PQS - entrance exam [5] Flashcards
Coli-diarrhoea of rabbits is typically seen in suckling animals
False
Swine paratyphoid has been eradicated from Europe
False
Cough is a frequent clinical sign of swine typhoid
True
Swine typhoid is a very frequent disease in Europe nowadays
False
Overcrowding can predispose animals to ornithobacteriosis
True
Foot rot cannot be prevented by vaccination
False
Dermonecrotoxin of the agents is responsible for the clinical signs of respiratory pasteurellosis of cattle
False
Acute systemic pasteurellosis is caused by Pasteurella multocida
False
The dermonecrotoxin of Pasteurella multocida damages the osteoclast cells
False
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale can cause disease in chicken and
turkey.
True
Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces
True
IBR and PI-3 virus can predispose cattle to disease caused by
Histophilus ovis.
True
Infectious coryza occurs in chicken, turkey, and waterfowl
False
Infectious coryza is a generalised disease
False
Brucella ovis mainly causes abortion, clinical signs in males are rare
False
Agar gel diusion test and ELISA are used to detection of infection
with Brucella ovis
True
Mainly attenuated vaccines are used for the prevention of
actinobacillus pleuropneumonia of swine
False
Brucella suis causes swine brucellosis
True
Brucella canis can infect dogs
True
Brucella canis is the aetiological agent of canine brucellosis
True
The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis
True
Herd replacement is the only way of eradication of porcine
brucellosis
True
Bovine brucellosis has to be treated 4-6 weeks long with penicillins
False
Brucella abortus can cause abortion of cattle
True
The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks
True
Avian bordetellosis has clinical signs only in turkey
False
Bartonella henselae can cause severe, generalised disease in cats
False
Glanders is mainly an acute disease in horses
False
Glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei
True
Humans are susceptible to the agent of glanders
True
Pneumonia is a clinical sign of glanders in humans
True
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis is caused by Moraxella bovis
True
Rabbit syphilis is a zoonosis
False
Introduction of young ewes in their first pregnancy into the flock of old pregnant ewes can predispose to campylobacteriosis
True
Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme borreliosis
True
Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei
True
There are no vaccines for the prevention of Lyme borreliosis
False
Lyme borreliosis is a zoonosis
True
The agent of proliferative enteropathies can be detected using the silver impregnation test
True
Abortion is the main clinical sign of leptospirosis of dogs
False
Generally attenuated vaccines are used for the prevention of
leptospirosis of pigs
False
Clinical signs of the central nervous system can be seen in the case of leptospirosis of young dogs
True
Leptospira can be detected with silver impregnation test
True
Haemorrhages under the serous membranes are typical
postmortem lesions of swine dysentery
False
Leptospirosis can be an acute disease in calves
True
Bovine leptospirosis can be successfully treated with penicillins
True
Eperythrozoonosis of sheep and goats is caused by Mycoplasma
ovis.
True
Spasms, paddling and opisthotonus can be seen in the case of heartwater
True
Mycoplasma bovis can cause arthritis in cattle
True
Anaemia is a typical clinical sign of eperythrozoonosis of sheep and goats.
True
Fibrinous pneumonia is a postmortem lesion of heartwater
False
Tick bite is the only way of infection with the agent of Q-fever
False
Chlamydiosis is a zoonosis
True
Parts of the genome of the agents can be detected with PCR
True
Asymptomatic infections can become manifest
True
Euryxen agents have a wide host range
True
Hemagglutination inhibition test is used to the detection of antigens of certain agents
False
In the case of generation shift the infected animals must be slaughtered at the
beginning of the eradication procedure
False
Ascites can be a clinical sign of Derzsy’s disease
True
The chicken infectious anaemia causes clinical signs similar to those seen in PDNS
False
In pigs the porcine circovirus 1 can cause PMWS
False
PDNS is a type III. hypersensitivity
True
One of the most common pathological signs of PDNS is glomerulonephritis
True
Porcine circovirus 2 always causes clinical signs in cattle
False
Dogs carry the canine adenovirus in the kidneys for several months
True
The sarcoid is the disease of horse
True
Canine adenovirus 2 frequently causes abortion in dogs.
