NON ZOONOTIC EXOTIC DISEASES Flashcards
vectors of bluetongue
Culicoides spp. (Biting Midges)
bluetongue primarily affects what animal species
sheep
4 MOT of bluetongue
Vectors
Oral
Iatrogenic (contaminated needles)
Transplacental
a highly infectious disease
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
causative agent of Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides
mode of infection of Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
inhaling droplets
prognosis of Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
poor; dies within 3 weeks
ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS is caused by
bovine leukemia virus
FMD is caused by
Aphthovirus
heartwater is caused by
Ehrlichia ruminantium
heartwater is common in what continent
Africa
3 animal species affected by heartwater
sheep,
goat,
cattle
vector of heartwater
Amblyomma spp. (ticks)
IP of INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS
2-4 days
INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS infection may be activated by___
stress
Varicellovirus (INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS) is shed in
nasal and ocular fluids