Past Exams 2008/2010 Flashcards
____________________ is a clostridial organism that causes enteric infections subsequent to antimicrobial therapy.
Clostridium difficile
__________________________ is an organism that causes rhinitis, tracheobronchitis and occasionally pneumonia in cats (probably in association with a viral agent).
Bordetella bronchiseptica
___________________________ is a cause of contagious epididymitis in rams and abortion and decreased fertility in ewes.
Brucella ovis
___________________________________ is a common cause of enteritis in humans and abortions in sheep
Campylobacter jejuni
___________________________________ is a facultative anaerobic organism that causes granulomatous, tumor like lesions primarily in the head and neck area of cattle.
Actinobacillus lignieresii
___________________________________ is an organism that causes acute inflammation of the nasal turbinates, acute air-sacculitis, swelling of the head and wattles, decreased food intake and a marked loss in egg production in egg-laying chickens.
Haemophilus paragallinarum
___________________________________ is a difficult to culture organism that is transmitted venereally but which has been eradicated from the U.S. horse population
Taylorella equigenitalis
___________________________________ is an organism that causes tracheobronchitis and chronic paroxysmal coughing and toxemia in humans. It is most damaging to infants under 1 year of age.
Bordetella pertussis
___________________________________ occasionally infects wounds and is a cause of Apitting edema@.
Clostridium septicum
___________________________________ is a cause of enteritis and focal hepatic necrosis in laboratory rodents
Clostridium piliformae
________________________ is the name of the flaccid paralysis syndrome commonly observed subsequent to infection with Campylobacter jejuni
Guillain-Barre syndrome
___________________________________ and ___________________________________ are the two main causes of bacterial meningitis in humans.
Neisseria meningitidis
Haemophilus influenzae
___________________________________ and ___________________________________ are two organisms that cause disease in ruminants in association with swampy areas and liver fluke migration
Clostridium novyi type B
Clostridium hemolyticum
________________________________ is an organism that usually enters via a wound, tick bite, or through the conjunctiva of humans. It spreads from the regional lymph nodes to the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues, forming granulomatous nodules which tend to ulcerate.
Francisella tularensis`
___________________________________ is the cause of Aforage poisoning@ in horses.
Clostridium botulinum
___________________________________ is a cause of persistent bacteremia, epididymitis and testicular atrophy in dogs
Brucella canis
___________________________________ is the substance supplied to some Haemophilus species by a Staphylococcus nurse colony.
NAD
___________________________________ is an organism that causes ulcerative enteritis of the lower 1/3 of the intestine of a variety of wild and domestic avian species.
Clostridium colinum
____________________________________ is the currently used vaccine for prevention of brucellosis in cattle.
RB51
_____ is a clostridial toxin that produces liquefactive necrosis, edema and hemorrhage in the brains of sheep.
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
________________________________ is the major toxin involved in infections with Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Leukotoxin
___________________________________ is the most pathogenic species of Brucella for humans.
Brucella melitensis
___________________________________ is the cause of undulant fever in humans.
Brucella abortus
______________________ is the test used to screen milk samples for Brucella abortus infected cows.
Milk Ring Test
Why do we not routinely perform bacterial cultures for Fusobacterium necrophorum?
It is almost always in mixed cultures, ie., it is difficult to isolate in pure culture. Also, most of the infections are reasonably characteristic and there is no need to identify specific bacterial agents involved. (It actually isn=t hard to grow, just hard to isolate; Grows on anaerobic blood agar plates).
List three diseases in which Pasteurella multocida is not primarily a respiratory tract pathogen. Also list the capsular type and host animal involved
Disease Capsular type Host animal
Fowl cholera A Domestic and wild birds
Cat and dog bite wounds D Cats and dogs
cHemorrhagic septicemia B&E Water buffalo, bison, cattle
Briefly describe the mechanism by which the leukotoxin of Mannheimia haemolytica causes a marked increase in the inflammatory reaction in pulmonary tissues
The leukotoxin is an RTX (pore forming cytolytic toxin) that is able to damage or lyse phagocytic cells which releases the hydrolytic enzymes of those cells onto the surface of pulmonary tissues
Briefly explain on an immunologic basis, why some of the clostridial immunizing products are toxoids and some are formalinized whole cells?
