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Special microbiology: test I Flashcards

1
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Major pathogenic species of genus Staphylococcus (3)

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S. aureus
S. hyicus
S. intermedius

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is genus Staphylococcus gram + or -?

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gram+

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what shape are genus Staphylococcus?

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cocci, often in grape-bunch-like clusters

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where is Staphylococcus commensal?

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on skin and mucous membranes

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5
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what can macConkey agar identify?

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only grows gram-negative bacteria, and those bacteria will appear differently based on their lactose fermenting ability

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cows, sheep and goats?

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mastitis

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cows and pigs?

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udder/mammary gland impetigo

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in cats and dogs?

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cystitis,
metritis

otitis externa,
pyoderma

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in poultry?

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Arthritis,
bumblefoot,
omphalitis in chicks,
diarrhea in pet birds

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause in horses?

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mastitis, Scirrhous cord, pastern dermatitis

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What does Staphylococcus intermedius cause in dogs?

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skin and ear infections

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What does Staphylococcus hyicus cause in cattle rarely?

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Mastitis

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What does Staphylococcus hyicus cause in pigs?

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Exudative epidermitis (greasy-pig disease), arthritis

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What does Staphylococcus intermedius cause in cattle?

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occasional mastitis

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Streptococcus agalactiae causes what in Cattle, sheep, goats

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chronic mastitis

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Streptococcus agalactiae causes what in dogs

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meningitis
neonatal septicaemia

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phenotype of streptococcus

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gram+ cocci

like to form chains

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18
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Major pathogenic species of genus Streptococcus (6)

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S. agalactiae
S. uberis

S. suis

S. zooepidemicus
S. equi
S. pneumoniae

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What does Streptococcus equi cause in horses?

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strangles
purpura haemorrhagica
suppurative conditions

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Horses?

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mastitis,
navel infection

pneumonia

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Dogs?

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haemorrhagic pneumonia

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What does Streptococcus zooepidemicus cause in Cattle, lambs and pigs?

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suppurative conditions,
septicaemia

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What does Streptococcus suis cause in pigs?

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arthritis,
bronchopneumonia,

meningitis,
septicaemia,

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What does Streptococcus suis cause in Cattle, sheep, horses, cats?

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suppurative conditions

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What does Streptococcus uberis cause in cattle?

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mastitis

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Which major pathogenic sp. of genus strepto. gives rodents and humans pneumonia?

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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27
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Name 3 main Enterobacteriaceae

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Escherichia coli
Salmonella
Yersinia

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28
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what is (ETEC)

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Enterotoxigenic E. coli

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what is (EPEC)

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Enteropathogenic E. coli

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what is (STEC)

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Shiga toxin-producing E. coli

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31
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What disease does e-coli cause?

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in dogs, pyometra and cystitis

in cattle, mastitis

enteritis,
septicemia in everyone

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32
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Name the 2 important pathogenic sp. belonging to genus salmonella

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S. enteritidis
S. Typhimurium

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33
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salmonella genus phenotype

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gram- rods

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34
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e.coli phenotype

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gram- rods

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35
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where is salmonella commensal?

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in swine tonsils and in reptiles

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36
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yersinia phenotype?

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gram- rods

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37
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name the 3 major pathogenic spp. of yersinia genus

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yersinia enterocolitica
yersinia pestis
yersinia pseudotuberculosis

38
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what causes Bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans?

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yersinia pestis

39
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phenotype for pasteurella?

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gram- rods

40
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fowl cholera is caused by what bacterium?

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pasteurella multocida type A

41
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where can pasteurella be commensal?

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upper respiratory tract in many vertebrate species

42
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phenotype of haemophilus

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Gram-negative rods

43
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where are haemophilus commensal?

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on mucous membranes in the upper respiratory tract
or urogenital tract of animals and humans

44
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What bacterium causes Glässer’s disease in pigs?

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haemophilus parasuis

45
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Bordetella phenotype?

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Small Gram-negative rods

46
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where is bordetella commensal?

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upper respiratory tract

47
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which bacterium causes whooping cough in humans

A

bordetella pertussis

48
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major pathogenic spp. in genus pasteurella

A

pasteurella multocida type A

49
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Major pathogenic species of Haemophilus

A

Haemophilus parasuis

50
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Actinobacillus phenotype?

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Gram-negative rods

51
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How many species of genus actinobacillus are important in vet med?

52
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What does actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) cause in pigs?

