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What are the symptoms of small pox?

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Liesions

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What causes small pox?

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Various virus

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What are the three systems small pox travels through?

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Transmitted by respiratory, moves through circulatory, causes infection on skin

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Where are the only two samples of small pox found?

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Us and Russia

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What causes chicken pox?

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Varicella

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What can happen if you get chicken pox as an adult? 2

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More serious, can cause fetal damage

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How do you get inefected with chicken pox?

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Respiratory system

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How long does it take until the chicken pox virus is in the skin?

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2 weeks

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How long will the chicken pox be there?

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3-4 days

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Where is it common to get chicken pox liesions? 5

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Face, throat, lower back, chest, shoulders

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Where does shingles hang out on the body?

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Dorsal rot ganglia

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What can stimulate shingles?

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Stress or lowered immune system

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How does shingles travel in the body?

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Moves along the peripheral nerves to the cutaneous sensory nerves of the skin

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What lind of vaccine is available for shingles?

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Live attenuated

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What viruses cause 50% of colds?

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Rhinoviruses

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What viruses cause 15-20% of colds?

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Corona virus

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How many agents have been identified in colds??

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Over 200

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what is the difference between the flu and a cold?

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Fever

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What is a quirky characteristic of influenza?

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Capable of recombining RNA, creating antigenic shift which are mutations that prevent immunity and memory

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What is the reservoir for the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?

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Rodents

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What are 8 symptoms of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?

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Fever, muscle pain, headache, chills, nausea, diarrhea, respiratory distress, hypotension, death

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How long does hantavirus pulmonary syndrome take to progress?

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A few days - 6 weeks (avg 2 weeks)

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How is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome transmitted?

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Inhalation of dried rodent droppings

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What is a direct way to spread hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?

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Infected rodent bites human

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What is an indirect way to transmit hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?

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Person touches virus, then their face, nose, mouth

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What is the vector for EEE and WEE?

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Mosquito

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What is the reservoir for EEE and WEe?

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Song birds

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What does arbor virus mean?

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Arthropod born virus

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How do humans or horses get infected with EEE or wee?

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Mosquito bites infected bird then bites human or horse

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What does EEE or wee do in the body? 4

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Attacks lymph system, replicates macro phases and neutrophils, travels to nervous tissue, causes liesions on tissue

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What percent if horses die from EEE and wee?

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75-90%

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What can you do to diagnose wee or EEE in a live horse?4

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History
Serology
Location
Season

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What is the treatment for EEE and wee?

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Supportive care

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When is peak mosquito time?

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Early evening

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What is orf?

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Contagious ecthyma

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What is orf/contagious ecthyma also known as?

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Sore mouth

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Is orf/contagious ecthyma/ sore mouth?

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Infectious dermatitis that affects primarily sheep, goats, and cattle

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What type of virus is orf considered as?

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Parapox

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What are symptoms of orf?

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Papules formation around lips, nostrils, eyelids, ears of lambs and kids

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What are three ways of transmission for orf?

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Contaminated bedding or equipment
Feed lots
Direct contact

40
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What type of virus is vesicular stomatitis?

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Than soviets and arborvirus

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What does vascular stomatitis usually affect? 6

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Cattle, horses, swine, sheep goats and llamas

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What does vesicular stomatitis get confused with?

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Foot and mouth disease

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How can vesicular stomatitis be transferred?

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Arthropod reservoirs or direct contact

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What are symptoms of vesicular stomatitis?

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Fever, Papules and vesicles in udders, interdigital, coronary bands

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What are for ways to prevent vesicular stomatitis?

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Quarantine, isolation, insect control, protective clothing

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When is it more likely to get West Nile virus?

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Late spring early fall

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What are two symptomatic carriers if West Nile virus?

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Crows and blue jays

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What are 3 a symptomatic carries/natural reservoirs?

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Sparrows, finches, perching birds

49
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How us west Nile transmitted?

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Bitten by mosquito

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What will birds look like with west Nile?

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A symptomatic to disorientation, muscle tremors, death

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What do horses with west Nile look like?

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Us clinical to lethargy, hindquarters weekends, seizures, death

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What are six ways to diagnose west mile?

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Serology, necropsy, geographical location, season, history

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What are three ways to treat west Nile?

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Supportive care, steroids, antibiotics

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What are two ways to prevent or control west Nile?

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Vaccine and mosquito control

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What is mad cow disease?

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Progressive neurological disorder in cattle due to infectious protien particles

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What are prions?

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Modified forms of normal protien that become pathogenic and cause brain degeneration

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What is mad cow in humans?

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Creutzfeldt Jacob

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What is mad cow in sheep and goats?

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Scrapie

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How is mad cow transmitted?

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Inherited or ingestion

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When will cattle show symptoms of mad cow?

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2 years or older

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Where does rabies proliferate?

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Salivary glands

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What is the initial phase of rabies and how long does it last?

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Behavioral changes, 1-3 days

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What is the excitation phase and how long does it last?

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Irrational and aggressive, death in ten days

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What is the paralytic stage and how long is it?

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Not aggressive, paralysis of throat and jaws, death in ten days

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How long. Does it take for a patient to die of rabies?

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Usually 2-6 days

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