False
Herpesviruses are resistant to detergents
False
Herpesviruses can cause latent, persisting infections
True
In papillomavirus infection there is no viraemia
True
Sheep should be immunised against malignant catarrhal fever virus
False
The European brown hare is not susceptible to the myxoma virus
False
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus is transmitted by arthropods
False
Conjunctivitis is a frequent sign of duck viral enteritis
True
Conjunctivitis and muco-purulent nasal discharge are frequent signs of feline
rhinotracheitis.
True
Turkey herpesvirus can be used for vaccination against Marek’s disease
True
Lumpy skin disease is zoonotic
False
Vaccines are available to be used in the control of African swine fever
False
Respiratory signs can be seen in atypical forms of myxomatosis
False
Bovine papular stomatitis is zoonotic
True
Arthropods play an important role in the transmission of swine pox virus
True
The pseudocowpox virus is a zoonotic agent
True
Foot and mouth disease can be carried for long time in the hoof tissue
True
The African swine fever virus is serologically uniform, but several genotypes exist
True
Spasmodical paddling is a frequent clinical sign of duck hepatitis
True
Talfan disease can be seen in animals below 4 months of age
True
The African swine fever virus infects the swine by air.
False
Teschovirus is resistant, it remains infective in the faeces for a few weeks
True
Horse encephalomyelitis viruses are transmitted by ticks.
False
The VES infection results in clinical signs similar to that of FMD
True
Avian nephritis virus replicates in the gut
True
Birds serve as reservoirs for Venezuelan horse encephalomyelitis virus
False
The bursitis virus mostly causes germinative infection
False
Orbiviruses spread by droplet (aerosol) infection
False
Horse encephalosis is endemic in Africa
True
Horses and humans do not play a significant role in the transmission of West Nile virus.
True
Acute form of African horse sickness occurs mainly in zebras and horses
False
Rotaviruses are typically transmitted via the faecal-oral route
True
Lameness is frequent symptom of bluetongue in sheep
True
The bluetongue virus is vectored by midges / gnats
True
Ischemic infarcts at the edges of the spleen are postmortem lesions of subacute
Classical swine fever.
True
Bunyaviruses cause oral infection
False
Classical swine fever infection in the 2nd half of the pregnancy leads to the birth of
immunotolerant piglets.
False
The BVD virus typically damages endothelial-, epithelial- and lymphatic tissues
True
Classical swine fever virus can be transmitted by raw pork products
True
Classical swine fever infection results in immunosuppressio
True
In utero infection with non-cytopathic BVDV can cause immunotolerance
True
Bovine parainfluenza virus causes central nervous clinical signs in calves
False
Breeding mares should be vaccinated before the influenza season
False
Bovine RS virus causes low morbidity and high mortality
False
Bats have an important role in the epidemiology of influenza
False
Earth is free from Rinderpest
True
Peste des petits ruminants is caused by a paramyxovirus
True
Eurasia is free from Newcastle disease
False
Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies can be seen in the case of rabies
True
Rabies virus appears in the saliva 2-3 days after the onset of the clinical signs
False
Infectious bronchitis virus causes tracheitis and pneumonia in chicken below 6 weeks
of age
True
The clinical signs of PRRS can be abortion like SMEDI
True
Ephemeral fever virus can cause clinical signs in ruminants, pigs and horses
False
The eggs are not infected infectious bronchitis virus
True
Nephropathogen infectious bronchitis virus strains can cause nephritis and uricosis
True
Avian leukosis viruses have several subgroups
True
Enzootic bovine leukosis virus can be transmitted with blood
True
Feline leukosis virus can only be transmitted with saliva
False
Retroviruses are euryxemic agents
False
Enzootic bovine leukosis virus can infect foetuses of pregnant animals
True
The maedi virus and the visna virus are related but can be differentiated with PCR
False
Tumour formation in the lungs, liver and spleen is typical in ovine pulmonary
adenomatosis
False
Phospholipase C is a virulence factor of the agent of bacillary haemoglobinuria
True
Tetanus is seen only in horses
False
Infectious necrotic hepatitis is mainly seen in pigs
False
Incomplete blood clotting is a typical postmortem finding in the case of anthrax
True
Pregnant ewes can be vaccinated in order to prevent lamb dysentery
True
Bradsot occurs mainly in tropical and subtropical countries
False
Classical swine fever is a frequent predisposing factor of bradsot
False
Sheep are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas per os
