The dog and cat- infectious diseases

Question 1

What are two common disease that affect both the dog and the cat?

Answer 1

Rabies and salmonellosis

Question 2

Is rabies a zoonotic disease or a bacterium?

Answer 2

Rabies is a zoonotic disease and salmonellosis is a bacterium.

Question 3

How is rabies transmitted and what is its incubation period?

Answer 3

Rabies is transmitted via saliva in bite wounds and has a variable incubation period between 1 month and 6 months.

Question 4

How is kennel cough transmitted?

Answer 4

Aerosol droplets via direct or indirect contact..

Often caught in kennels.

Question 5

What is the incubation period of kennel cough?

Answer 5

5-7 days

Question 6

What is a clinical symptom if kennel cough?

Answer 6

Dry hacking cough. Mucopurulent nasal or ocular discharge.

Question 7

What is the treatment for kennel cough and is there a vaccine.

Answer 7

There is a vaccine. Antibiotics, antitussives, restricted exercise and rest as treatments.

Question 8

What is Lyme disease?

Answer 8

A bacterium that can effect the dog that is spread by ticks.

Question 9

What are the clinical signs of Lyne disease?

Answer 9

Lameness, pyrexia, lethargy, lymphadenopathy and cardiac arrhythmias.

Question 10

What is feline immunodeficiency virus?

Answer 10

It is a retrovirus that spreads through bite wounds. It attacks t lymphocytes.

Question 11

What is the incubation period of feline immunodeficiency virus?

Answer 11

A few weeks to a few months

Question 12

What are the clinical signs of primary feline immunodeficiency virus?

Answer 12

Pyrexia, neurological signs, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, lymphopenia and increased risk of neoplasia.

Question 13

What are the clinical signs of seconddry feline immunodeficiency virus?

Answer 13

Chronic stomatitis, upper respiratory tract infections skin changes and diorreah.

Question 14

What is myxomatosis?

Answer 14

Affects rabbits. A pox virus. It’s fatal and spread by mosquitos, biting flies, fleas, and direct contact.

Question 15

What are the clinical signs of myxomatosis?

Answer 15

Conjunctivitis and ocular discharge. Temperature and anorexia. Nasal discharge, thick coat. Death

Question 16

What is equine herpesvirus?

Answer 16

4 types of virus, that spread through reperatory tract secretions.

Question 17

What diseases can effect horses?

Answer 17

Equine herpesvirus,

Equine influenza, equine viral arteritis, tetanus and African horse sickness.

Question 18

what is a vector?

Answer 18

an animate (living) object that carries microorganisms which can be either a biological vector of a non biological vector.

Question 19

what is a biological vector?

Answer 19

something that acts as a an intermediate host in the life cycle of some microorganisms or parasites. the parasite goes inside and grows/lives off the animal. eg. tapeworm of flea larvae.

Question 20

what is a non biological vector?

Answer 20

also known as mechanical vector. they do not help develop the microorganism or parasite. they just transfer disease.

Question 21

what is a transport host - non biological vector

Answer 21

carries the infection to another animal without becoming effected. eg. fleas carry virus that causes feline panleukopenia. it doesn’t effect the flea but causes feline infectious anaemia in the cat.

Question 22

what is a paratenic host - non biological vector

Answer 22

when the parasite is carried b y the vector but must be eaten by a final host to compete its life cycle, eg. in raw meat lamb, a cat could be the final host of protozoon toxoplasma gondii.

Question 23

what is a fomite?

Answer 23

a contaminated inanimate (non living) object that carries microorganisms. eg. a water bowl.