L15: A review of wildlife zoonoses Flashcards
Which organisiation undertakes wildlife disease surveillance?
APHA
Which other organisations are also involved in disease surveillance?
SAC, Institute of Zoology, FERA, CEFAS
Who do APHA provide quarterly and annual reports to?
OIE
What does passive surveillance involve?
Submissions to APHA
What are three diseases under active surveillance?
Avian influenza, west nile fever, bat Lyssa viruses
How do wildlife disease organisations interact at the EU level?
European Wildlife Disease Association
What % of emerging diseases are wildlife derived?
72%
What can be spread in Herring gull faeces?
Salmonella, Campylobacter, Crypto, Verotoxigenic E Coli, avian influenza
Under what situation do young animals increase pathogen shedding?
During stress e.g. rescues
What can be spread by owls?
Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, Spirochaetes
Which ectoparasites are carried by hedgehogs?
Ticks and fleas
What can be spread by hedgehog urine?
Lepto
What can be spread by hedgehog faeces?
Crypto, Salmonella, Yersinia, Chlamydophila
What strains of Salmonella are especially spread by badgers?
S typhimurium and agami
What 4 diseases may badgers spread?
TB, Salmonella, Crypto, Lepto
What are the two types of Lyssavirus which cause bat rabies?
EBL1 and EBL2
How many deaths from bat rabies have there been since 1977?
A couple
Which license is required before disturbing a bat colony?
Defra
What can hares spread (but not in the UK)?
Francisella tularensis
What three diseases may wild rabbits spread?
Verotoxigenic E Coli, M paratuberculosis, E cuniculi
What 6 diseases can ticks carry?
Lyme, Ehrlichiosis, tick-borne encephalitis (Louping Ill), tularaemia, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, Babesiosis
What are the symptoms or Ehrlichiosis?
Fever, granulocytosis
What kind of a virus is Louping Ill?
A flavivirus
What country is tularaemia found?
France
What are the symptoms of Babesiosis?
Fever, anaemia
What organism causes Lyme disease?
Borrelia burgdoferi
What do you treat Lyme disease with?
Doxycycline
What % of Lyme cases are in the summer?
50%
What are symptoms of Lyme disease?
Erythema migrans (bullseye), fever, headache, muscle pain, arthritis, encephalitis, myocarditis
What disease is associated with wooden fish crates?
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
What may fish tanks harbour unusual serotypes of?
Salmonella
What causes Aquarist’s nodule?
Mycobacterium marinum
How do you identify Mycobacterium marinum?
Cross-reaction with Heaf test
What may marine mammals harbour?
Brucella
What % of polar bears are seropositive for Brucella?
5%