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Quiz Two

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Cell walls rich in complex lipids containing mycolic acid   Mycobacterium  
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Pathogens grow slow, colonies visible after several weeks   Mycobacterium  
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Resistant to chemical disinfectants but susceptible to heat treatment ( pasteurization )   Mycobacterium  
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Multiply intracellularly & cause granulamatous infections   Mycobacterium  
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Major diseases: Tuberculosis (TB), Johne’s disease and Feline leprosy   Mycobacterium  
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Some produce carotenoid pigments   Mycobacterium  
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Acid-fast (Z-N) positive rods   Mycobacterium  
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Complex egg-enriched media required for growth of pathogenic species   Mycobacterium  
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Aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming   Mycobacterium  
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Includes obligate pathogens, opportunistic pathogens & saprophytes   Mycobacterium  
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Gram- positive, filamentous rodsStrict aerobes   Mycobacterium  
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Facultative or obligate intracellular parasitesVery slow growing (up to 2 months)   Mycobacterium  
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Non- encapsulatedNon –spore-forming   Mycobacterium  
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Grows only within infected animals.   Mycobacterium  
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causes granulomatous lesions referred to as tubercles.Inhaled or ingested   Mycobacterium  
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Replicate within host cells, initiating an inflammatory cascade   Mycobacterium  
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The surrounding tissues necrotizesEpithelial cells surround the lesion, walling it off.Eventually, connective tissue encompasses the lesions impairing organ function   Mycobacterium  
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Causative agent of classic tuberculosis   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Also infects pigs, dogs, cats, horses, sheep, and primates   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Was responsible for about 20% of human TB infections   Mycobacterium bovis  
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“Eradicated” from US pigs in 1976.   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Inhibited by glycerol   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Primary culture requires 3-4 weeks   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Short, plump rods in tissues; large filaments from culture   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Does not grow at 25oC (optimal temp. is 37 C).Is killed by sunlight   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Exposure is via inhalation or ingestion of infected flakes.   Mycobacterium bovis  
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The organism disseminates via the lymph and lodges in the spleen and liver. Localized lesions of the lymph nodes of the head and lungs are also observed   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Progression is slow and requires several years before clinical signs become apparent   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Progression leads to:. Coughing. Emaciation. Dyspena. Increased respiration. Nodules on organs   Mycobacterium bovis  
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All cattle must be tested prior to interstate shipment   Mycobacterium bovis  
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About 4 weeks after infection, animals develop a cell- mediated immunity   Mycobacterium bovis  
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DTH response to detect reactors:. Tuberculin test   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Positive reaction is characterized by a hard or edematous swelling   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Animal are slaughtered and necropsied   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Infection is confirmed by culture   Mycobacterium bovis  
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natural reservoirs- captive elk, deer and bison are infected at a high rate   Mycobacterium bovis  
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PCR based diagnostic testing offers increased specificity & speed of detecting active infections   Mycobacterium bovis  
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Mycobacterium bovis Specimens suitable for lab   include lymph nodes, tissue lesions, aspirates and milk  
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Identification criteria Mycobacterium bovis   Growth rate; positive ZN-staining of bacilli; biochemical profile;analytical & molecular techniques  
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Mycobacterium bovis   Treatment and vaccination are inappropriate in control programs for cattle  
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are major obstacles in eradication programs in some countries   Wildlife reservoirs (badgers & possums)  
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Very stable in soil   M. avium complex  
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Colonies appear in 10-14 days on egg yolk medium.   M. avium complex  
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Causes classic tuberculosis in most avian species except psittacines   M. avium complex  
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A serious problem in immunocompromised humans   M. avium complex  
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Exposure is via ingestion of fecal materia   M. avium complex  
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Cadavers may infect predators and raptors   M. avium complex  
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Poultry: occurs most often in free-range adult birds   M. avium complex  
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Weight loss Ruffled feathers Nodular lesions of marrow, spleen and liver   M. avium complex  
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Rare cases in cats, dogs and horses have been reported   M. avium complex  
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Pigs infected thru ingestion of uncooked swill   M. avium complex  
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World- wide distribution, especially in the great lakes region of the US   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Requires an exogenous source of mycobactin for growth in vitro   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Slow growth (2-3 months).   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Yields short, plump rods.   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Strongly acid-fast   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Causative agent of Johne’s disease, a chronic enteritis of cattle and wild ruminants   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Animals ingest materials contaminated with infected feces (usually young animals during suckling)   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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The organism penetrates the ileum and colon   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Macrophages ingest the organism, but no phagolysosome fusion occurs   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Thickening of the intestinal wall due to epithelial cell proliferation   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Emaciation despite normal appetite   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Swelling of regional lymph nodes   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Coats becomes dry and rough   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Main clinical feature is diarrhea, initially intermittent but becoming persistent and profuse   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Mucosa is usually thickened and folded into transverse corrugations   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Mesenteric & ileocecal lymph nodes are enlarged & edematous   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Fresh fecal samples are usually submitted   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Animals with clinical signs should be isolated and if confirmed should be slaughtered.   Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis  
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Causative agent of feline leprosy   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Causes granulomatous lesions of cats   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Transmitted by bites from rats & cats   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Nodular lesions involving subcutaneous tissues, may be solitary or multiple and usually confined to the head region or the limbs   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Nodules are fleshy and freely movable, tend to ulcerate   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Surgical excision of lesions is the preferred treatment   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Does not infect other domestic animals or humans   Mycobacterium lepraemurium  
