Test 2- Taylorella Flashcards
1
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Taylorella species
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Only 2 species:
- Taylorella equigenitalis - DONT HAVE TO KNOW
- (Taylorella asinigenitalis)
- Nonpathogenic
- Donkeys
2
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
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- Gram negative
- Non-motile
- Coccobacillus
- Facultative anaerobic
- Obligate symbiotic
- Obligate pathogenic
3
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis host
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Horses
Male:
- Nosymptoms,
- noimmunity
Female:
- Contagious Equine Metritis(CEM),
- immunity
• Notifiable/ Reportable
4
Q
CEM: Contagious Equine Metritis
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- Metritis
- Acute suppurative
- Self limiting
- Temporary sterility
- Highly contagious
- Become asymptomatic carriers
• Immunity
5
Q
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Taylorella equigenitalis
CEM: Contagious Equine Metritis
6
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
Virulence factors
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- Capsule
- Cell wall LPS
7
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
Environmental resistance
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- Environmental resistance
- Poor- max 2 days in fridge
- Care with keeping samples for diagnosis
8
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
Epidemiology
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- Exclusively in equine genital tract
- Control by regular sampling of breeding stallions
• STD
9
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
Pathogenesis (mares)
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- Not very well described
- Spontaneous healing within several weeks
- Temporary infertility (recovery)
- Few abortions
- May cause infection of newborns (asymptomatic)
10
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Taylorella equigenitalis
Diagnosis in stallions
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• Sampling (control)
- Stallions
- Preputium
- Urethra
- Fossaglandis
- Sinus urethralis
11
Q
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Take sample from:
Fossa Glandis
Sinus urethralis
urethra
preputium
12
Q
Taylorella equigenitalis
Diagnosis
• 2. Mares
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- Mares
- Sampling (control)
- Fossa clitoridis
- Sinus clitoridis
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14
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Taylorella equigenitalis
Diagnosis
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- Amies charcoal transport medium
- Reach the lab in less than 24h !!
- Culture
- Specific selective agar including Streptomycin, clindamycin or trimethoprim • Long incubation (1 week)
- Capnophilic
- Plates difficult to read (contaminants)
- Specialist work
- Small colonies that do not have very specific characteristics
15
Q
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Taylorella asinigenitalis