Transmission

Question 1

-Infective spores are found in soil (pasture)
-reportable/notifiable disease
-zoonotic

Answer 1

Anthrax

Question 2

After ingestion of soil-borne organism, spores remain in the liver until stimulated to germinate by conditions of anaerobiosis

Answer 2

-Bacillary Hemoglobinuria
-Black leg

Question 3

Organisms can be shed in the placenta, amniotic fluid, and milk

Answer 3

Brucellosis

Question 5

Venereal

Answer 5

Bovine Genital Campylobacteriosis

Question 6

-Fecal-oral route, via colustrum/milk, udder, reproductive tracts, can occur on fomites and insects ads mechanical vectors
-zoonotic

Answer 6

Bovine Paratuberculosis

Question 7

-ingestion and inhalation of droplets aerosolized by infected animals
-ingestion of contaminated unpasteurized milk or water

Answer 7

Bovine Tuberculosis

Question 8

Direct contact

Answer 8

Calf Diphtheria

Question 9

-Direct contact
- Potentially zoonotic

Answer 9

Caseous Lymphadenitis

Question 10

-aerosol
-direct contact
-transplacental

Answer 10

Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia

Question 11

-natural reservoirs appear to be soil and mammalian GIT
-Direct contact
- feco-oral route

Answer 11

Listeriosis

Question 12

-Percutaneous inoculation; contamination of wounds; ingestion of contaminated soil, water, or carcasses; and inhalation

Answer 12

Melioidosis

Question 13

-Transplacental infection resulting in abortion has been reported in goats
-Can be transmitted dueing breeding
-zoonotic

Answer 13

Melioidosis