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Gram negative Aerobic (obligate)Rod shaped   Pseudomonas  
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Motile (one or morepolar flagella   Pseudomonas  
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Non-spore formingMost species produce pigmentsHighly resistant to disinfectants   Pseudomonas  
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Water Soil, common on plants, fruits and vegetablesMoist environment Skin, Burn tissues Mucus membrane   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Intestinal tract of both humans and animalsOpportunistic organism   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Gram negativeAerobic - obligate   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Survives & multiplies over a wide temperature range, 20 - 42 oC   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Survives high salt content   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Characterized by the production of diffusible pigmentation   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Pigment production is seen most clearly in nutrient agar   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Causes opportunistic infections in variety of animal species   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mastitis, metritis, pneumonia, dermatitis, enteritis   Cattle  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Metritis, Otitis media, pneumonia   Sheep  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory infections   Pigs  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Genital tract infections, pneumonia, ulcerative keratitis   Horses  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Otitis externa, Cystitis, Pneumonia, ulcerative keratitis   Dogs and Cats  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Haemorrhagic pneumonia, septicemia   Mink  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Necrotic stomatitis   Reptiles  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Specimens for lab. exam   Pus, respiratory aspirates, mid-stream urine, milk (mastitis), ear swabs  
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Colony morphology (large and flat with serrated edges) and characteristic fruity, grape-like odor   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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lactose-negative; pale colonies on MacConkey; oxidase-positive; TSI (unchanged   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Extremely resistant to many antibiotics & susceptibility testing should be done before treatment   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Combination of gentamycin or tobramycin with carbenicillin or ticaricillin may be effective   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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Vaccines: Polyvalent or autogenous inactivated bacterins; polyvalent exotoxin A-polysaccharide   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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BURKHOLDERIA Sp. of importance   Burkholderia mallei  
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Causes Glanders in horses and solipeds (Mules and donkeys) and carnivores   Burkholderia mallei  
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Highly contagious disease of horses   Burkholderia mallei  
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Can be a fatal disease in horses   Burkholderia mallei  
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Sheep, Cattle, Swine, Birds are resistant   Burkholderia mallei  
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Humans – Seldom occurs. Sporadic   Burkholderia mallei  
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No naturally acquired cases in US in almost 60 years   Burkholderia mallei  
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Glanders   Burkholderia mallei  
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Characterized by formation of nodules and ulcers in the respiratory tract or on the skin   Burkholderia mallei  
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Humans and carnivores are susceptible   Burkholderia mallei  
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Eradicated from most developed countries   Burkholderia mallei  
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Transmission: ingestion of food or water contaminated by nasal discharges of infected animals and less by inhalation or thru skin abrasions   Burkholderia mallei  
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In zoos and circuses, carnivores have contracted as a consequence of eating meat from infected solipeds   Glanders  
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Acute septicemic form of the disease glanders Characterized by   fever, mucopurulent discharge and respiratory signs. Death within a few weeks  
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(more common): presents as nasal, pulmonary and cutaneous forms   glanders Chronic form  
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ulcerative nodules on the nasal septum & lower part of the turbinates with purulent, blood-stained nasal discharge & regional lymphadenopathy (ulcers usually heals leaving star-shaped scars   glanders nasal form  
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characterized by lymphangitis (nodules along the lymphatic vessels of the limbs) with development of ulcers containing yellowish pus. Death after several months or may recover & shed organisms from the respiratory tract or skin   Cutaneous form (“farcy”)  
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Burkholderia mallei Specimens for lab   discharge from lesions, blood for serology & must be processed in a biohazard cabinet  
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Grows on media containing 1% glycerol   Burkholderia mallei  
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Will grow on MacConkey (2 to 3 days incubation)   Burkholderia mallei  
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Colony characteristics ( white and smooth becoming granular and brown with age)   Burkholderia mallei  
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Comparatively unreactive biochemically and non-motile   Burkholderia mallei  
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Serology: CF and Agglutination tests   Burkholderia mallei  
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Mallein test: effective field test for confirmation and for screening in-contact animals   Burkholderia mallei  
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A test and slaughter policy enforced in countries where the disease is exotic   Burkholderia mallei  
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Antibiotic therapy is inappropriate (subclinical carriers)   Burkholderia mallei  
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Effective cleaning and disinfection (Formalin 1.5% or Iodophor 2% with contact time of 2 hrs.)   Burkholderia mallei  
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Causes Melioidosis in many animal species   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of Southeastern Asia and Australia   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Transmission: Ingestion, inhalation or skin contamination from environmental sources   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Stress factors or immunosuppression may predispose to clinical disease   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Abscesses develop in many organs including lungs, spleen, liver, joints and CNS   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Chronic, debilitating, progressive disease   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Horses: mimics glanders (“pseudoglanders”)   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Gross pathological lesions may aid diagnosis   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Specimens for lab.: pus from abscesses, affected tissues & blood for serology (biohazard cabinet for processing)   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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FA test to demonstrate organism in tissue smears (only in reference labs.)   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Colony morphology (Smooth and mucoid to rough and dull becoming yellowish-brown with age) with characteristic musty odor   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Treatment is expensive and unreliable (relapses when therapy is discontinued)   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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Vaccines being developed in some countries   Burkholderia pseudomallei  
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MORAXELLA Species of veterinary importance   Moraxella bovis  
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Causative agent of Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (“pinkeye”)   Moraxella bovis  
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Important ocular disease of cattle and occurs worldwide   Moraxella bovis  
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Short, plump gram-negative rods, usually in pairs   Moraxella bovis  
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Optimal growth in enriched media (growth enhanced by the addition of serum to media)   Moraxella bovis  