False
Clostridium chauvoei can produce acids and gas from carbohydrates
True
Warm weather is a predisposing factor of swine erysipelas
True
Lesions of pig enterotoxaemia can be seen in the small intestine
True
Morel’s disease is caused by Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus
False
Streptococcus equi subsp. equi is the causative agent of strangles
True
Flaccid paralysis is a frequent clinical sign of tetanus
False
Giant cells typically occur in tubercles
True
Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae can cause bovine tuberculosis
True
Clinical signs of caseous lymphadenitis can only be seen in sheep
False
The intradermal tuberculin test is negative if the increase of the thickness of the skin is
3.6 mm and there are local lesions or signs
False
The tuberculin test in cattle can be false negative if the animal is infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
False
Positive reactions of the tuberculin test in cattle can be caused by infection with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
True
Infected cattle shed the agents of bovine tuberculosis in milk
True
Septicaemic Escherichia coli strains are responsible for E. coli diseases of poultry
True
Bovine coli septicaemia is caused by verotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains
False
Hypo-gammaglobulinemia can predispose cattle to coli septicaemia
True
Hygienic problems can predispose new-born calves to coli diarrhoea
True
Coli diarrhoea of new-born calves can be prevented by vaccinating the pregnant cows
True
Omphalitis is a frequent sign of Escherichia coli disease of day-old chicken
True
Neonatal coli diarrhoea of piglets is seen typically in 1-10-day-old animals
True
The enterotoxins of the agents are responsible for the clinical signs and lesions of
salmonellosis of cattle
False
Salmonellosis can cause septicaemia in sheep
True
Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Salmonella Abortusequi causes abortion of horses
True
Salmonella abortion of mares happens always a few days before the expected birth
False
Arthritis can be a clinical sign of bovine salmonellosis
True
Salmonella Bovis is the causative agent of bovine salmonellosis
False
Pasteurella multocida can cause pasteurellosis in small ruminants
False
The lesions of respiratory pasteurellosis of calves are generally in the diaphragmatic
lobes.
False
Transportation is a predisposing factor of respiratory pasteurellosis of calves
True
Overcrowding can predispose animals to ornithobacteriosis
True
Fowl cholera occurs mainly in the winter in Europe
False
Aerosol infection is a common form of transmission of the agent of necrobacillosis
False
Foot rot cannot be prevented by vaccination
False
The agent of anatipestifer disease causes septicaemia
True
Only pigs are susceptible to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
True
Infectious coryza is a generalised disease
False
Europe is free from Brucella ovis
False
Meningitis can occur in the case of Glässer’s disease
True
Histophilus ovis can cause pneumonia in cattle
True
Glässer’s disease occurs mainly in 1-2 months old piglets
True
The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes, and other blood
sucking arthropods
True
Brucella abortus can infect dogs
True
Brucella abortus can cause abortion of cattle
True
Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle
False
Bovine brucellosis has to be treated 4-6 weeks long with penicillins
False
Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of
tularaemia.
True
Brucella bovis can cause abortion of cattle
False
Avian bordetellosis has clinical signs only in turkey
False
The causative agent of avian bordetellosis is Bordetella bronchiseptica
False
Granulomas in the skin are frequent clinical signs of glanders
True
Susceptible animals are mainly infected per os with the agent of glanders
True
Glanders occurs only in horses
False
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis is caused by Moraxella bovis
True
Glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei
True
Spirochaetes are resistant bacteria
False
Campylobacter suis causes proliferative enteropathies in pig
False
Introduction of young ewes in their first pregnancy into the flock of old pregnant ewes
can predispose to campylobacteriosis.
True
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus can cause bacteriaemia, septicaemia is small
ruminants.
True
Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme borreliosis
True
Swine dysentery can mainly be seen in suckling piglets
False
Arthritis is a clinical sign of Lyme borreliosis in dogs
True
Blood in the faeces is typical in the case of swine dysentery
True
Wet pastures can predispose horses to leptospirosis
True