Formalinized whole cell products are used to protect against infection. Toxoids may only generate antibody to neutralize toxins that are produced by an organism. In some cases, antitoxic immunity is more important than protecting against infection because some of the toxins produce disease when present in very small quantities. In other cases it is most important to protect against infection, often because there might be multiple virulence factors or toxins produced.
Describe the pathogenesis of Adescending tetanus@.
Clostridium tetani is introduced into a wound in spore form. The spores germinate and the organism produces tetanospasmin (tetanus toxin). The toxin is absorbed by the blood and lymph and transported throughout the body. It acts as a protease and blocks neurotransmitter release (specifically glycine and gamma aminobutyric acid) at the level of the spinal cord and brain stem. It selectively acts on the inhibitory nerve network and results in spastic paralysis. The nerves supplying the muscles of the head and neck are affected first followed by the respiratory muscles
Explain briefly how you would generate Clostridium botulinum polyvalent antitoxin.
(NOTE: This one gave the class fits because nobody seemed to know what polyvalent means and many students couldn=t explain how to even get antitoxin at all. There are several different toxins, A, B, C, D, E, F, etc., that are all immunologically distinct. Since the disease is very acute and we don=t have time to do the necessary tests to determine the exact toxin involved, one needs antitoxin to neutralize all of them.
Polyvalent antitoxin has antibodies to all the common toxins.) Answer: Probably the best method would be to hyperimmunize one or more horses with toxoids representing each of the main Clostridium botulinum toxin types. Bleed the horses and titer the serum antibody against the toxins to make sure you have high titers against each of the toxins. Then combine the different antibodies into a single polyvalent antitoxin. Alternatively, one could hyperimmunize one or more horses with toxoids representing all the main toxin types (a mixture of toxoids).
T or F Young calves do not usually maintain infection with Brucella abortus.
True
T or F In the U.S., brucellosis in cattle is now more commonly caused by biovars of Brucella suis than it is by Brucella abortus.
True
T or F Bordetella avium causes kennel cough in turkeys
False
T or F Thrombotic meningoencephalitis in feedlot cattle is usually seen in the spring and summer and is associated with a change in diet.
False
T or F Essentially all serotypes of Mannheimia haemolytica and Bibersteinia trehalosi produce the same leukotoxin.
True
T or F Cattle, sheep, goats and pigs are the major domestic animal species affected by Bibersteinia trehalosi.
False
T or F Bibersteinia trehalosi causes only respiratory tract disease in domestic animals.
False
T or F Mannheimia haemolytica type A2 is commonly found in the upper respiratory tract and tonsils of normal cattle.
True
T or F Most cattle going to slaughter in the U.S. have antibody against the organism that causes foot rot in cattle.
True
T or F Most feeder cattle going to slaughter in the U.S. have antibody against the organism that commonly causes liver abscesses.
True
T or F Actinobacillus equuli frequently infects the leg joints of foals with Asleepy foal disease@.
True
T or F Vaccination of mares has been shown to be of benefit in preventing Asleepy foal disease@ but treatment of affected foals with hyperimmune antisera is not very effective.
True
T or F Clinical disease caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is usually most severe in endemically-infected swine herds
False
T or F The clinical disease and lesions caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are almost indistinguishable from those caused by Haemophilus parasuis.
False
T or F The best control mechanism for fowl Acoryza@ is to maintain the birds on a therapeutic level of tetracycline in their rations for at least 3 weeks and then closely monitor their health for the following month.
False
T or F Histophilus somni is an important cause of abortion in cattle and sheep in the U.S.
False