Paratuberculosis

Question 1

The agent of paratuberculosis is a facultative intracellular bacterium

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Paratuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The agent of paratuberculosis is shed in the faeces

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Aerosol infection is the main form of transmission of paratuberculosis

Answer 4

True??

Infection per os, så tror denne er false

Question 5

The resistance of the agent of paratuberculosis is low, it cannot survive in the environment

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Paratuberculosis occurs most frequently in pigs

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Clinical signs of paratuberculosis can mainly be seen only in those cases that were infected in
the first six months of life

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Fibrinous pneumonia is a typical lesion of paratuberculosis

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The agent of paratuberculosis is shed only after the appearance of the clinical signs

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Postmortem lesions of paratuberculosis can be seen in the small intestine

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The most severe clinical signs of Paratuberculosis can be seen in suckling calves

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Lesions are seen in the lungs of animals infected with paratuberculosis

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Paratuberculosis has been eradicated from Europe

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The clinical signs of paratuberculosis is more severe in calves than in adults

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Dyspnoea and nasal discharge are the main clinical signs of paratuberculosis

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Paratuberculosis occurs mainly in the tropical and subtropical countries

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The agent of paratuberculosis is shed in the faces and milk

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The clinical signs of paratuberculosis are more severe in sheep than cattle

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Paratuberculosis is seen in young calves

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Lesions of paratuberculosis are localized in the small intestine

Answer 20

True

Question 21

In the case of paratuberculosis tuberculi can be seen in the anterior lobes of the lungs

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Paratuberculosis can be treated with polymyxins

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Paratuberculosis is seen cows above 2 years of age

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Lesions of the paratuberculosis are localized in the small and large intestine

Answer 24

False

sometimes also the prox. large intestine..

Question 25

In the case of paratuberculosis no tuberculi are seen

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Weight loss is a typical sign of paratuberculosis

Answer 26

True

Question 27

In paratuberculosis, the nodules are seen primarily in the large intestine

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Paratuberculosis can be demonstrated by LST during early stages of infection

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Paratuberculosis can be prevented by early vaccination of the calves

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Paratuberculosis can be treated with penicillin and enrofloxacin

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Paratuberculosis can be prevented by vaccination

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Paratuberculosis is believed to cause Chron´s disease

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Young animals are resistant to paratuberculosis

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Wasting is the main clinical sign of Paratuberculosis

Answer 34

True?

Question 35

Paratuberculosis is also called Johne´s disease

Answer 35

True

Question 36

It is a chronic disease with diarrhoea affecting mainly ruminants (CS: 2-5 years)

Answer 36

True

Question 37

The disease paratuberculosis can develop in animals above 2 months

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Paratuberculosis can be prevented by vaccination only in countries where it is eradicated

Answer 38

True

Question 39

In Paratuberculosis, nodules can be found in intestinum crassum

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Young animals are more susceptible to paratuberculosis

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Paratuberculosis virulence factor is phospholipase C

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Paratuberculosis cause proliferative enteritis in small intestines

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Cattle paratuberculosis shows more severe lesions than sheep/goat

Answer 43

True