LISTERIOSIS ✅ Flashcards
Listeriae can cause mastitis
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Listeriae is zoonotic
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Haemolysin is a virulence factor of Listeriae
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Diarrhoea is a frequent clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep
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Listeriae can cause septicaemia in suckling lambs
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Encephalitis is a frequent clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep
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Diarrhoea is a frequent sign of listeriosis in sheep
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Clinical signs of listeriosis generally seen in the summer
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Listeriae do not cause bacteraemia or septicaemia; they travel only along the nerves
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Not properly prepared silage can be source of listeria
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Listeriosis has very severe clinical signs in pigs
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The agent of listeriosis can travel along the nerves.
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Unpasteurized milk or milk products can be source of Listeria in the case of human listeriosis
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Listeriosis is prevented by widespread vaccination using attenuated vaccines
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Circling is a typical sign of ovine listeriosis
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Listeriosis have very severe clinical signs in pigs.
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Listeriosis spread very fast in an infected herd from animal to animal.
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Abortion is a clinical sign of listeriosis
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Abortion is the most frequent clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep
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Listeria ovis is the agent of listeriosis.
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Listeriae can survive in pools and poodles.
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Listeria are soil bacteria
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Listeriae are facultative intracellular bacteria
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Listeriae can cause micro abscesses in the brain
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Encephalitis is a frequent clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep
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Infected silage can be the source of listeria.
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Listeria are spreading fast from animal to animal.
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Listeria ivanovii causes listeriosis in animals.
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Listeriosis spreads from animal to animal and causes high mortality.
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Listeriosis causes neurological symptoms in sheep
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Listeriosis can infect rodents
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Listeriosis can only be seen in sheep
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Aerogen infection is the most important form of infection with Listeria in sheep.
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Listeria can be found only in infected animals, they cannot survive in the environment
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Listeria are transmitted from animal to animal very fast in the infected flock.
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The most frequent sign of bovine listeriosis is abortion
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There is widespread vaccination for the prevention of listeriosis.
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The agent of listeriosis is an intracellular bacterium.
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The main clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep is pneumonia.
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Vaccination of sheep against listeriosis with inactivated vaccines is widely done in Europe
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Listeriosis causes septicaemia in lambs
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Listeriosis mainly occurs at the end of winter.
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Listeriosis causes mainly abortion in cattle
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Listeriosis can be isolated from the brain stem
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Overcrowding is a predisposing factor of listeriosis
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Listeria can be found in soil
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Abortion is the most frequent clinical sign in bovine listeriosis
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Listeria are not resistant, they cannot survive in the environment.
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Listeriosis can be a septicaemic disease.
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Pneumonia is a frequent clinical sign of listeriosis.
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Encephalitis is the most frequent clinical sign of listeriosis in sheep.
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Listeriosis is the most common neurological disease in cattle
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Listeriosis occurs more frequently during the summer, at time of silage-making.
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In the case of listeriosis of cattle, signs of the nervous system are the most frequently seen.
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Listeriosis occurs only in tropical areas.
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Listeriosis occurs in the summer.
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Listeriosis occurs only in ruminants
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Main symptoms of listeriosis in sheep is encephalitis, abortion and septicaemia
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In cases with encephalitis, abscesses can be found in the medulla oblongata.
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