Taylorella

Question 1

Taylorella is ______

Answer 1

REPORTBALE

Question 2

What species does Taylorella affect?

Answer 2

Only affects horses

Question 3

What does Taylorella infection lead to in horses?

Answer 3

failure to concieve

Question 4

What species of Taylorella is the most important?

Answer 4

Taylorella Equigenitalis

Question 5

What diseae does Taylorella Equigenitalis cause?

Answer 5

Contagious equine metritis

Question 6

What is Contagious equine metritis?

Answer 6

suppurative, self limiting disease of the uterus of mares

Question 7

Contagious equine metritis causes temporary _____, high communicabilitly, followed by long term asymptomatic carriage

Answer 7

sterility

Question 8

Contagious Equine Metritis leads to long term _____ carriage

Answer 8

asymptomatic

*very easily spread

Question 9

True/Fals: Taylorella shows a good response to antibiotics

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is the reservoir of Taylorella?

Answer 10

exclusive to the equine gential tract

Question 11

How is Taylorella transmitted?

Answer 11

Sexually transmitted

Question 12

True/False: Horses infected have no lasting impariment for breeding performance

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Only effect of Taylorella in horeses is?

Answer 13

FAILURE OF CONCEPTION

Question 14

____ is present in recoverd animals

Answer 14

resistance

*Do not become reinfected

Question 15

Diagnosis: Do a gram stain of the _____ and look for organisms

Answer 15

Uterine exudate

Question 16

What agar is preferred for Taylorella diagnosis?

Answer 16

Chocolate Agar

Question 17

Treatment of Taylorella:

Answer 17

uterine infusions of disinfectants may work