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Seafood Flashcards

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Seafood Definition

A

Fresh or Saltwater Finfish, crustaceans, and other forms of aquatic animal life

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2
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Who makes the regulations for seafood?

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FDA

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3
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What is required for all USA seafood plants?

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HACCP

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4
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Who handles the voluntary seafood inspection program?

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Dept. of Commerce (NOAA)

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5
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VSIP

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Voluntary Seafood Inspection Program

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Voluntary Seafood Inspection Program

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Inspection for quality and sanitation performed by the Dept. of Commerce (NOAA)

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NOAA

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation

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What is the reservoir for Vibrio vulnificus?

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Coastal waters

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9
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How is Vibrio vulnificus transmitted?

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Raw improperly cooked seafood

Direct infection of wounds through walking or swimming in contaminated water

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10
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What are the clinical signs of Vibrio vulnificus?

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Diarrhea
Cramps
Vomiting
Fever

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How do you prevent Vibrio vulnificus?

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Proper handling of seafood
Cook seafood
Close waters for fishing or swimming when Vibrio is present

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12
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What is definitive host of Diphyllobothrium latum?

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Humans
canids
felids
mustelids
bears
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13
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What are the clinical signs of Diphyllobothrium latum?

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Minor bloating

Anemia

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14
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How is Diphyllobothrium latum transmitted?

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Raw infected freshwater fish

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15
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How do you prevent Diphyllobothrium latum?

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Cook or freeze fish

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16
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What is the definitive host of Anisakis spp?

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Marine mammals

Humans

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17
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What is the intermediate host of Anisakis spp?

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Crustaceans
Fish
Squid

18
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What are the clinical signs of Anisakis spp?

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Tingling in throat
Cough up or pull out worm 
Abdominal pain 
nausea
diarrhea
19
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How is Anisakis spp transmitted?

A

Raw infected fish

20
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How is Anisakis spp prevented?

A

Cook or freeze fish

21
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Gnathostoma spinigerum

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Causes aggressive larval migrans through eating infected raw freshwater fish or drinking contaminated water

22
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Capillaria philippinensis

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Causes intestinal infection, diarrhea, anorexia due to eating infected freshwater fish or drinking contaminated water

23
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What is Scombrotoxin?

A

Histamine Fish Poisoning

24
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What are the clinical signs for Scombrotoxin?

A 
burning swelling of mouth 
nausea
vomiting 
diarrhea
headache 
cramps 
rash 
pruritis
25
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How do you prevent Scombrotoxin?

A

Proper handling of fish especially chilling after catching

26
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Tetrodotoxin

A

Pufferfish poisoing

27
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What is the vehicle for Tetrodotoxin?

A

Pufferfish liver, ovaries, and skin

28
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What are clinical signs of Tetrodotoxin?

A

muscle paralysis

death by asphyxiation

29
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How do you prevent Tetrodotoxin?

A

Aquaculture of poison free pufferfish

30
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Ciguatera Poisoning

A

Toxin produced by dinoflagellate protozoans that accumulate in the food chain

31
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What is the vehicle for Ciguatera poisoning?

A

Eating tropical reef fish

32
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How do you prevent Ciguatera Poisoning?

A

Avoid eating large predatory fish

33
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning

A

toxin produced by dinoflagellate that cause red tides

34
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How do you prevent Paralytic Shellfish poisoning?

A

Close water with red-tide

Check with local health dept. before collecting shellfish

35
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What is the vehicle of Paralytic Shellfish poisoning?

A

ingesting infected shellfish

36
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Neurotoxic Shellfish poisoning

A

Neurotoxin produced by dinoflagellate

37
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How do you prevent Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning?

A

Close waters once people become sick

Check with local health dept. before collecting shellfish

38
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Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning

A

Domoic acid produced by a diatom

39
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What is the vehicle for Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning?

A

Ingesting infected Shellfish

40
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How do you prevent Amnesic Shellfish Poisoing?

A

Test Shellfish and close fisheries and recall shellfish when level of Domoic acid rise above the threshold

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