Final Questions Flashcards
Two different strands of influenza virus can mutate with each other to form a new influenza virus strand. True or False?
True
Clinical signs of Yersinia pestis infection?
Blackened lymph nodes and aches, exhaustion
The reservoir host for this disease is the deer mouse?
Hantavirus
Common worm infection in a pet dog or cat?
All of the above
The acronym PPE refers to?
Personnel protective equipment
Hantavirus in the USA?
Aerosolizes and causes acute pulmonary failure
This bacterium is commonly carried by rodents and is excreted in urine?
Leptospirosis
Recommended safety for zoo personnel includes?
Vaccines and PPE
In regards to influenza?
There are strained that can affect humans that originated in animals and more that one strain of flu virus can infect the same animals 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
If an animal has a disease, does not become ill, but is capable of transmitting the disease to people,that animal is a?
Reservoir host
CDC?
Center for disease control and prevention
In regards to E.Coli?
Enteric type of bacteria
This bacterium is found in reproductive tissue 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 they show signs they die in 10 days
The best way to clean rodent nesting material is ?
-wearing PPE
-saturate nesting with disinfectant
-throw directly into trash
This disease has three different forms know as cutaneous, inhaled, gastrointestinal?
Bacillus anthrax
Giardiasis?
All of the above
In regards to tuberculosis skin testing?
A positive test in humans means that they have been exposed to tuberculosis
What measures are taken to reduce transmission of zoonotic diseases ?
All of the above
The bubonic plague is transmitted by?
Fleas
