Yersinia Flashcards
Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
False
Lesions caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are always limited to the gut
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause a generalised disease in hares
True
Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause abortion in cattle
True
Focal inflammation and necrosis are postmortem lesions of the disease caused by Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis
True
Only rodents are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
False
Some Yersinia enterocolitica strains have cross reaction with brucellae
True
Yersinia pestis is endemic in certain countries of Europe
False
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
True
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
True
Starvation and long, cold winter can predispose wild living animals to disease caused by
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly causes respiratory clinical signs in cattle
False
Yersinia pestis has been eradicated from earth
False
Yersinia enterocolitica generally infects hosts per os
True
Fruits and vegetables can be the source of human infection by yersinia
True
The agent of the plague is transmitted by fleas
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic agent
True
Diseases caused by yersinia pseudotuberculosis occur only in tropical areas
False
Diarrhoea is a common clinical sign of yersiniosis in pigs
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause diarrhoea
True
Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces
True
Yersinia pestis has been eradicated from Earth
False
Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis
True
The Earth is free from plague
False
Only rats are susceptible to plague
False
Fleas can transmit plague
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect brown hares
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia is rodents
True
Farm animals are regularly vaccinated to prevent infection caused by Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect humans
True
Plague is caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
False