Mycoplasma and Chlamydophila Flashcards
Mycoplasma is unique in size and genome how
Simplest, smallest self replicating extracellular prokaryote
What doesn’t have a cell wall (type of bacteria) and affect with antibiotics
Mycoplasma so resistant to antibiotics that target cell wall
Are mycoplasmas host specific
Yes- host species specific- each species only cause disease in its particular host
How are mycoplasmas divided/ organized
Hemotrophic and non-hemotrophic types
Do mycoplasma have antigenic variation
Yes
How is non-hemotropic mycoplasma transmitted
Aerosols in droplets
Are asymptomatic carriers a problem with mycoplasma
Yes
What are symptoms of non-hemotropic mycoplasma
*associated with inflammation of mucosal and serosal surfaces of respiratory tract, joints, mammary gland, and conjunctiva
Mycoplasma gallisepticum causes what disease in what animal
Poultry, Chronic Respiratory Disease
Mycoplasma gallisepticum spread by what and what signs
Carrier animals, diseased animals have respiratory signs, arthritis, and decreased egg production, airsacculitus
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Diagnosis
Culture, PCR from tissue, ELISA on serum
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Treatment and prevention
Antibiotics in water and there is a vaccine
Non-hemotropic Mycoplasma disease cattle organism
Mycoplasma bovis and 5 other species
Mycoplasma mycoides subsp, mycoides disease is what
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)- very contagious and severe septicemia, pneumonia, arthritis, plequritis
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Reportable?
Yes
Mycoplasmas in swine and what they cause
M. Hyopneumoniae- enzootic pneumonia M. Hyosynoviae and M. Hyoriunitis- both can cause arthritis in pigs
Mycoplasmas in goats and what they cause
M. Capricolum ssp. Capricolum cause mycoplasmosis presenting as poly arthritis, mastitis, and/or pneumonia and ssp. Capripneumoniae causes Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia which is fatal pleuropneumonia
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia reportable?
yes