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Aerobic, non-motileUsually catalase- and oxidase-positive   Moraxella bovis  
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Unreactive with sugar substrates   Moraxella bovis  
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Virulent strains are fimbriated and hemolytic   Moraxella bovis  
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Susceptible for desiccation   Moraxella bovis  
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Found on mucus membranes of carrier cattle   Moraxella bovis  
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Highly contagious disease, usually in animals under 2 years of age   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Economic loss due to decreased weight gain in beef breeds, loss of milk production, disruption of breeding programs & treatment costs   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Transmission: direct contact, aerosols, thru flies acting as vectors   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Virulence attributed to the fimbriae, which allow adherence of the organism to the cornea   Moraxella bovis  
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Initially manifests as blepharoplasm, conjunctivitis and lacrimation   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Progresses to keratitis, corneal ulceration, opacity and abscessation, leading sometimes to panophthalmitis and permanent blindness   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Can be unilateral or bilateral   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Cattle with very little eye pigmentation are more severely affected   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Hereford and Holstein, Shorthorn cattle very susceptible - because they lack pigment around the eyes. Angus are less affected. Zebu and Brahma are apparently not affected)   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Jersey cattle are highly susceptible to Pinkeye. Prominence of their eyes may expose them to more intense sun light   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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High solar radiation is a predisposing factor   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Lower incidence in dairy breeds compared to beef herds   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Lacrimal secretion is most suitable for lab. exam. & must be processed promptly (extreme susceptibility to desiccation   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Specimens should be cultured in blood agar and MacConkey agar ( 48 to 72 hrs)   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Round, small, shiny, friable, colonies after 48 hrs. Colonies of virulent strains are surrounded by a zone of complete hemolysis & embedded in the agar   Moraxella bovis  
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No growth on MacConkey agar   Moraxella bovis  
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Cultures of virulent strains agglutinate in saline   Moraxella bovis  
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Smears from colonies reveal short, plump, gram-negative rods, usually in pairsCatalase- and oxidase- positive   Moraxella bovis  
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Antimicrobial therapy subconjunctivally or topically early in the disease   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Vitamin A supplementation may be benificial   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Prophylactic use of intramuscular oxytetracycline for animals at risk   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)  
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Fimbriae: Aid in the attachment to the Corneal epithelium   Moraxella bovis  
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Enzymes: Break down the junctions between corneal epithelial cells - initiate inflammatory response   Moraxella bovis  
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Infection range from sub-clinical carrier to acute fatal septicemia   Salmonella Sp  
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Salmonella in poultry   Salmonella gallinarum and Salmonella pullorum  
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Salmonella in pigs   Salmonella choleraesuis  
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Non-host-specific Salmonella   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Salmonella in dogs and cattle   Salmonella dublin  
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Carnivores are innately resistant to   salmonellosis  
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Often localize in the mucosa of the ileum, cecum and colon & in the mesenteric lymph nodes   Salmonella  
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Clinical disease: Animals under stress may develop clinical disease from sub-clinical and latent infections   Salmonella  
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Stress factors: Intercurrent infections; Transportation; Overcrowding; Pregnancy; Extreme ambient temperatures; Water deprivation; Oral antimicrobial therapy; Sudden changes in the diet   Salmonella  
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Other factors: # of organisms ingested, virulence of serotype or strain and susceptibility of the host (immunological status; genetic make-up; age)   Salmonella  
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In most animal species, both enteric and septicemic forms do occur   Salmonella  
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causes enteric and septicemic salmonellosis in many animal species   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Abortion in farm animals without clinical signs do occur   Salmonella  
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Terminal dry gangrene and bone lesions are common manifestations in chronic infections in calves   Salmonella dublin  
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many animal species (enterocolitis & septicemia) & humans (food poisoning)   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Cattle (many disease conditions) & Sheep, horses & dogs (enterocolitis & septicemia)   Salmonella dublin  
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Pigs (enterocolitis & septicemia)   Salmonella choleraesuis  
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Chicks (Pullorum disease --- bacillary whit diarrhea)   Salmonella pullorum  
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Adult birds Fowl typhoid)   Salmonella gallinarum  
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Turkeys (Arizona or paracolon infection)   Salmonella arizonae  
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Poultry (subclinical) & humans (food poisoning)   Salmonella enteritiditis  
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Sheep (abortion)   Salmonella brandenburg  
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Sub-clinical fecal excretors/all ages: probable outcome of most infections --- small numbers & intermittently   Salmonella dublin  
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Latent carriers/all ages: present in gall bladder with no excretions   Salmonella dublin  
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Acute or chronic enteric disease/all age: Enterocolitis with foul-smelling diarrhea containing blood, mucus & epithelial shreds or casts   Salmonella dublin  
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Septicemia/all ages: potentially fatal disease with fever & depression. Diarrhea or dysentery may be present. Dramatic drop in milk production in dairy cows; meningitis or pneumionia   Salmonella dublin  
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Abortion: Common cause in some European countries with no clinical signs   Salmonella dublin  
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Joint ill/calves: may follow septicemia or umbilical infection   Salmonella dublin  
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Osteomyelitis/young animals: often involve cervical vertebrae or bones of the distal   Salmonella dublin  
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Terminal dry gangrene/calves: Disseminated intravascular coagulation due to endotoxemia results in local ischemia & gangrene of distal parts of hind limbs, ears & tail   Salmonella dublin  
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Poultry constitute an important animal reservoir for   Salmonella  
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A very wide variety of serotypes have been isolated from chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other species of domestic poultry   Salmonella  
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can infect ovaries of hens and be transmitted thru eggs ( vertical transmission)   S. gallinarum, S. pullorum and S. enteritidis  
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non-host-adapted (Paratyphoids) --- often sub-clinical in laying hens   S. enteritidis & S. typhimurium  
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disease (Bacillary white diarrhea) World-wide in its distribution, National schemes (NPIP-National Poultry Improvement Plan) have reduced the incidence of this disease in the U.S.   S. pullorum  
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in the yolks A proportion of eggs laid by adults with infected ovaries contain   S. pullorum  
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can survive in the litter for several months   S. pullorum  
