Prok. and Animal Health Flashcards
Definitions
Symbiotic Interactions (3)
Close interaction between 2 or more organisms
- Commensal
- Mutualistic
- Parasitic
Commensal
No apparent benefit or harm to either member of the association
Mutualism
- Do not harm or contribute to normal health
- Protect us from infection
Parasitic
A pathogen that is able to produce disease
Feedcattle Opportunistic Parasite (1)
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Types of Parasitism (2)
1) Opportunistic parasites
2) Obligate parasites
What causes eukaryotes to become opportunistic parasites? (2)
1) Change in location
2) Diminished immune status of host
Types of Mutualism (2)
1) Resident Mutualism
2) Transient Mutualism
Resident Mutualism
Always present in organ or on surface
Transient Mutualism
Only present for short periods of time
What is a Rumen
Large pre-gastric fermentation chamber
General Rumen Pathway
Plant material –> VFA’s + Methane
[Ruminants] Bacterial that use cellulose as substrate, and produce what VFA’s? (2)
Fibrobacter succinogenes
Ruminococcus Spp.
Both produce: Acetic, Succinic VFA’s
[Ruminants] Bacterial that use Starch/soluble sugars as substrate, and produce what VFA’s? (2)
Selenomanos ruminantium (acetic, proponoic, lactic VFA’s)
Streptococcus bovis (Lactic VFA’s)
[Ruminants] Bacterial that use Starch/Hemicellulose/sugars as substrate, and produce what VFA’s? (2)
Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens (acetic, butyric, formic VFA’s)
Preveotella ruminicola (acetic, succinic)
[Ruminants] Bacterial that use Lactic Acid as substrate, and produce what VFA’s? (1)
Megasphaera elsdenii )Caproic, Butyric VFA’s)