LATG CH 13 Agents of Disease Flashcards
Disease
is an altered physiological state in which the normal function of a tissue, organ, or body system has been impaired. cause by toxins, trauma, cancer, the degeneration of body systems, or by infectious organisms
BActerium
One-celled organism with no nucleus or organelles
Gram positive
external cell wall stained purple/blue
Gram negative
Thin internal cell wall stains pink
bacterial shapes
cocci, bacilli, spiral
c. piliforme
tyzzers disease- severe enteritis
DNA viruses
Pox, parvo, herpes
RNA viruses
orthomyxo flu & paramyxo (measles), corona SARS and Mouse hepatitis virus, arboviruses west nile
mycosis
fungi
helminths
wormlike parasites
Trematodes
flukes; liver fluke fasciola hepatica
have oral suckers, flat and have larval forms that hatch in water
Cestodes
flatworms (tapeworms Dipylidium caninum)flat; can cause liver cysts in rats
nematodes
roundworms; hookworms, whipworms, filaria (heart worm dirofilaria immitis dont produce eggs
acanthocephalids
thorny-headed worms
hirudineans
leeches
protozoa
Flagellates, ciliates, apicomplexans and amoebas; two stages- cyst and trophozoite
amoebas
pseudopods-extension to move, entamoeba histolytica- dysentery
flagellates
flagella to move within GI tract (trichomonas/giardia)
trypanosoma brucei
ciliates
Balantidium coli
apicomplexan
spores conical shapes
toxoplasma gondii
Acariasis
mites and tick infestation
Acariasis
mites and tick infestation
Pentastomes
aka tongue-worms;
pediculosis
Lice infestation
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies mite
fur mites in mice
Radfordia affinis; Myobia musculi; Mycoptes musculinis; psorergates simplex fur mites in mice
hydatid cyst
Fluid-filled cyst containing tapeworm larvae in the host’s liver or other organs
chytidiomycosis in frogs
cutaneous mycosis can affect a frog’s ability to regulate oxygen
vibrios
curved rods waterborne bacterium; cholera and GI issues septicemia
pseudoloma neurophilia
fungal infection in zebrafish
Which of the following fungi are microsporidia that cause lethargy, tremors, and partial paralysis in rabbits
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Ascarid
nematode toxocara canis