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Listeria ___________ causes occastional infection and is associated with ruminant abortion.

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Listeria ivanovii causes occastional infection and is associated with ruminant abortion.

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___________ are large, endospore forming, rapidly growing bacteria that are important soil saphrophytes.

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Bacillus spp. are large, endospore forming, rapidly growing bacteria that are important soil saphrophytes.

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Trueperella ________ can cause summer mastitis

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Trueperella pyogenes can cause summer mastitis

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Facultative intracellular pathogen, lipid-rich cell envelope with mycolic acid capable of intra-macrophage survival and granuloma formation

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Rhodoccocus equi

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The capsule of Bacillus anthracis is unique because

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The capsule of Bacillus anthracis is unique because it is composed of polymers of D glutamic acid

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Edema Factor

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Component of Anthrax toxin - inhibits neutrophil function

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Bacillus anthracis has resistance or reduced susceptibility to

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Trimethoprim/sulfa

Erythromycin

Azithromycin

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Virulence factors of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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Phospholipase D

Lipid Coat

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Main species of Nocardia

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N. asteroides

N. brasiliensis

N. otitidiscavarum

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Bacillus ___________ is an insect pathogen.

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Bacillus thuringiensis is an insect pathogen.

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_________ are the most important reservoir for Erysipelothrix spp.

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Pigs are the most important reservoir for Erysipelothrix spp.

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Internal form of caseous lymphadenitis

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Characterized by abscess formation within internal organs

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More common in sheep

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Commensal organism in prepucial mucosa of boars, sexually transmitted and causes porcine cystitis and pyelonephritis

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Actinobaculum suis

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Diagnosis of B. anthracis

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Blood smear

Aerobic Culture

PCR

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Describe the appearance of Rhodococcus equi bacterial colonies

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Mucoid with a salmon pink color

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The presence of mycolic acid is important because

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The presence of mycolic acid is important because acid-fast stain can be used for diagnosis

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Treatment of Nocardia

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Aminoglycoside + Carbapenem

Trimethoprim/Sulfa

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Diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi

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CBC/ Serum Chemistry

Thoracic Radiographs

Culture

PCR

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19
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Reportable Bacillus Pathogen

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Bacillus Anthracis

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Erysipelothrix __________ is less common, it is avirulent in pigs but associated with disease in dogs.

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Erysipelothrix tonsillarium is less common, it is avirulent in pigs but associated with disease in dogs.

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Causes lumpy jaw in cattle

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Actinomyces bovis

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Diagnosis for Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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Symptoms

Abscess/ Chronic Weight Loss

Culture

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24
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Clinical Signs:

Neurological symptoms

Unilateral trigeminal and facial nerve paralysis

Purulent endophthalmitis

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Listeria spp

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Erysipelothrix has an intrinsic resistance to

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Vancomycin

Aminoglycosides

Sulfonamides

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Listeria spp

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27
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Causes Rain Scald

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Dermatophilus congolensis

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Important virulence factors of B. anthracis

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Capsule

Anthrax toxin

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Both required for virulence

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Pleomorphic, faculative intracellular bacterium. In gram stained smears characteristic long or branching filaments and a tendency to fragment into rods and cocci

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Nocardia

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30
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Common secondary invader in shipping fever pneumonia in cattle

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Trueperella pyogenes

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Dermatophilus congolensis

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Cause

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

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Treatment of Dermatophilus congolensis

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Penicillin G and Tetracycline

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34
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Cause human childhood disease diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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35
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Diagnosis of Listera sp

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Antemortem - Presumptive Dx and History

Histopathology - Microabscesses in the brain

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Bovine Farcy

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Cutaneous nocardiosis in cattle caused by Nocardia asteroides or mycobacteria lesions, typically associated with lymphangitis and lymphadenitis

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External form of caseous lymphadenitis

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Characterized by abscess formation in or near major peripheral lymph nodes

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More common in goats

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Protective Factor

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Component of Anthrax Toxin - cell binding factor responsible for translocation into the cell

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39
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The vaccine for B. anthracis must contain what components of the bacteria?

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Anthrax Toxin

Chromosome

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Bacillus _________ are aerobic, non motile, large with squared ends arranged in chains.

