Moraxella Flashcards
This disease is commonly called:
* A. Pinkeye
* B. Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
* C. Non-hooded eye disease
* D. A and B
* E. B and C
B
Moraxella bovis
* Appear as Gram- _______ _____
* Not true ____, cells are ___-shape around _____ disk
* Strict _____
* ___________ – oxidize organic sulfur and nitrogen (e.g. amino acids)
* 10 other species – most are commensals, but ________ and ________ sometimes cause pinkeye
negative, diplococci, coccus , rod, penicillin, aerobes, nonsaccharolytic M. ovis, M. bovoculi, Really only effects the eye
Moraxella bovis
A true coccus would be perfectly round, these are not.
Specific Disease
* Cause of?
* Results in?
* Usually more than ___% of herd infected
* May be _______ flora in _____ respiratory tract
* Transmitted by ?
* _______ and _______ required for infection
infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) (bovine pinkeye)
Conjunctivitis, keratitis, and corneal ulceration, 5, normal, upper, fomites, flies, or dust, Attachment, colonization
“Cattle eye infected with Infectious
Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis,
caused by Moraxella bovis.”
List the Predisposing Factors for Moraxella bovis infection?
- Sunlight (UV light)
- Breed (non-“hooded” eyelids)
- ***Flies (also involved in transmission.
- Irritation (dust, grass)
- Prior Infection
- Animals less than 2 years old most susceptible (lower
immunity?) - Transmission through direct contact with fomites
- Cattle with “hooded” eyelids most resistant
Hereford’s most susceptible
Bleeds predisposed are ones without hooded eyelids
Protect the eye from irritants
- What condition is pictured here?
- A) _____ corneal vascularization and early ____ (_____ _____) formation
- B) Pupil is ____ (_______)
- Pinkeye
- Early, pannus, blood vessel
- miotic, constricted
Corneal pannus is subepithelial fibrovascular tissue ingrowth from the _____ onto the ____. It typically results from ______, which may be causes by a number of events such as _____ or chronic ______.
limbus, cornea, inflammation, infection, irritation
This photo is showing Corneal _____ due to intraocular fluid ______.
Bright red rim of _____ formation is filling ___.
opacity, pressure, pannus, ulcer
______ is present in a localized area of corneal opacity.
Pannus formation does not occur with _______ lesions
Ulcer, shallow
A) This photo depicts a small corneal ____ due to _____ healing
B) artifact from ____
scar, incomplete, flash
Deep ulcer perforating through to the ________ ________,
referred to as a _______ (could be secondary to ___ infection).
aqueous humour, staphyloma, staph
- Healing ulcer that has lost its
red appearance
An opaque, scarred cornea and glaucoma from impaired
drainage of ______ ____
Damage to the optic nerve, which is often caused by
abnormally high pressure in the eye. Chronic inflammation
can cause such increased pressure.
aqueous humour
- Secondary infection of the
eye (endophthalmitis;
[purulent inflammation of
the intraocular fluids]) with
pus in the anterior chamber - There is pannus formation,
the cornea is white and
irregular - Sight has been permanently
lost
List the Virulence Factors of Moraxella Bovis
* The most virulent strains are known to be _____ and highly _____
* _______ is required for virulence; probably enhances _____
formation
* _________
* ___________
* ___________
* __________
* ___________
* ____________
hemolytic, piliated, Hemolysin, lesion
Pili
* Cytotoxin/hemolysin (RTX toxin)
* Cell detachment factor
* Capsule
* LOS
* Endotoxin; may act synergistically with other toxins