Final prep (specifically questions from final review) Flashcards
True or False: Two different strands of influenza virus can mutate with each other to form a new influenza virus strand
True
Clinical signs of a Yersinia pestis infection
Blackened Lymph nodes and aches, exhaustion
The reservoir host for this disease is the deer mouse
Hantavirus
Common worm infections in a pet dog or cat
All of the above
(Can cause larval migrans in human and cause blindness
*Are easily treated with veterinary prescribed medications
*Is easily transmitted from the environment to pet dogs and cats
*Can infect people who touch areas contaminated with animal feces
The acronym PPE refers to
Personal Protective Equipment
Hantavirus in the USA
Aerosolizes and causes acute pulmonary failure
This bacterium is commonly carried by rodents and excreted in urine
Leptospirosis
Recommended safety for zoo personnel includes
Vaccine recommendations such as tetanus, hepatitis, influenza, and sometimes rabies
AND
appropriate PPE
In regards to influenza
There are strains that can affect humans that originated in animals
AND
more than one strain of flu virus can infect the same animal and create a new strain
Human herpes 1 virus (cold sore) in relation to animals
Lethal to New World primates such as marmosets
OSHA
government agency responsible to ensuring health and safety of employees
Who is considered more susceptible to zoonotic diseases
All of the above
(Children 5 and under
*Adults older than 65
*Immunocompromised people (ie HIV)
If an animal has a disease, does not become ill, but is capable of transmitting the disease to humans, that animal is
resevoir host
CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
In regards to E. Coli
is a type of enteric bacteria
This bacterium is found in reproductive tissues of affected animals (ie ruminants)
Brucella bovis
This bacteria is endemic to the USA, is often seen in cattle, and has a 90% fatality rate when inhaled
Bacillus anthrax
Rabies virus
All mammals are susceptible
AND
Once an animal or human shows clinical signs of rabies virus, they usually die within 10 days
The BEST way to clean rodent nesting material is
Wearing PPE, saturate nesting material with disinfectant and throw directly into trash
This disease has three different forms known as cutaneous, inhaled, gastrointestinal (ingested)
Bacillus anthrax
Giardiasis
All of the above
(Can be found in a wide variety of animals and humans
*Can be treated with antibiotics
*Not all infected animals or humans develop disease
In regards to Tuberculosis, skin testing
A positive test in a human means that they have been exposed to tuberculosis
What are measures taken to reduce transmission of zoonotic disease
All of the above
(Wear PPE, Education, Pasteurize milk)
The bubonic plague is transmitted by
Fleas
