Trueperella Flashcards
1
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Descriptive features and veterinary importance of Trueperella pyogenes
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Facultative anaerobe, non-motile, catalase +ve, non-spore forming
2
Q
Name of organism causing summer mastitis in dairy cattle & its causative agent
A
- trueperella pyogenes
- causative agent:
3
Q
Previous classif. Of trueperella pyogenes
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- arcanobacterium pyogenes
- corynebacterium pyogenes
- actinomyces pyogenes
4
Q
Species T. Pyogenes most common in
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Cattle, sheep, swine
5
Q
T. Pyogenes affects
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Mucous membranes
6
Q
T. Pyogenes infectios follow
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Physical or microbial trauma to mm
7
Q
Tx
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- beta lactams: penicillin and cephalosporin
- tetracyclines
- macrolides