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All turkey and chicken breeder flocks are tested for the presence of infection. Use agglutination test   S. pullorum  
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infects young chicks andTurkey poults up to 2 – 3 weeks of age   Pullorum disease  
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The mortality rate is very high   S. pullorum  
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Birds are depressed, huddle under heat source, anorexic   S. pullorum  
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whitish fecal pasting around their vents   S. pullorum  
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Whitish nodes through out the lungs   S. pullorum  
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Necrotic lesions in liver and spleen   S. pullorum  
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The cycle of infection from the hen to the chick (vertical transmission), as occurs in pullorum disease, can also take place with   S. gallinarum  
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It is more usual, however, for fowl typhoid to develop as   a disease of varying severity among growing birds and adult stock  
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Common route of infection is by ingestion   S. gallinarum  
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The severity of outbreaks can vary from acute with high mortality rates to chronic infection   Fowl typhoid  
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When the disease occurs in young chicks the symptoms are indistinguishable from pullorum disease   Fowl Typhoid  
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Mortality rate can go up to 50% or more   Fowl Typhoid  
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Diarrhea with greenish colored feces, purple discoloration of comb and wattles   Fowl Typhoid  
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Diagnosis: Culture liver, spleen, and heart blood   Fowl Typhoid  
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is a name given to infections of poultry by non-host adapted salmonella   Paratyphoid  
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Day-old antibiotic injection is practiced in many hatcheries   Gentamycin and Spectinomycin  
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are the most common causes of bovine Salmonellosis   Salmonella dublin and Salmonella typhimurium  
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Affect cattle of all ages, disease may be acute or chronic. Calves are more susceptible to infection than adults   Salmonellosis  
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Adult cattle infected with this may act as symptom less carriers, excrete the organism intermittently in the feces   S. dublin  
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can survive in feces for 2-4 months. Pastures, food, and water may become contaminated from feces of carrier animals or aborted fetuses and fetal membranes   S. dublin  
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is a non-host-adapted Salmonella Occurs in 2-6 week old calves   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Infection of cattle may originate from disease in another animal species or from cattle   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Pathogenesis is similar to infection with S. dublin except that the development of chronic carriers over a period of several years does not occur frequently   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Fever, diarrhea with brown or greenish-brown feces with blood sometimes   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Sometimes arthritis, pneumonia, encephalitis may be evident   Salmonella typhimurium  
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Adult cattle: go off their milk, run high temperature. Blood may appear in the feces and followed by a stinking which may contain shreds of mucus membrane   Salmonellosis  
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The cow becomes very weak and rapidly goes down and may die in 1 to 5 days   Salmonellosis  
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If death does not occur, diarrhea, emaciation may continue for sometime before recovery finally ensues   Salmonellosis  
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If the cow is pregnant abortion may occur   Salmonellosis  
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Human infection results through consumption of raw or improperly pasteurized milk, milk products or contaminated beef   Salmonellosis  
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Salmonellosis in pigs   S. choleraesuis and non-host adapted types  
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is the most common type in the US and causes necrotic enteritis   Salmonella choleraesuis  
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Sudden onset of high fever, depression and recumbency & die within 48 hrs   Salmonellosis in pigs  
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Survivors develop persistent diarrhea, arthritis, meningitis or pneumonia   Salmonellosis in pigs  
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Characteristic bluish discoloration of the ears and snout (clinical D/D from Classical Swine Fever)   Salmonellosis in pigs Septicemic form  
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is also an important cause of disease in pigs (enterocolitis and septicemia)   S. typhimurium  
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have been isolated from both diseased animals and from mesenteric lymph glands, intestinal tracts and other sites in the carcasses of apparently healthy animals at slaughter.   Less frequently a wide variety of other non-host adapted Salmonella types  
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Salmonella in swine - a source for   humans  
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In the US the most common types Salmonella infection in Horses   S. typhimurium, S. enteritidis, S. newport, and S. heidelberg  
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Young animals are particularly susceptible Salmonella infection in   Horses  
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Stress apparently has a major role in the initiation of clinical disease and predisposing factors including surgery, passing nasogastric tubes, concurrent illness   Salmonella infection in Horses  
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High temperature, colic pains are frequently the first symptoms followed by diarrhea   Salmonella infection in Horses  
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can be found in the feces of many normal dogs   Salmonella  
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intermittent diarrhea is all that one might expect in infected adults   Salmonella infection in Dogs  
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Many different types can be seen in dogs   Salmonella  
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Puppies are more susceptible   Salmonella  
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Adults rarely develop septicemia   Salmonella infection in Dogs  
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Many different types of Salmonella have been isolated   in Cats  
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Salmonella infection in Cats usually occurs   eating usually contaminated food, wild rats and mice and contact with feces of other animals  
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Kittens are more susceptible than adults   Salmonella infection  
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may be carriers of Salmonella without showing symptoms   Cats  
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acute or sub-acute outbreaks of enteritis with or without septicemia may occur   in kittens with Salmonella infection  
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intermittent diarrhea, vomiting may occur sometimes   In adult cats with Salmonella infection  
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Many types have been isolated from sheep   Salmonella  
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Salmonella infection in Sheep Most common in some countries   S. typhimurium  
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in Sheep Raised temperature in most cases scouring is usually present, passing of blood in feces is occasionally noted   Salmonella infection in Sheep  
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In acute Salmonellosis, a severe watery putrid diarrhea occurs and a high proportion die   Salmonella infection in Sheep  
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In some cases persistent scouring of greenish or yellowish paint like material with a foul smell is the striking symptom   Salmonella infection in Sheep  
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Overcrowding sheep   Salmonella infection in Sheep  
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Pregnant animals may die of septicemia before aborting. Aborted fetus and placenta -highly contaminated   Salmonella infection in Sheep  
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Rearing turtles for sale in contaminated stagnant water particularly where a heavy sewage contamination exists has led to a high level of   Salmonella  
