Virus, the species they infect, and what they cause

Question 1

Influenza virus

Answer 1

Type A - Humans
Type B - Humans and Seals
Type C - Humans and pigs
Respiratory disease

Question 2

Foot and mouth disease virus

Answer 2

Swine and cattle most severe

Vesicular lesions

Question 3

Seneca valley virus

Answer 3

Swine

Vesicular lesions

Question 4

Small pox virus

Answer 4

Humans

Vesicular lesions

Question 5

Nipah virus

Answer 5

Swine (moderate) and Humans (severe)

Respiratory

Question 6

Avian influenza virus

Answer 6

Chickens and turkeys; HPAI and LPAI

Respiratory

Question 7

Pacheco’s disease virus

Answer 7

Psittacine birds

Septicemia/acute death

Question 8

Contagious ecthyma virus

Answer 8

Sheep and goats

Pustules/vesicular

Question 9

Vesicular stomatitis virus

Answer 9

Cattle, horses, and pigs

Vesicular lesions on tongue, teats, oral mucosa, and coronary bands

Question 10

Rabies virus

Answer 10

All mammals

CNS (furious or dumb rabies)

Question 11

Canine adenovirus 1 and 2

Answer 11

Canine

Respiratory or asymptomatic; can become systemic

Question 12

Canine distemper virus

Answer 12

Canine

Highly contagious, acute febrile disease

Question 13

Rotavirus

Answer 13

Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, and birds
White scours/milk scours (2-8 wks of age)

Question 14

Transmissible gastroenteritis virus

Answer 14

Swine

Vomiting, dehydration, yellow diarrhea (young piglets)

Question 15

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

Answer 15

Swine

Diarrheal disease

Question 16

Ebola virus

Answer 16

Non-human primates and humans

Acute onset of non-specific signs; vesicular signs

Question 17

Infectious bronchitis virus

Answer 17

Chickens; Severe respiratory disease in young chicken; marked egg production decrease

Question 18

Avian paramyxovirus serotype 1 (Newcastle’s disease virus)

Answer 18

Chickens and turkeys (less severe)

GI, respiratory, circulatory, and CNS signs.

Question 19

Infectious laryngotracheitis virus

Answer 19

Chickens 4-18 months old and pheasants

Respiratory; pump handle respiration.

Question 20

Fowlpox virus

Answer 20

Chickens and turkeys
Cutaneous form: small papules on the comb, wattles, and around beak
Wet form: infection of the mucous membranes of the moth, larynx, pharynx, and sometimes trachea

Question 21

Bovine papular stomatitis

Answer 21

Cattle

Pustules on the muzzle, margains of the lips, and the buccal mucosa

Question 22

Bovine viral diarrhea virus

Answer 22

Dairy and beef cattle

Susceptible animals, persistantly infected animals, and mucosal disease

Question 23

Bluetongue virus

Answer 23

Certain breeds of sheep and certain wild ruminants
Several different lesion. Fever, followed by hyperemia, with excess salivation and edema of head and neck. May become recumbant.

Question 24

Pseudorabies virus

Answer 24

Swine are primary hosts

Abortions are common; systemic disease in growing piglets.

Question 25

Porcine teschovirus 1

Answer 25

Swine; this is swine polio. Tremors and incoordination are seen with hind limbs

Question 26

Poliovirus

Answer 26

Humans; Infects the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Sub-clinical, non-paralytic, paralytic

Question 27

Porcine parvovirus

Answer 27

Swine; Infectious cause of repro failure. Major effect on gilts or naive sows

Question 28

Feline parvovirus

Answer 28

Feline; Feline panleukopenia virus. Involves all WBC counts and can cause substantial mortality

Question 29

Canine parvovirus 2

Answer 29

Similar to feline panleukopenia; more severe in rapidly growing pups 6 weeks to 6 months. Cause of enteritis syndorme

Question 30

Bovine leukemia virus

Answer 30

Bovine; sporadic and lethal form of the disease and also associated with lymphocytosis

Question 31

Avian leukosis virus

Answer 31

Replication competent and replication defective. Both cause cancer

Question 32

FeLV

Answer 32

Feline; Lymphosarcoma, myeloproliferative disease and fibrosarcoma