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Bacillus anthracis are aerobic, non motile, large with squared ends arranged in chains.

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41
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Causes Murine pseudotuberculosis

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Corynebacterium kutscheri

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42
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The only symptome of per acute septicemia caused by B. anthracis in ruminants

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Death

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Cause and Disease

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Caseous lymphadenitis

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44
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Summer mastitis

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communicable disease among pastured daily cattle during the dry period

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45
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Bacteria frequently associated with pyogenic infections in livestock

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Actinomyces

Actinobaculum

Trueperella

46
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____________ outbreaks typically occur due to feeding poor quality soilage.

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Listera spp outbreaks typically occur due to feeding poor quality soilage.

47
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The most common way animals get exposed to B. anthracis

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Exposure to endospores

48
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Causes caseous lymphadenitis in sheep and goats

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

49
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Causes pyogranulomatous osteomyelitis

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Actinomyces spp

50
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Species of Corynebacterium that may harbor bacteriophage containing diptheria toxin

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C. pseudotuberculosis

C. ulcerans

51
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____________ is the most common presentation of Listera infection in monogastrics.

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Septicemia is the most common presentation of Listera infection in monogastrics.

52
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Bacillus anthracis

53
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Treatment for Erysipelothrix spp

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Penicillin

Tetracycline

Lincomycin

Tylosin

54
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Act A virulence factor of _______________ allows intracellular movement to adjacent cells through bacterially induced host actin polymerization.

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Act A virulence factor of Listeria monocytogenes allows intracellular movement to adjacent cells through bacterially induced host actin polymerization.

55
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Cause and Disease

A

Dermatophilus congolensis

“Rain Scald”

56
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Cause

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Actinomyces hordeovulneris

57
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__________ is the most common presentation of Listeria infection in ruminants.

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Encephalitis is the most common presentation of Listeria infection in ruminants.

58
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McFadyean Reaction

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Diagnostic tool for B. anthracis, stains the capsule as a pink shadow with polychromatic methylene blue

59
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Species of Nocardia associated with abortion in horses, cattle, sheep and swine often with no other signs in the dam.

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Nocardia asteroides

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__________ are pleomorphic, non spore forming and non motile. They contain mesodiaminopimelic acid and short chain mycolic acid in their cell wall.

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Corynebacterium spp are pleomorphic, non spore forming and non motile. They contain mesodiaminopimelic acid and short chain mycolic acid in their cell wall.

61
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Cause and Disease

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Corynebacterium kutscheri

Murine pseudotuberculosis

62
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Nocardia species most commonly isolated in dogs and cats.

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Nocardia asteroides

63
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Koch’s postulates were developed using

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Koch’s postulates were developed using Bacillus anthracis

64
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Bacillus _________ is an obligate mammalian pathogen.

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Bacillus anthracis is an obligate mammalian pathogen.

65
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Zoospores attacted to moist damaged skin, cause epidermal abscesses with hyperkeratosis.

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Dermatophilus congolensis

66
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Previous names of this bacteria were Corynebacterium, Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium pyogenes

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Trueperella pyogenes

67
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Vaccination available for Erysipelothrix spp for

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Pigs and Turkeys

68
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Causes Contagious Bovine Pyelonephritis

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Corynebacterium renale group

69
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Diagnosis of Dermatophilus congolensis

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Microscopic examination of scabs

Culture

PCR

70
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Bacillus ________ is a rare cause of opportunistic infections and food poisoning in mammals.

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Bacillus cereus is a rare cause of opportunistic infections and food poisoning in mammals.

71
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Rhodococcus equi causes most serious cases of pneumonia in ________ old foals.

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Rhodococcus equi causes most serious cases of pneumonia in 1 to 4 month old foals.

72
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Corynebacterium bovis

73
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Treatment of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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Not considered “curable”

Lancing and Draining/ Surgical excision of abscesses

Extra label use- Penicillin, Rifampin, Tulathromycin

74
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Cause of Foal Pneumonia

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Rhodococcus equi

75
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Actinomyces ___________ can be transmitted to animals through fox tail grass awns to cause abscess and epicarditis (chronic)

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Actinomyces hordeovulneris can be transmitted to animals through fox tail grass awns to cause abscess and epicarditis (chronic)

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In horses, Corynebacterium ____________ causes ulcerative lymphangitis of lower extremities and abscesses in the pectoral region and ventral abdomen.