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In some establishments in the USA, 25-50% of these animals were found to be actively excreting Salmonella   Turtles  
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In 1975 the interstate shipment of turtles was   banned in US  
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is the commonest Salmonella found in captive birds   S. typhimurium  
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Infection is particularly frequent in canaries. Captive birds are at particular risk of being exposed because surplus feed tends to attract rodents and wild birds   Salmonella  
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Homing pigeons very frequently suffer from   Salmonellosis  
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In large cities wild pigeons may theoretically pose a risk to humans contracting   Salmonella  
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Salmonella source of human infection   Pet turtles and iguanas  
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Epidemic due to intact and disinfected grade A eggs   Salmonella enteritidis  
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Infects the ovaries of healthy hens & contaminates the eggs before the shells are formed   Salmonella enteritidis  
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What is being done to reduce S. enteritidis outbreaks   Some states require refrigeration of eggs from the producer to the consumer  
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Pleomorphic, Gram- negative short rods   Actinobacillus  
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Non- motile. Oxidase- and urease- positive   Actinobacillus  
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Facultative anaerobe. Good growth on MacConkey agar (except A. pleuropneumoniae   Actinobacillus  
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No gas production from sugar fermentation   Actinobacillus  
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Commensals on mucus membranes --- particularly in the upper respiratory tract and oral cavity   Actinobacillus  
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Cannot survive for long in the enviornment   Actinobacillus  
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Carrier animals play a major role in transmission   Actinobacillus  
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Exhibit some host specificity   Actinobacillus  
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Mainly pathogens of farm animals   Actinobacillus  
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Purulent infections usually involving soft tissuesWide range of diseases in domestic animalsWorldwide distribution   Actinobacillus  
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Buccal membrane of cattle and sheepFirst isolated from cattle and sheep in 1902   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Small rods on blood agar; prefers serum, 10% CO2   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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6 serotypes exist with geographical distribution   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Causative agent of Actinobacillosis in cattle (“timber or wooden tongue”)   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Causative agent of Cutaneous Actinobacillosis of sheep (doesn’t involve tongue)   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Chronic granulomatous lesions of the soft tissue of face and jaw (most often manifest clinically in cattle as induration of the tongue (“wooden tongue” (“Timber tongue”).   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Potentially important lesions occur in the oesophageal groove and the retropharyngeal lymph nodes   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Organism enters via wounds in the buccal epithelium, usually in conjunction with penetration of foreign material   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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usually a sporadic disease, herd outbreaks of limited extent can occur   Bovine actinobacillosis  
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difficulty in swallowing and drool saliva   Animals with “wooden tongue”  
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may be found on the head, thorax, flanks and upper limbs   Lesions of cutaneous actinobacillosis  
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Gm-ve rods in smears from exudates, pyogranulomatous foci in tissue sections   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Small, sticky, non-hemolytic colonies on blood agar   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Sodium iodide parenterally or Potassium iodide orally is effective   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Potentiated sulfonamides or a combination of penicillin/streptomycin are usually effective   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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Rough feed or pasture should be avoided   Actinobacillus lignieresii  
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presents as granulomatous lesions mainly on the head without tongue involvement   Cutaneous actinobacillosis of sheep  
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Granulomatous mastitis in sows, bite wound in dogs and glossitis in horse have been attributed to infection with   A. lignieresii  
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Intestinal and tonsils of horses   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Grows readily on normal media; usually non- hemolytic   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Colony type on blood agar --- Forms smooth, very sticky (cohesive) colonies, Liquid cultures become very viscous   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Grows on MacConkey agar   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Causative agent of a septic polyarthritis called “ sleepy foal disease” --- an acute, potentially fatal septicemia of newborn foals   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Occasionally produces septicemia, nephritis or abortion in adult horses   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Organisms are found in the reproductive and intestinal tracts of mares   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Foals can be infected in utero and after birth via the umbilicus. Affected foals are febrile and recumbent. Death usually occurs in 1 to 2 days. Foals which recover may develop polyarthritis, nephritis, enteritis or pneumonia   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Foals dying within 24 hrs. of birth have petechiation of serosal surfaces and enteritis   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Meningoencephalitis can be detected histologically   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Foals which survive for 1 to 3 days have typical pin-point suppurative foci in the kidneys   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Specimens cultured on blood agar (sticky colonies with variable hemolysis) and MacConkey agar (lactose-fermenting colonies   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Antimicrobial therapy beneficial if disease is detected early: tetracycline, streptomycin and ampicillin are effective   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Supportive treatment: blood transfusion & bottle-feeding with colostrum   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Nocommercial vaccines available   Actinobacillus equuli  
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Not considered normal flora & worldwide distribution   Actinobacillus suis  
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Grows as sticky, adherent colonies, with complete hemolysis on sheep blood agar   Actinobacillus suis  
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Grows well on MacConkey agar   Actinobacillus suis  
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In young (<3 months) pigs causes a rapidly progressing septicema and endocarditis. These cases are usually fatal (mortality may be up to 50% in some litters)   Actinobacillus suis  
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Clinical signs: Fever, respiratory distress, prostration and paddling of the forelimbs   Actinobacillus suis  
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Petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhages occur in many organs and evidence of interstitial pneumonia, pleuritis, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis and arthritis   Actinobacillus suis  
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An unusual form of the infection in mature pigs has been reported with skin lesions resembling those of swine erysipelas (important for D/D)   Actinobacillus suis  
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In older pigs is associated with focal necrotizing pneumonia and with subcutaneous abscesses in the neck, shoulder and flank   Actinobacillus suis  
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More rarely, causes a suppurative arthritis in the joints, similar to A.equuli   A. suis  
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Sticky, hemolytic colonies on blood agar   Actinobacillus suis  
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Pink, lactose-fermenting colonies on MacConkey agar   Actinobacillus suis  
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Treatment following antibiotic sensitivity testing: Usually susceptible to ampicillin, carbenicillin, potentiated sulfonamides and tetracyclines   Actinobacillus suis  
