PQS - Equine salmonellosis✅ Flashcards
Pregnant mares abort in the acute phase of salmonellosis.
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Arthritis can be a clinical sign of salmonellosis of horses
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Chronic phase
Mixing horses from different origin can predispose animals to salmonellosis
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Salmonella Typhimurium can cause salmonellosis in horses
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Equine herpesvirus-1 can predispose mares to salmonella abortion
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Salmonellosis of horses is limited to the gut; the agent cannot get into the bloodstream
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Arthritis can occur in mares after salmonella abortion
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salmonella abortion of mares happens always a few days before the expected birth
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Happens at any stage of the pregnancy, but mainly in the middle
if mares abort because of salmonellosis, high level of antibodies can be detected in the
blood of the mares
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Salmonella Abortusequi causes abortion of horses
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Transportation is a predisposing factor of equine salmonellosis
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Transport is very important !!
Equine herpesvirus 1 infection can predispose horses to salmonellosis
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Salmonellosis of horses occurs only in foals in the first month of life
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Tenosynovitis can be a clinical sign of equine salmonellosis
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Enteritis can be a clinical sign of equine salmonellosis.
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Certain virus infections can predispose horses to salmonellosis.
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Horses are regularly vaccinated in order to prevent salmonellosis
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Abortion is a clinical sign of equine salmonellosis
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Foals are aborted in the febrile phase of salmonellosis
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Isolation of salmonellae from aborted foals confirm the diagnosis of salmonellosis
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Mares are regularly vaccination with vaccine containing Salmonella typhimurium
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Salmonella Typhimurium can cause acute salmonellosis in foals
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Mixing of animals is a predisposing factor of acute salmonellosis in foals
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Salmonellosis of horses occurs only in acute form.
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