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1
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What is the cause of glanders?

A

Pseudomonas mallei

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2
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Bronhamella is a subgenus of:

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Moraxella

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3
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What is the most common condition caused by Brucella?

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Abortion

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4
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What is the growth of Brucella?

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Anaerobic

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5
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Toxins of Bordetella, what is the most important one?

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Heat labile dermonecrotoxin and haemagglutin

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6
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What 2 Bordetella species are most pathogenic for animals?

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B. bronchiseptica and B. avium

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7
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What type of capsule does Bordetella have?

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Outer membrane pseudo-capsule that is lost by passage

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8
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What variant of F. tularensis is found in Israeli?

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Var. palaeartica

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9
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What bacteria uses McCoy agar

A

Francisella tularensis

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10
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For which bacteria do you use brilliant green agar?

A

Enterobacteriaceae

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11
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Neurotoxins of E. coli cause what?

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Enterotoxaemia of pigs or oedema disease

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12
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Where are endotoxins of e. coli found?

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O antigens that form part of cell wall

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13
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What disease is caused by Serratia?

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Non pathogen but associated with inflammation

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14
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Which bacteria grow on sodium-selenite lactose media (5)

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Lactococcus
Weissella
Leuconostoc
ENterococcus
Fructobacillus

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15
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For which bacteria do you use Rappaport-Varrition media:

A

Salmonella

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16
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Deoxycholate citrate agar is used for

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Enteric bacilli: salmonella and shigella

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17
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Ed. tarda cause disease most often in:

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fish

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18
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K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae cause what in cattle?

A

mastitis

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19
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Most important species of enterobacter:

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Eb. cloaca and Eb. aerogenes are the most important

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20
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Genus Erwina is most similar to

A

enterobacter agglomerans

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21
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Proteus causes what in horse?

A

endometritis and urogenital infections

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22
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Morganella morganii is most often found in

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faeces

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23
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Does providencia swarm?

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Yes

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24
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Genus Erwina produces

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a yellow pigment on culture

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25
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for which bacteria can you use SS and MacConkey agar for isolation?

A

Shigella

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26
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For which bacteria do you use Wilson blair bismuth sulphite agar?

A

Salmonella

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27
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Red mouth disease is caused by

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Y. ruckeri

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28
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Which bacteria causes pseudotuberculosis?

A

Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis

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29
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What sort of growth do you get from P. multocida on McConkey agar?

A

Negative growth

30
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Which Pasteurella species are pathogenic?

A

P multocida and P gallinarum

31
Q

How are aeromonas classified?

A

morphologically (according to motility)

32
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Which species causes furunculosis of salmonids?

A

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

33
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Treponema are:

34
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T. pallidum subsp. pallidum causes:

A

syphilis in man and monkeys

35
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B. theileri causes:

A

bovine and equine borreliosis

36
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Leptospirosa require

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aerobic conditions

37
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What causes canine leptospirosa?

A

Leptospirosa interrogans subsp. canicola

38
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What campylobacter belong to Wolinella group:

A

C. cinaedi, C. fennelliae, C. pylori, Wolinella succinogens

39
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Pathogenic strains of campylobacter:

A

C. jejuni and C. coli

40
Q

The most important equine disease caused by Staphylococcus is:

A

Botrymycosis

41
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Morphology of Staphylococcus:

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Gram-positive cocci that form grape-like clusters

42
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For which bacteria do you use Yolk-tellurite-glycine-pyruvate agar?

A

Staphylococcus (micrococcaceae)

43
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What bacteria produce white to yellow, large colonies with standard incubation?

A

Staphylococcus

44
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Haemolytic toxins of Staphylococcus - which ones produce complete haemolysis?

A

alpha-lysin, gamma-lysin delta-lysin

45
Q

Coagulate positive strains are more or less virulent?

A

more virulent

46
Q

Most common cause of Streptococcus infection in foals:

A

Str. zooepidemicus

47
Q

Rhodococcus equi is responsible for:

A

equine foal pneumonia

48
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Which species are most often affected by Listeriosis?

A

Ruminants (sheep and cattle)

49
Q

What does E. rhusiopathie cause?

A

Erysipelas in pigs

50
Q

What are the pathologic species of Nocardia?

A

N. asteroides
N. brasiliensis
N. caviae

51
Q

What causes dermatitis?

A

Dermatophiles congolensis

52
Q

Under what conditions does B. anthracis sporulate?

53
Q

Acute and peracute forms of B. anthracis occurs in:

A

Bovine and sheep

54
Q

Factor II is:

A

protective factor

55
Q

B. anthracis secrete:

A

tri-partite exotoxin (pleiotrophic effects on host)

56
Q

Infectious necrotic hepatitis is caused by:

57
Q

What are sporulation toxins and when are they formed?

A

Formed intracellularly and released at time of sporulation (e.g. C. perfringens)

58
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Which species are most susceptible to C. perfringens?

A

Sheep and goat

59
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How many toxins are there for C. botulinum?

60
Q

How do animals develop botulism?

A

Ingestion of preformed toxin
Adsorption of toxin from wound contamination

(Clostridium botulinum)

61
Q

Lowenstein-Jensen agar is used for:

A

Mycobacteria

62
Q

M. tuberculosis and M. avium form:

A

Eugonic colonies

63
Q

Photochromagen strains form:

A

no pigment in darkness

64
Q

Chlamydia and Rickettsia are:

A

obligate cell parasites

65
Q

Coxiella burnetti can be serologically identified by

A

complement fixation
agglutination

66
Q

Larvae and nymphs transmit Coxiella burnetti:

A

to small vertebrate infections

67
Q

What is the causative agent for psittacosis and ornithosis?

A

Chl. psittaci

68
Q

What stain technique is used to identify Chlamydia?

A

Stamp and stableforth (modified Ziehl-Neelsen)

69
Q

Culture media for Chlamydia:

A

embryonated hen eggs (egg culture)
cell/tissue culture

70
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Culture media for mycoplasma

A

Enriched, 20% blood serum (human or horse)

71
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Mycoplasma meleagridis cause:

A

Mycoplasma of Turkeys

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