Fowl cholera Flashcards

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Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella multocida A, D and F strains

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True

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Fowl cholera can occur is ducks and geese

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True

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The agent of fowl cholera can survive in water for a few days

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True

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4
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Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella gallinarum

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False

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5
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The mortality of fowl cholera is low

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False

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Arthritis is a clinical sign of fowl cholera

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True

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The resistance of the agent of fowl cholera is low

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True

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8
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Fowl cholera occurs mainly in the winter in Europe

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False

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9
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Pasteurella multocida strains with lower virulence can cause chronic fowl cholera

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True

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10
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The most severe form of fowl cholera occurs in day-old birds

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False

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11
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Waterfowl is more susceptible to fowl cholera than hens

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True

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12
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Focal inflammation and necrosis in the liver is a common postmortem lesion on of fowl cholera

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True

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13
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Wild birds can introduce the agent of fowl cholera into a herd

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True

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14
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Fowl cholera has an exponential mortality rate

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True

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15
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Fowl cholera is a generalized disease it causes septicaemia

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True

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16
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Animals recovered after fowl cholera remain bacterium carriers

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True

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17
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The dermonecrotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical sign of fowl cholera

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True

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18
Q

Vaccine for the prevention of fowl cholera provide type specific protection

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True

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19
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The agent of fowl cholera is an obligate pathogenic bacterium

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False

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20
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Antibiotics cannot be used for the treatment of fowl cholera

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False

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21
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Human can introduce the agent of fowl cholera into a herd

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True

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22
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Per os antibiotic treatment must be used in the case of fowl cholera

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True

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23
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Nasal discharge and conjunctivitis are clinical signs of fowl cholera

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True

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24
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The morbidity of fowl cholera is high

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True

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The exotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical signs of fowl cholera
False
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Inflammation of the wattle is a clinical sign of acute fowl cholera
False
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The endotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical signs of fowl cholera
True
28
Europe is free from fowl cholera
False
29
Haemorrhagic diarrhoea is a clinical sign of fowl cholera
True
30
Fowl Cholera can occur in ducks and geese
True
31
Fowl cholera is always an acute disease
False
32
Feather pecking or force feeding can predispose animals to fowl cholera
True
33
Parent birds have to be vaccinated just before laying in order to prevent fowl cholera
False
34
Germinative infection is a frequent way of transmission of the agent of fowl cholera
False
35
Geese is resistant to fowl cholera
False
36
Fowl cholera cannot be prevented by vaccination
False
37
Focal inflammation in the liver is a typical post mortem lesion of fowl cholera
True
38
Hemorrhages generally cannot be seen as post mortem signs of fowl cholera
False
39
After recovering from fowl cholera the animals do not carry the agent any more
False
40
There are vaccines on the market to prevent fowl cholera
True
41
Fowl cholera occurs only in hens
False
42
Fowl cholera is caused by certain serotypes of Pasteurella multocida
True
43
The agent of fowl cholera is an obligate pathogen
False
44
Germinative infection is common in the case of fowl cholera
False
45
Turkey are highly susceptible to fowl cholera
True
46
Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella multocida strains
True
47
Fowl cholera occurs only in chicken
False
48
Germinative infection is common in the case of fowl cholera
False
49
Fowl cholera is typically seen in day-old birds
False
50
Germinative infection is important in the epidemiology of fowl cholera
False
51
Fowl cholera is a septicemic disease
True
52
The agent of fowl cholera is a facultative pathogenic bacterium
True
53
The endotoxin of the agent is responsible for the lesions of fowl cholera
True
54
Fowl cholera is caused by Riemerella anatipestifer
False
55
Endotoxins of Pasteurella multocida cause fowl cholera
True
56
Fowl cholera has always an acute course
False
57
Fowl cholera could cause focal inflammation-necrosis in the liver
True
58
Fowl cholera is the most severe among day-old chicken
False
59
Fowl cholera is caused by introducing highly virulent Pasteurella multocida strains
True
60
Plucking and fattening of geese is a predisposing factor for fowl cholera
True
61
Fowl cholera causes acute septicaemia
True
62
The chronic form of fowl cholera is caused by less virulent strains
True
63
Day-old chickens are resistant to fowl cholera
True
64
Vaccines against fowl cholera are not available
False
65
Fowl cholera may cause high mortality in water birds
False
66
Turkeys are not sensitive to fowl cholera
False
67
Fowl cholera occurs mainly at the end of the winter
False
68
Fowl cholera occurs mostly during the summer and autumn
True
69
Germinative infection is the primary way of spreading fowl cholera
False
70
Mortality of fowl cholera can reach 100% in a susceptible flock
True
71
In development of fowl cholera, plucking the animal has an important role
True
72
Fowl cholera can cause high losses among day-old chicken
False
73
Fowl cholera is caused by leukotoxin-producing Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica
False
74
Fowl cholera has higher mortality in young broiler stocks
False
75
Fowl cholera has high mortality in water poultry
False
76
Turkeys are not susceptible for fowl cholera
False
77
Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella haemolytica
False
78
Fowl choler occurs in the tropics and subtropics mostly
True
79
Wild birds are very susceptible to fowl cholera
False
80
Susceptibility in hens decrease with age in case of fowl cholera
False