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Haemorrhagic necrotizing pneumonia and
fibrinous pleuritis in pigs
(highly contagious under 6 month)

53
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What bacteria causes Haemorrhagic necrotizing pneumonia and fibrinous pleuritis in pigs

A

actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)

54
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campylobacter phenotype

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Gram-negative rods

some spiral forms

55
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which campylobacter spp. are of veterinary importance (pathogenic)

A

campylobacter fetus ssp. veneralis
campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus
campylobacter jejuni

56
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Which spp. of actinobacillus are especially important/pathogenic?

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actinobacillus equuli = AEQ

actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae = APP

57
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What campylobacter sp. causes Venereal disease, early embryonic death, temporary infertility in cattle?

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campylobacter fetus sbp. veneralis

58
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Which campylobacter spp. causes Avian hepatitis?

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campylobacter jejuni

59
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Which genus of bacteria may cause Guillain Barre syndrome?

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campylobacter

60
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genus francisella phenotype?

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Gram-negative coccobacillary rods

61
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what is tularaemia and what bact. is it caused by?

A

also known as rabbit fever
most commonly ulceroglandular
(cutaneous ulcer and swollen lymph nodes), includes fever

francisella tularensis

62
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another word for rod-shape

63
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another word for round bacteria

A

-coccus / cocci

64
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2 alt. words for spiral shaped bacteria

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spirillum/spirilla
or
spirochete

65
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what is the prefix for bacteria situated in what looks like grape bunches

66
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what is the prefix for bacteria situated in chains

67
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what shape bacteria never really clumps up?

68
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what is glanders and what bact. causes it?

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a contagious, usually fatal disease of Equidae
characterized by lung lesions, mucosal ulceration, septicaemia

caused by Burkholderia mallei

69
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are gram positive (2)?

A

Staphylococcus
Streptococcus

70
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are gram negative (10)?

A

Actinobacillus
Bordetella
Campylobacter

Escherichia
Francisella

Haemophilus

Pasteurella
Pseudomonas

Salmonella
Yersinia

71
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are rods (10)?

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Actinobacillus
Bordetella
Campylobacter (and spirillum)

Escherichia
Francisella (coccobacillary)

Haemophilus

Pasteurella
Pseudomonas

Salmonella
Yersinia

72
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Which ones of the major 12 genuses are cocci (2)?

A

Staphylococcus
Streptococcus

73
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Which genus has a coccobacillary rod shape?

A

Francisella

74
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Which genus can have a spirillum shape in addition to the typical rod shape?

A

Campylobacter

75
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Pseudomonas

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

76
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What does Haemophilus parasuis cause in Pigs?

A

Glässer’s disease

77
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Escherichia (3)?

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ETEC = Enterotoxigenic E. coli
EPEC = Enteropathogenic E. coli
STEC = Shiga toxin (producing) E. coli

78
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that give cattle mastitis? (2)

A

S. agalactiae
S. uberis

79
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that makes pigs ill?

A

Streptococcus suis

septicaemia, meningitis, arthritis,
Bronchopneumonia

80
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that make horses ill? (2)

A

S. zooepidemicus
mastitis, pneumonia, navel infections

S. equi
strangles, suppurative conditions, purpura haemorrhagica

81
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Streptococcus that gives primates pneumonia?

A

Streptococcus pneumoniae

82
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that gives pigs greasy pig diaease?

A

Staphylococcus hyicus

exudative epidermitis/ greasy-pig disease, arthritis

83
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that affects a variety of species in differing ways?

A

Staphylococcus aureus

cattle, sheep, goats mastitis
pigs suppurative skin lesions, udder impetigo
dogs, cats pyoderma, metritis, cystitis, otitis externa

84
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Major pathogenic species of Genus Staphylococcus that gives cattle mastitis but also dogs, skin and ear infections?

A

Staphylococcus intermedius

cattle mastitis
dog skin and ear infections

85
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What is guillain-barre syndrome?

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a neurological disease

acute demyelination of the peripheral nerves causing onset of neurologic symptoms.

86
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Major pathogenic spp. of bordetella

A

bordetella bronchiseptica

87
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pseudomonas aeruginosa causes what illness in many species commonly?

A

mastitis in ruminants

otitis and pneumonia in cats/dogs/pigs

88
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what does pastuerella commonly cause in non avian animals?

A

pneumonia
pasteurellosis

89
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what does yersinia enterocolitica cause in most animals?

90
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what does yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause in ru and pigs?

A

enteritis,
mesenteric lymphadenitis

91
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salmonella enteridis is common to what species?

A

humans

causes food poisoning

92
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salmonella typhimurium can cause what illness?

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enteritis,
septicemia,
abortion in animals

typhoid fever in humans

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