Other general Q's 5

Question 1

On what type of media do Pasteurellaceae grow best on?

Answer 1

• Media supplemented with Serum or Blood
• Enriched Medis

Question 2

Where can Pasteurellaceae be found?

Family

Answer 2

Part of normal flora:
* Respiratory tract (Commensals, Epiphytes)

Question 3

What do Pasteurellaceae cause?

Answer 3

• During Immunosupression they cause Secondary Infection

Question 4

Genuses of Pasteurellaceae (6)

Answer 4

• Pasteurella
• Mannheimia
• Bibersteinia
• Haemophilus
• Histophilus
• Actinobacillus

Question 5

Where can Pasteurella be found?

Genus

Answer 5

• Mucous membrane of upper respiratory and intestinals tracts of animals

Question 6

Human Infections of Pasteurella occur from…..and cause…….?

Genus

Answer 6

They occur from:
* Bites and scratches by animals
* Extracellular parasites

Cause:
* Primary Pasteurelosis = Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
* Secondary Pasteurelosis = Infections of respiratory tract (Mainly in immunosupressed animals)

Question 7

What is the name of the Obligatory pathogenic Pasteurella species
What does it cause?

Answer 7

• Pasteurella multocida

Causes:
* Septicaemia in animals
* Fowl Cholera (discovered)
* Atrophic Rhinitis in Swine

Question 8

Name 1 species of Genus Mannheimia
What does it cause?

Answer 8

• Mannheimia Haemolytica

Causes:
* Pneumonia in Cattle
* Pneumonia and Septicaemia in Sheep

Question 9

Name 1 species of Genus Bibersteinia
What does it cause?

Answer 9

• Bibersteinia Trehalosi

Causes:
* Pneumonia and Septicaemia in Sheep

Question 10

Which Family is Microaerophilic?

Answer 10

• Pasteurellaceae
  Requires environments that have low oxigen

Question 11

Which Family is Strict Aerobic?

Answer 11

• Pseudomonaiaceae
• Burkolderiaceae
  Need oxigen to grow!!

Question 12

Which Family is Faculative Anaerobe?

Answer 12

• Enterobacteriaceae
• Pasteurellaceae
  Grows with or without oxygen