Virology Flashcards
Which virus doesn’t replicate at body temperature well? Note: so when latent but can’t shed
Canine herpes which also results in neonatal death- herpes parties for bitches
Which herpes lead to secondary bacterial infection?
Bovine Rhinotrachitis and Feline Rhinotrachitis
Procine herpes [aujeszky disease] is unique because
It is the only alpha herpes that goes across species but is not zoonotic
In equine herpes mylencephalitis which tissue is infected by virus
The brain and spinal cord, endothelium
No clinical signs in reservoir host and transmission is NOT between susceptible hosts; it has to go through the reservoir
[Hint: infects lymphocytes]
Gammaherpes - Carharral Malignant Fever
Which virus is only reproductive and results in mummification before the 70day gestation mark?
Porcine parvovirus SMEDI
Which transplacental infection results in abortion and cerebellar hypoplasia?
Feline panleukopenia - feline parvovirus
Which dsDNA virus is non-enveloped
herpes, parvo, poxvirus
Parvovirus - can survive in the environment/ feces
Which type of pox is zoonotic and epidermal?
Leporipox on rabbits and squirrels
Leporipox is different because it affects ___ cells
mesenchymal cells and not epithelial cells
With poxvirus what gives life long immunity vs transient immunity
Systemic infection gives life long immunity
Local infection gives transient immunity
Which strand + or- can go directly to ribosome?
The positive sense strand goes to the ribosome directly to be transcribes but the Negative sense RNA has to make a complementary positive sense strand first
Which virus is associated with old dog encephalitis? [Note: will see keratinized nose and paw]
Canine distemper
Old dog encephalitis happens years after recover and leads to neurological deterioration and death
Highly immunogenic with vaccine
Which bovine diseases are associated with paramyxovirus and the bovine respiratory disease complex?
Bovine parainfluenza 3 and bovine respiratory synactia virus
What is the rabies flow from peripheral nerves to the brain called?
Retrograde axoplasmic flow