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In horses, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis causes ulcerative lymphangitis of lower extremities and abscesses in the pectoral region and ventral abdomen

77
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Diagnose Actinomyces spp by

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Culture - Must request aerobic and anerobic

Microscopic examination

78
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Causes dematitis and hyperkeratosis in mice

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Corynebacterium bovis

79
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Treatment of Rhodococcus equi

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Macrolide + Rifampin

80
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Listeria monocytogenes Treatment

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Penicillin

Ceftiofur

Tetracycline

Erythromycin

Trimethoprim/Sulfa

Ampicilling + Genamicin

81
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Virulence factors of Rhodococcus equi

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Capsule

Viruclence Associated Proteins

Mycolic Acid/Techoic Acid

Cholesterol Oxidase

Phospholipase C

82
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Synergistic hemolysin inhibition (SHI) Test

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Detects antibodies to the phospholipase D exotoxin

83
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A

Actinomyces spp

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Erysipelothrix _________ is most frequently isolated, most common in pigs and birds.

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Erysipelothrix rhsiopathiae is most frequently isolated, most common in pigs and birds.

85
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Camp test

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Cholesterol oxidase enhances hemolysis of weakly hemolytic organisms

86
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A

Trueperella pyogenes

87
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Treatment for Bacillus anthracis

A

Penicillin

Tetracycline

Doxycycline

Ciprofloxacin

88
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Predisposing factors that increase exposure of animals to anthrax spores

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History of previous deaths

Flooding

Alkaline soil conditions

Warm Temperature

89
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What is the staining technique? What is it used for?

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McFadyean Stain

Bacillus anthracis

90
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Disease and Cause

A

Caseous lymphadenitis

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

91
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Cause and Disease

A

Corynebacterium renale group

Contagious bovine pylenephritis

92
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Colonies vary, but usually small, slow growing and “molar tooth like”

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Actinomyces spp

93
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Cause and Disease

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Actinomyces bovis

Lumpy Jaw

94
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Diphtheria toxin is carried by a

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Diphtheria toxin is carried by a bacteriophage

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96
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Diagnosis of Erysipelothrix spp

A

Culture

PCR

97
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Corynebacterium renale group consists of

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C. renale

C. cystiditis

C. pilosum

98
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Listeria _____________ is associated with disease in multiple hosts, including humans.

A

Listeria monocyogenes is associated with disease in multiple hosts, including humans.

99
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Divides in two planes to give “tram track” appearance and produce coccoid fragments which become motile zoospores

A

Dermatophilus congolensis

100
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Swine from ____________ of age and pregnant sows are most susceptible to Erysipelothrix spp.

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Swine from 3m to 1y of age and pregnant sows are most susceptible to Erysipelothrix spp.

101
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Diagnosis of Nocardia

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Culture

Acid Fast Stain

Histopathology

102
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Habitat of Rhodococcus equi

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Soil, however virulence is maintained in horses

103
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Non-hemolytic, medusa head colonies

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Bacillus anthracis

104
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Lethal Factor

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Component of Anthrax Toxin - induces cell death and hypoxia induced tissue injury/shock

105
Q

Causes Pigion Fever - Colorado Strangles - Dry-Land Distemper

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

106
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Treatment of Acitomyces sp infection

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Penicillin G - long term and high doses

Surgical excision of foreign bodies

107
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What season do Listeria spp outbreaks typically occur?

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Winter, Early Spring

108
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A

Erysipelothrix spp

109
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Most species of __________ recovered from animals are not considered pathogenic.

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Most species of Corynebacterium recovered from animals are not considered pathogenic.

110
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Three components of Anthrax Toxin

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Edema Factor

Lethal Factor

Protective Factor

111
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__________ is isolated from many species of animals and is found ubiquitously in the environment as it is capable of growing at a wide range of temperatures

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Listeria spp is isolated from many species of animals and is found ubiquitously in the environment as it is capable of growing at a wide range of temperatures

112
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A

Bacillus spp

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