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No commercial vaccines available   Actinobacillus suis  
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Upper respiratory tract of pigs; not a commensalWorldwide distribution (12 serotypes with different geographic distribution & virulence)   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Grows as a short, pleomorphic rod; most give complete hemolysis   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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CAMP test with S. aureus --- CAMP- positiveCapsules present on virulent strains   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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A major cause of highly contagious pleuropneumonia in predominantly younger pigs ( < 6 months of age), in the U.S., Asia, and Europe   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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The disease is often fatalSubclinical infection is common   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Stress plays a role in induction of disease (concurrent infection with P. multocida and mycoplamas can exacerbate the condition)   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Spread is via respiratory route between pigs in close contact. Exposure is via inhalation   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Animals show anorexia, fever, and lung hemorrhages in progressing cases   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Fibrinous pleurisy is observed   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Blood-stained froth may be found in the trachea and bronchi   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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animals are anorexic, show respiratory distress due to pleurisy. Poor weight gain with lung lesions seen at slaughter   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Chronic  
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: high fever, anorexia, ataxia, and cyanosis. Animals may tremble & have difficulty in swallowing. Blood from nose & mouth & death can occur in 24 hrs   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Acute  
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sudden death occurs within 8 hours. Bloody froth is usually observed at the mouth. Animals quickly becomes prostrate. Is similar to endotoxic shock   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Peracute  
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Blood agar --- small colonies surrounded by clear hemolysisNo growth on MacConkey agarPositive CAMP test   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Twelve serotypes have been identified.   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Vaccines exist, but protection is serotype- specific. Vaccines do not block infection but severity greatly decreased   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Polyvalent bacterins may induce protective immunity but fail to prevent transmission or development of a carrier state   Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  
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Enterobacteriaceae gram   Gram-negative rods  
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Enterobacteriaceae oxidase and catalase   Oxidase-negative, Catalase-positive  
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Facultative anaerobes   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Ferment glucose, reduce nitrate to nitrite   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Most are motile by peritrichous flagella   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Enteric bacteria which tolerate bile salts in MacConkey agar   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Variety of clinical infections   Enterobacteriaceae  
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E. coli Salmonella Yersenia   Major enteric and systemic pathogens  
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Proteus Enterobacter Klebsiella   Opportunistic pathogens  
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Found in the intestinal tract of animals and humans   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Contaminate vegetation, soil and water   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Major pathogens   E. coli, Salmonella sp. and Yersinia sp  
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are involved in localized infections in diverse anatomical locations   Opportunistic pathogens  
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Gram-negative, short rods   E. coli  
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Most strains are motile by peritrichous flagella   E. coli  
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Often fimbriate   E. coli  
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A capsule is often present --- mucoid   E. coli  
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Grows well on a variety of media at 37 oC   E. coli  
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Characteristic growth on EMB (metallic sheen   E. coli  
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non-spore-forming   E. coli  
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Ferments lactose (pink colonies in MacConkey agar   E. coli  
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E. coli are serotyped on the basis of   lipopolysaccharide  
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lipopolysaccharide   “O” (Somatic), “H” (Flagellar) and “K” (Capsular  
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possesses non-flagellar appendages called pilli   E. coli  
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pilli Important types   K88 or F4, K99 or F5, and 987P or F6  
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are almost always associated with isolates from swine   K88 and 987P  
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associated with isolates from cattle, sheep, swine   K99  
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Occurs due to the colonization of the intestinal tract from environmental sources, shortly after birth   Colibacillosis in mammals  
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Colibacillosis as a primary infection   by shell penetration, inhalation in the hatchery & occurs during the first few days of age  
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Colibacillosis as a secondary infection   complicating agent during the growing period  
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Occurs due to the colonization of the intestinal tract from environmental sources, shortly after birth   Colibacillosis in mammals  
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the mechanism of pathogenesis Based on   (1) Tissue localization of E.coli and (2) Biological activity of E.coli toxin  
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Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC)   strain that causes Enteric colibacillosis and Enterotoxemic colibacillosis  
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strain that cause Local invasive colibacillosis   Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC)  
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strain that cause Septicemic colibacillosis   Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC)  
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strain that cause Hemorrhagic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in children   Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)  
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Causes diarrhea in animals 2 weeks to 1 month of age   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Enterotoxins (Exotoxins): 1. Heat-labile (LT) type (Immunogenic) and 2. Heat-stable (ST) type (Non-immunogenic)   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Pilus antigens (K antigens), important for adherence & colonization   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Causes Neonatal diarrhea in animals less than 1 week of age   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Enterotoxins (Exotoxins): 1. Heat-labile (LT) type (Immunogenic) and 2. Heat-stable (ST) type (Non-immunogenic   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce pilus antigens (K antigens   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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K antigens involved in Neonatal diarrhea   K88 (piglets) and K99 (calves Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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There is absorption of toxins   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Causes Local invasive colibacillosis   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Local invasion and destruction of intestinal epithelium by E.coli ( invade beyond epithelium to the lamina propria   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Not enterotoxigenic (do not produce enterotoxins) and do not become bacteremic or septicemic (do not produce endotoxin)   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Diarrhea is associated with colonization, attachment and destruction of microvilli   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Mechanism of invasion not known   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Associated with bacteremia or septicemia   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Endotoxin-mediated   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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May or may not have diarrhea or intestinal lesions   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Enters thru respiratory or intestinal tract   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Multiply in blood or tissue   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Fibrinopurulent systemic lesions in different organs such as pericardium, liver and heart   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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are present in E. coli similar to many other Gram- negative bacteria   Endotoxins  
