital

Question 1

Atinobacillosis causes what dz in what species?

Answer 1

Wooden tongue dz in cattle (A. lingieresis)
Sleepy foal dz in equine (A. equui)
Pleuropneumnoia in swine (A. pleuroneumonae)

Question 2

Actinomycosis causes what dz in what species?

Answer 2

Lumpy jaw in cattle

Question 3

Calf diptheria is caused by __________

Answer 3

Fusobacterium necrophorum

*necrotizing laryngitis

Question 4

What clostridium cause enterotoxemia?

Answer 4

Clostridium perfringens

Question 5

Johnes dz is caused by what pathogen?

Answer 5

Mycobacterium avian subsp pseudotuberculosis

Question 6

T/F: Salmonellosis occurs in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and horses

Answer 6

true

everybody

Question 7

What causes edema dz in pigs?

Answer 7

E. coli

Question 8

What is the pathogen that causes colibacillosis and colisepticemia in cattle?

Answer 8

E.coli

Question 9

What causes Porcine Proliferative enteropathy?

Answer 9

Lawsonia intracellularis

Question 10

What is dysbiosis? What is one of the most common causes?

Answer 10

Dybiosis is the alteration of the normal GI flora

Often happens due to illness and the use of antimicrobials

Question 11

Prototheca is a _______

Answer 11

Algae

Question 12

What is the important virulence factor associated with EPEC?

Answer 12

Adhesin: Intimin – it gets injected into the enterocytes causes attaching and effacing lesions

Question 13

One of the most commonly diagnosed infectious causes of diarrhea in adult horses is ______

Answer 13

Salmonellosis

Question 14

T/F: Stress of transport, or surgery etc is associated with salmonellosis in horses

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

What antimicrobial can be used to bind to the endotoxin of salmonella?

Answer 15

polymixn

Question 16

What antimicrobials should be avoided in rabbits and horses to avoid inducing diarrhea?

Answer 16

Lincomycin/clindamycin

Question 17

What causes Potomac horse fever?

Answer 17

Neorickettsia risticii

*seasonal occurrence -
snail and fly vectors

necrotizing enterocolitis

Question 18

What causes salmon poisoning in dogs?

Answer 18

Neorickettsia helminthoeca

ingestion of salmon carrying fluke

Causes HGE

Question 19

How does Rhodoccocus equi cause enterocolitis and mesenteric lymphadenitis in foals?

Answer 19

Infected foals will cough up mucus from lungs, then swallow it –> bacteria enters/infects GI tract

Question 20

T/F: Sending feces in red top tubes is a good method of preparation

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

What causes black dz in cattle? What is the pathogenesis?

Answer 21

Clostridium novyi (type B) – infectious necrotic hepatitis associated with liver fluke migration

Question 22

What is the causative agent of Tyzzer’s dz?

Answer 22

clostridium piliforme

Question 23

What is the most common bacteria associated with pyometra in dogs?

Answer 23

E. coli

Question 24

T/F: Urinary tract infections are more common in cats than dogs

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

T/F: It is always best to collect urine samples via free catch

Answer 25

FALSE Cysto

Question 26

What organ is most affected by Leptospirosis?

Answer 26

Kidneys

Question 27

What causes Sleepy Foal Disease?

Answer 27

Actinobacillus equuli causes embolic nephritis (diffuse nephritis on necropsy)

Question 28

What pathogen causes Pulpy kidney dz?

Answer 28

Clostridium perfringens type D aka overeating dz

Question 29

What is the causative agent of porcine pyelonephritis?

Answer 29

Actinobaculum suis

Question 30

What pathogens cause polynephritis in adult cows?

Answer 30

Corynebacterium renale group (C. renale, C. pilosum, C. cystitidis)

Question 31

White spotted kidney in calves is due to interstitial nephritis following bacteremia and septicaemia from ________

Answer 31

E.coli

Question 32

What sample is important to collect from a fetus that was aborted?

Answer 32

Stomach or abomasal fluid bc the fetus is constantly swallowing and if the infectious agent is in the amniotic fluid - it will be in the stomach of the fetus Other samples: placenta, fetal and dam serum, fetal organs

Question 33

Campylobacter fetus subsp fetus causes what in cattle? What is the MOI?

Answer 33

Sporadic abortions MOI = ingestion

Question 34

Campylobacter fetus subsp venerealis causes what in cattle? How is it transmitted?

Answer 34

Early embryonic death and infertility Sexually transmitted

Question 35

T/F: All brucella spps are zoonotic

Answer 35

TRUE

Question 36

Who is the asymptomatic carrier of contagious equine metritis and what is the causative pathogen?

Answer 36

Stallion is the asymptomatic carrier Taylorella equigenitalis * temporary infertility and occasional abortion * REPORTABLE

Question 37

What locations should be swabbed when testing for Taylorella equigenitalis?

Answer 37

Contagious Equine Metritis Male: Preputium, urethra, fossa glandis, urethral sinus Female: fossa clitoridis/sinus clitoridis

Question 38

Brucella in dogs can cause what clinical symptoms?

Answer 38

Reproductive disorders of female Acute orchitits in males General illness and lymphadenopathy Discospondylitis or osetomyelitis (facultative intracellular)

Question 39

Scrotal dermatitis is a manifestation in what dz?

Answer 39

Brucellosis This is secondary due to the irritation caused by orchitits and epidydymititis

Question 40

The main manifestation seen with brucella ovis infections is? Who is the host?

Answer 40

Epidydymitis in sheep and goat

Question 41

What is the gold standard test for brucellosis?

Answer 41

Blood culture

Question 42

What Brucella species is the most virulent?

Answer 42

Brucella suis