Final Exam: GI & Urogenital Flashcards
Atinobacillosis causes what dz in what species?
Wooden tongue dz in cattle (A. lingieresis)
Sleepy foal dz in equine (A. equui)
Pleuropneumnoia in swine (A. pleuroneumonae)
Actinomycosis causes what dz in what species?
Lumpy jaw in cattle
Calf diptheria is caused by __________
Fusobacterium necrophorum
*necrotizing laryngitis
What clostridium cause enterotoxemia?
Clostridium perfringens
Johnes dz is caused by what pathogen?
Mycobacterium avian subsp pseudotuberculosis
T/F: Salmonellosis occurs in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and horses
true
everybody
What causes edema dz in pigs?
E. coli
What is the pathogen that causes colibacillosis and colisepticemia in cattle?
E.coli
What causes Porcine Proliferative enteropathy?
Lawsonia intracellularis
What is dysbiosis? What is one of the most common causes?
Dybiosis is the alteration of the normal GI flora
Often happens due to illness and the use of antimicrobials
Prototheca is a _______
Algae
What is the important virulence factor associated with EPEC?
Adhesin: Intimin – it gets injected into the enterocytes causes attaching and effacing lesions
One of the most commonly diagnosed infectious causes of diarrhea in adult horses is ______
Salmonellosis
T/F: Stress of transport, or surgery etc is associated with salmonellosis in horses
TRUE
What antimicrobial can be used to bind to the endotoxin of salmonella?
polymixn
What antimicrobials should be avoided in rabbits and horses to avoid inducing diarrhea?
Lincomycin/clindamycin
What causes Potomac horse fever?
Neorickettsia risticii
*seasonal occurrence -
snail and fly vectors
necrotizing enterocolitis
What causes salmon poisoning in dogs?
Neorickettsia helminthoeca
ingestion of salmon carrying fluke
Causes HGE
How does Rhodoccocus equi cause enterocolitis and mesenteric lymphadenitis in foals?
Infected foals will cough up mucus from lungs, then swallow it –> bacteria enters/infects GI tract
T/F: Sending feces in red top tubes is a good method of preparation
FALSE
What causes black dz in cattle? What is the pathogenesis?
Clostridium novyi (type B) – infectious necrotic hepatitis associated with liver fluke migration
What is the causative agent of Tyzzer’s dz?
clostridium piliforme
What is the most common bacteria associated with pyometra in dogs?
E. coli
T/F: Urinary tract infections are more common in cats than dogs
FALSE
T/F: It is always best to collect urine samples via free catch
FALSE
Cysto
What organ is most affected by Leptospirosis?
Kidneys
What causes Sleepy Foal Disease?
Actinobacillus equuli
causes embolic nephritis (diffuse nephritis on necropsy)
What pathogen causes Pulpy kidney dz?
Clostridium perfringens type D
aka overeating dz
What is the causative agent of porcine pyelonephritis?
Actinobaculum suis
What pathogens cause polynephritis in adult cows?
Corynebacterium renale group (C. renale, C. pilosum, C. cystitidis)
White spotted kidney in calves is due to interstitial nephritis following bacteremia and septicaemia from ________
E.coli
What sample is important to collect from a fetus that was aborted?
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
Campylobacter fetus subsp fetus causes what in cattle? What is the MOI?
Sporadic abortions
MOI = ingestion
Campylobacter fetus subsp venerealis causes what in cattle? How is it transmitted?
Early embryonic death and infertility
Sexually transmitted
T/F: All brucella spps are zoonotic
TRUE
Who is the asymptomatic carrier of contagious equine metritis and what is the causative pathogen?
Stallion is the asymptomatic carrier
Taylorella equigenitalis
- temporary infertility and occasional abortion
- REPORTABLE
What locations should be swabbed when testing for Taylorella equigenitalis?
Contagious Equine Metritis
Male: Preputium, urethra, fossa glandis, urethral sinus
Female: fossa clitoridis/sinus clitoridis
Brucella in dogs can cause what clinical symptoms?
Reproductive disorders of female
Acute orchitits in males
General illness and lymphadenopathy
Discospondylitis or osetomyelitis
(facultative intracellular)
Scrotal dermatitis is a manifestation in what dz?
Brucellosis
This is secondary due to the irritation caused by orchitits and epidydymititis
The main manifestation seen with brucella ovis infections is? Who is the host?
Epidydymitis in sheep and goat
What is the gold standard test for brucellosis?
Blood culture
What Brucella species is the most virulent?
Brucella suis