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They are part of the outer layer of the cell wall. Embedded in the outer membrane of the cell   Endotoxins  
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It is a complex phospholipids-polysaccharide-protein macromolecule   Endotoxins  
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are released in soluble form during bacterial growth and liberated when bacteria lyse   Endotoxins  
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They are less toxic than exotoxins   Endotoxins  
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Causes leucopenia, hypotension   Endotoxins  
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Complement activation   Endotoxins  
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Intravascular coagulation   Endotoxins  
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Death   Endotoxins  
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also produce EXOTOXINS   Certain strains of E. coli (ETEC  
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Certain strains of E. coli (ETEC) also produce EXOTOXINS   Two types Heat-labile and Heat-stable exotoxin  
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Large immunogenic portion   Heat labile type  
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Non-immunogenic   Heat stable type  
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These exotoxins are produced in the intestines   ENTEROTOXINS  
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They attach to different receptors on the intestinal epithelium   ENTEROTOXINS  
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ENTEROTOXINS   activate adenylate cyclase which results in increased cAMP  
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The increased cAMP causes   hyper secretion of water and chlorides into the gut lumen resulting in fluid loss  
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Very soon after birth a neonate ingests   E. coli  
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may inhibit the sudden and abnormal rate of multiplication of these organisms in the intestines   Colostrum  
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should receive 50 ml to 80 ml (or 5% body weight) colostrum/kg body weight within the first 12 hours of birth. Repeat 18 to 20 hours   Calves  
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can be frozen for several months, with almost no deterioration   Colostrum  
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Thaw in lukewarm water before you use frozen   Colostrum  
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Occurs in calves under 2 weeks but has been seen in calves up to a month old   Enteric colibacillosis (ETEC): E.coli with K99 pili  
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Typically occurs in calves 4 to 5 days old   Septicemic colibacillosis or colisepticemia (EIEC  
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Excess fluid in the intestineDiarrhea for several daysMucus present   Enteric colibacillosis (ETEC): E.coli with K99 pili  
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Septicemic colibacillosis or colisepticemia   (EIEC E. coli infections in Cattle  
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there is no scouring. In most acute cases there may be no temperature as the septicemia is overwhelming   acute colisepticemia  
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is associated with cases of acute mastitis in bovine   E. coli  
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Usually associated with poor sanitation   Bovine Mastitis  
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One or more quarters of the udder become swollen and painful   Bovine Mastitis  
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High temperature, 103 to 108   Bovine Mastitis  
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Milk production falls rapidly and may cease   Bovine Mastitis  
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Vaccines usually contains E.coli, Streptococcus sp. & Staphylococcus sp   Bovine Mastitis  
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Pigs are susceptible to disease during the first 14 weeks or so after birth   E. coli  
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E. coli infection in Pigs Various names have been given to these conditions according to   age, symptoms and lesions  
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1 to 12 days of age   Neonatal colibacillosis/Piglet scours  
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Diarrhea, dehydration with high mortality - 70%   Neonatal colibacillosis/Piglet scours  
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Edema disease   (Post-weaning colibacillosis E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Occurs at about 1 week after weaning   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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An acute, highly fatal neurological disorder   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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The disease is dependent upon colonization of small intestine by E. coli that produces a toxin   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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staggering gait, muscular tremors & spasms, edema of eyelids, subcutaneous sub-serosal edema   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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All edema producing E. coli produce hemolysin and have K88 pili antigens   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Toxin causes arterial degeneration and increased vascular permeability   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Yolk sac of embryos is the center of infection   E.coli infection in Poultry  
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Occurs in all types and age groups of poultry   E. coli infection  
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Associated with dusty litter   Airsacculitis  
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Navel infection   Omphalitis  
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A variety of syndromes from which E. coli has been isolated   Enteritis Coligranuloma Synovitis arthritis  
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A new disease of racing greyhounds ” caused by O157:H7 strain   Alabama Rot  
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Lactose fermenter, non hemolytic   Enterobacter  
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Found widely in nature   Enterobacter  
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is the species of veterinary importance   Enterobacter aerogenes  
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They are opportunistic pathogens   Enterobacter  
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can be associated with mastitis in cows and sows   Enterobacter aerogenes  
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Lactose fermenter, non hemolytic   Klebsiella  
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Opportunistic pathogen Has a large polysaccharide capsule   Klebsiella  
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Associated with mastitis in cattle, cervicitis and endometritis in mares   Klebsiella  
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pneumonia in calves and foals and urinary tract infections in dogs   Klebsiella  
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Lactose non-fermenter   Proteus  
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Motile, characteristic swarming on blood agar and non- hemolytic   Proteus  
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Hydrolyze urea. Deaminate phenylalanine and produce H2S   Proteus  
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Otitis externa in dogs   Proteus  
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are the species of veterinary importance   Proteus mirabilis and Proteus vulgaris  
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in dogs and horses Urinary tract infections are frequently caused by   Proteus  
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Gram negative rods, oxidase negative   Klebsiella  
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Blood agar: Large, wet mucoid, whitish-grey   Klebsiella  
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MacConkey agar: Pink, slimy coalescing, not surrounded by red haze (D/D: E.coli   Klebsiella  
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Metritis and cervicitis in mares   K. pneumoniae  
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Pneumonia and suppurative lesions in calves and foals; Mastitis in cows on wood shavings and sawdust; Urinary tract infections in dogs   Klebsiella  
