Fowl cholera Flashcards
Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella multocida A, D and F strains
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Fowl cholera can occur is ducks and geese.
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The agent of fowl cholera can survive in water for a few days
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Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella gallinarum
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The mortality of fowl cholera is low
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Arthritis is a clinical sign of fowl cholera.
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The resistance of the agent of fowl cholera is low
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Fowl cholera occurs mainly in the winter in Europe
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Pasteurella multocida strains with lower virulence can cause chronic fowl cholera
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The most severe form of fowl cholera occurs in day-old birds
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increased susceptibilty of age- growers +adults
Waterfowl is more susceptible to fowl cholera than hens
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Focal inflammation and necrosis in the liver is a common postmortem lesion on of fowl
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Wild birds can introduce the agent of fowl cholera into a herd
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Fowl cholera has an exponential mortality rate
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Fowl cholera is a generalized disease it causes septicaemia
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Animals recovered after fowl cholera remain bacterium carriers
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The dermonecrotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical sign of fowl cholera
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Vaccine for the prevention of fowl cholera provide type specific protection
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The agent of fowl cholera is an obligate pathogenic bacterium:
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Antibiotics cannot be used for the treatment of fowl cholera
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human can introduce the agent of fowl cholera into a herd:
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per os antibiotic treatment must be used in the case of fowl cholera:
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nasal discharge and conjunctivitis are clinical signs of fowl cholera:
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the morbidity of fowl cholera is high
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the exotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical signs of fowl cholera
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inflammation of the wattle is a clinical sign of acute fowl cholera:
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chronic
the endotoxin of the agent is responsible for the clinical signs of fowl cholera
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Europe is free from fowl cholera:
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Haemorrhagic diarrhoea is a clinical sign of fowl cholera:
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Fowl Cholera can occur in ducks and geese:
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Fowl cholera is always an acute disease:
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Feather pecking or force feeding can predispose animals to fowl cholera
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