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Listeria monocytogenes
gram - or +
shape
aerobe or anaerobe
motile or non motile
spore or non spore forming
intracellular?
zoonotic?

A

gram + rod, coccobacilli
facultative anaerobe
motile
non-spore forming
intracellular
zoonotic - abortion, septicemia, meningitis in humans
*foodborne illness in humans

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listeria monocytogenes
virulence factors
species

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Listeriolysin O
biofilm former

ruminants, monogastrics, birds, humans

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Listeria monocytogenes
clinical signs
diagnostics
treatment

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outside GI tract - last trimester abortion, meningoencephalitis “circling disease”, visceral/septicemic disease, gastroenteritis

postmortem brainstem aerobic culture or histopath

penicillin (high dose)

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what are the RECTL organisms?

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Rhodococcus spp.
Erysipelothrix spp.
Corynebacterium spp.
Trueperella spp.
Listeria spp.

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Coxiella burnetti
gram - or +
shape
aerobe or anaerobe
intracellular?
zoonitic?

A

gram - rod
aerobic
intracellular
zoonotic - human flu like symptoms

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Coxiella burnetti
species
transmission
clinical signs
diagnostics

A

ruminants
inhalation/ingestion placenta/birthing fluids/body fluids & tick vectors
Q fever = cotyledonary/placenta necrosis
serology, PCR, immunohistochemistry

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Chlamydia spp.
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
intracellular?
zoonotic?
virulence factor
pathogenesis

A

gram - short coccobacilli
aerobe
intracellular
zoonotic - pregnant women
LPS, hemagglutinin
elementary bodies (environment, infectious)
reticular bodies (inside)

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Chlamydia abortus
species
clinical sign

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small ruminants
placentitis, polyarthritis, conjunctivitis
late term abortion in humans

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Chlamydia psittaci
species
clinical signs

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birds, horses, catttle
late term abortion
pneumonia in humans

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Chlamydia pecorum
species

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small ruminants

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Chlamydia felis
species
clinical signs

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felines
conjunctivitis, respiratory disease

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Chlamydia spp.
transmission
diagnostics
treatment

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inhalation/ingestion (major), venereal (minor)
ELISA, placenta histology, PCR
removal of birthing fluids, segregation, Abx

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Taylorella equigenitalis
gram - or +
shape
aerobe or anaerobe
species
clinical signs

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gram - coccobacillus
microaerophile
horses
infertility - contagious equine metritis (CEM)

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14
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what diagnostics do you do for T. equigenitalis

preventative care?

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“test breeding” where you mate a stallion with 2 CEM free mares
3 sets of cultures to be deemed negative (highly fastidious)
charcoal-specific transport media

APHIS regulatory testings

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T. equgenitalis transmission

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venereal, AI, fomites, frozen semen, carriers

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Campylobacter
gram - or +
shape
aerobe or anaerobe
spore or non-spore forming
motility?
virulence factors
pathogenesis

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gram - curved rod
microaerophile
non-spore forming
darting motility in culture
LPS, capsule
zipper & trigger mechanism, T3SS in GI and also preputial crypts of carrier bulls

17
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Campylobacter jejuni
species (reservoirs and vectors)
clinical signs
diagnostics
risk for ______

A

sheep, other ruminants, ferrets, dogs/cats, humans (reservoirs)
poultry most common vector
necrotizing hepatitis and abortions
fecal, post-mortem culture, PCR, NO cytology bc of CLOs
Guillain Barre Syndrome in humans

18
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Campylobacter fetus venerealis
species
clinical signs
transmission

A

cattle
bovine genital campylobacteriosis (BGC)
coital (sex)

19
Q

Campylobacter fetus fetus
species
clinical signs
diagnostics

A

ruminants
abortion & abortion storms
Weybridge Medium or Clark’s Medium, PCR, Glycine Tolerance Test; need to distinguish C. fetus subspecies because venerealis is reportable; sample same time for Tritrichomonas

20
Q

______ is the most important campylobacter spp. in sheep but ______ is more common

A

C. fetus fetus
C. jejuni

21
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_____ Campylobacter spp. is reportable

A

C. fetus venerealis

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