Yersinia Flashcards
1) Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
false
2) Lesions caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are always limited to the gut
false
3) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause a generalised disease in hares
true
4) Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
5) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause abortion in cattle
true
6) Focal inflammation and necrosis are postmortem lesions of the disease caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
7) Only rodents are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
8) Some Yersinia enterocolitica strains have cross reaction with brucellae
true
9) Yersinia pestis is endemic in certain countries of Europe
false
10) Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
true
11) Starvation and long, cold winter can predispose wild living animals to disease caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
12) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly causes respiratory clinical signs in cattle
false
13) yersinia pestis has been eradicated from earth
false
14) yersinia enterocolitica generally infects hosts per os
true
15) fruits and vegetables can be the source of human infection by yersinia
true
16) the agent of the plague is transmitted by fleas
true
17) yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic agent
true
18) diseases caused by yersinia pseudotuberculosis occur only in tropical areas
false
19) Diarrhoea is a common clinical sign of yersiniosis in pigs
true
20) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause diarrhoea
true
21) Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces.
true
22) Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis
true
23) Only rats are susceptible to plague
false
24) Fleas can transmit plague
true
25) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect brown hares
true
26) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia is rodents
true
27) Farm animals are regularly vaccinated to prevent infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
28) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect humans
true
29) Plague is caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
30) Arthropods are involved in spreading of plague
true