Scientific Names - Livestock associated zoonoses

Question 1

Hepatitis E Virus

Answer 1

RNA family Hepeviridae

Question 2

Influenza

Answer 2

RNA family Orthomyxoviridae

Question 3

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

Answer 3

RNA family Coronaviridae

Question 4

Orf (Contagious Ecthyma, Sore Mouth)

Answer 4

DNA, Poxviridae

Question 5

Newcastle Disease Virus

Answer 5

RNA, Paramyxoviridae,
Avian paramyxovirus type 1

Question 6

Anthrax

Answer 6

Bacillus anthracis
Gram + spore forming rod

Question 7

Brucellosis (aka Undulant Fever)

Answer 7

Brucella sp.
Gram - intracellular

Question 8

Campylobacteriosis (aka Vibriosis)

Answer 8

Campylobacter jejuni/Campylobacter coli
Gram -

Question 9

Escherichia coli
Gram - or +?

Answer 9

Gram -

Question 10

STEC vs. ETEC E. coli

Answer 10

STEC:
-Shiga-toxin E. coli
-aka EHEC (enterohemorrhagic E. coli)
-RUMINANT reservoir
-O157:H7

ETEC:
-enterotoxigenic E. coli
-cause of Traveler’s diarrhea
-HUMAN reservoir

Question 11

6 pathotypes of E. coli

Answer 11

STEC (Shiga toxin E. coli)
ETEC (enterotoxigenic E. coli)
EPEC (enteropathogenic E. coli)
EIEC (enteroinvasive E. coli)
EAEC (enteroaggregative E. coli)
DAEC (diffusely adherent)

Question 12

Erysipelas

Answer 12

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Gram +

Question 13

Glanders

Answer 13

Burkholderia mallei
Gram -
(same genus as Meliodosis)

Question 14

Leptospirosis

Answer 14

Leptospira sp.
Gram - spirochete

Question 15

Meliodosis

Answer 15

Burkholderia pseudomallei
Gram -
(same genus as Glanders)

Question 16

Listeriosis

Answer 16

Listeria monocytogenes
Gram +

Question 17

Pasteurellosis

Answer 17

Pasteurella multocida
Gram -

Question 18

Q Fever (aka Coxiellosis in animals)

Answer 18

Coxiella burnetti
Gram - intracellular in monocytes and macrophages

Question 19

Psittacosis (Avian Chlamydiosis) aka ornithosis

Answer 19

Chlamydia psittaci
Gram - obligate intracellular

Question 20

Salmonellosis

Answer 20

Salmonella enterica most common
Gram -
-causes Reiter syndrome

Question 21

Staph. aures

Answer 21

Gram +
-cause of MRSA

Question 22

Tetanus

Answer 22

Clostridium tetani
Gram +

Question 23

Streptococcus

Answer 23

Gram +

Question 24

Tuberculosis

Answer 24

Mycobacterium sp. (M. bovis, M. tuberculosis, etc.)
Gram +

Question 25

Yersiniosis

Answer 25

Yersinia enterocolitica
Gram -

Question 26

Pig roundworm

Answer 26

Ascaris suum

Question 27

Human roundworm

Answer 27

Ascaris lumbricoides

Question 28

Cryptosporidium parvum
(protozoa)

Answer 28

Cryptosporidiosis

Question 29

Giardiasis

Answer 29

Giardia intestinalis, G. lamblia or G. duodenalis

Question 30

Cause of Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

Answer 30

Sarcocystosis protozoa

Question 31

Schistosomiasis

Answer 31

Schistosoma japonicum (a trematode)