Nocardia

Question 1

1) Mastitis is a common clinical sign of bovine nocardiosis.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

2) Nocardia species cause lymphadenitis in different animals

Answer 2

true

Question 3

3) Nocardia asteroides can cause mastitis in cattle

Answer 3

true

Question 4

4) Pneumonia is a frequently seen pathological finding in bovine nocardiosis

Answer 4

false

Question 5

5) Nocardia asteroides causes bovine nocardiosis

Answer 5

true

Question 6

6) Nocardia species are really fastidious bacteria which can grow on mucous membranes only.

Answer 6

false

Question 7

7) Nocardia bacteria can cause inflammation of the lymphatic vessels

Answer 7

false

Question 8

8) Cattle are infected with nocardia bacteria from the soil

Answer 8

true

Question 9

9) Nocardia species are Gram negative coccoid rod shaped bacteria

Answer 9

false

Question 10

10) Carnivores and cattle are susceptible to nocardia species

Answer 10

true

Question 11

11) nocardia are gram positive branching filaments

Answer 11

true

Question 12

12) nocardia asteroides can cause generalized infection in dogs

Answer 12

true

Question 13

13) Nocardiosis is a chronic infection with granuloma formation

Answer 13

true

Question 14

14) Norcardia species are soil organisms

Answer 14

true

Question 15

15) Nocardia asteroides is a soil microorganism

Answer 15

true

Question 16

16) Nocardia asteroides generally causes mastitis in cattle, which can be an iatrogenic infection

Answer 16

true

Question 17

17) Nocardia asteroides can cause granulomatous lesions of tissues under the skin in cattle

Answer 17

true and chronic mastitis

Question 18

18) Canine nocardiosis is caused by Nocardia asteroides

Answer 18

true

Question 19

19) Nocardiosis causes chronic mastitis in cows

Answer 19

true

Question 20

20) Nocardia asteroides can cause generalized disease in dogs

Answer 20

true

Question 21

21) Nocardia spp. in cattle primarily causes mastitis

Answer 21

true

Question 22

22) Most susceptible species to Nocardiosis are dog and horse

Answer 22

false

Question 23

23) N. asteroides causes cutaneous pyogranulomas in dog

Answer 23

true

Question 24

24) Nocardia asteroides is zoonotic

Answer 24

true

Question 25

25) Disseminated Nocardiosis in dog occurs after 1 year of age

Answer 25

false

Question 26

26) Nocardiosis will cause acute mastitis in cattle

Answer 26

false

Question 27

27) Bovine farcy causes chronic lesions in the superficial lymph nodes and vessels.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

28) Nocardiosis are found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions

Answer 28

true

Question 29

29) Nocardia is a facultative aerobic bacterium

Answer 29

false