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Treatment: Amoxicillin-Clavulanate, enrofloxacin, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfonamide   Klebsiella  
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Susceptibility test recommended   Klebsiella  
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Gram negative coccobacilli, non-hemolytic, slow growth in MacConkey   Yersenia  
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are important human and animal pathogens   Y. enterocolitica, Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis  
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causes enteric red-mouth of fish & infection usually results in hemorrhagic septicemia   Y. ruckeri  
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causative agent of human plague. (Cats are infected most frequently than other domestic animals --- source of infection to humans   Y. pestis  
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human enteric pathogen   Y. enterocolitica  
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enteric (wild & domestic animals & septicemic (cage birds & laboratory rodents   Y. pseudotuberculosis  
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Enterobacteriaceae gram   Gram-negative rods  
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Enterobacteriaceae oxidase and catalase   Oxidase-negative, Catalase-positive  
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Facultative anaerobes   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Ferment glucose, reduce nitrate to nitrite   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Most are motile by peritrichous flagella   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Enteric bacteria which tolerate bile salts in MacConkey agar   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Variety of clinical infections   Enterobacteriaceae  
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E. coli Salmonella Yersenia   Major enteric and systemic pathogens  
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Proteus Enterobacter Klebsiella   Opportunistic pathogens  
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Found in the intestinal tract of animals and humans   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Contaminate vegetation, soil and water   Enterobacteriaceae  
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Major pathogens   E. coli, Salmonella sp. and Yersinia sp  
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are involved in localized infections in diverse anatomical locations   Opportunistic pathogens  
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Gram-negative, short rods   E. coli  
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Most strains are motile by peritrichous flagella   E. coli  
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Often fimbriate   E. coli  
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A capsule is often present --- mucoid   E. coli  
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Grows well on a variety of media at 37 oC   E. coli  
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Characteristic growth on EMB (metallic sheen   E. coli  
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non-spore-forming   E. coli  
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Ferments lactose (pink colonies in MacConkey agar   E. coli  
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E. coli are serotyped on the basis of   lipopolysaccharide  
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lipopolysaccharide   “O” (Somatic), “H” (Flagellar) and “K” (Capsular  
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possesses non-flagellar appendages called pilli   E. coli  
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pilli Important types   K88 or F4, K99 or F5, and 987P or F6  
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are almost always associated with isolates from swine   K88 and 987P  
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associated with isolates from cattle, sheep, swine   K99  
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Occurs due to the colonization of the intestinal tract from environmental sources, shortly after birth   Colibacillosis in mammals  
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Colibacillosis as a primary infection   by shell penetration, inhalation in the hatchery & occurs during the first few days of age  
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Colibacillosis as a secondary infection   complicating agent during the growing period  
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Occurs due to the colonization of the intestinal tract from environmental sources, shortly after birth   Colibacillosis in mammals  
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the mechanism of pathogenesis Based on   (1) Tissue localization of E.coli and (2) Biological activity of E.coli toxin  
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Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC)   strain that causes Enteric colibacillosis and Enterotoxemic colibacillosis  
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strain that cause Local invasive colibacillosis   Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC)  
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strain that cause Septicemic colibacillosis   Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC)  
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strain that cause Hemorrhagic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in children   Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)  
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Causes diarrhea in animals 2 weeks to 1 month of age   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Enterotoxins (Exotoxins): 1. Heat-labile (LT) type (Immunogenic) and 2. Heat-stable (ST) type (Non-immunogenic)   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Pilus antigens (K antigens), important for adherence & colonization   Enteric colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Causes Neonatal diarrhea in animals less than 1 week of age   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce Enterotoxins (Exotoxins): 1. Heat-labile (LT) type (Immunogenic) and 2. Heat-stable (ST) type (Non-immunogenic   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Produce pilus antigens (K antigens   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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K antigens involved in Neonatal diarrhea   K88 (piglets) and K99 (calves Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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There is absorption of toxins   Enterotoxemic colibacillosis caused by (ETEC  
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Causes Local invasive colibacillosis   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Local invasion and destruction of intestinal epithelium by E.coli ( invade beyond epithelium to the lamina propria   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Not enterotoxigenic (do not produce enterotoxins) and do not become bacteremic or septicemic (do not produce endotoxin)   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Diarrhea is associated with colonization, attachment and destruction of microvilli   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Mechanism of invasion not known   Enteropathogenic Colibacillosis caused by (EPEC  
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Associated with bacteremia or septicemia   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Endotoxin-mediated   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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May or may not have diarrhea or intestinal lesions   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Enters thru respiratory or intestinal tract   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Multiply in blood or tissue   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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Fibrinopurulent systemic lesions in different organs such as pericardium, liver and heart   Septicemic colibacillosis (Colisepticemia) caused by (EIEC  
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are present in E. coli similar to many other Gram- negative bacteria   Endotoxins  
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They are part of the outer layer of the cell wall. Embedded in the outer membrane of the cell   Endotoxins  
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It is a complex phospholipids-polysaccharide-protein macromolecule   Endotoxins  
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are released in soluble form during bacterial growth and liberated when bacteria lyse   Endotoxins  
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They are less toxic than exotoxins   Endotoxins  
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Causes leucopenia, hypotension   Endotoxins  
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Complement activation   Endotoxins  
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Intravascular coagulation   Endotoxins  
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Death   Endotoxins  
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also produce EXOTOXINS   Certain strains of E. coli (ETEC  
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Certain strains of E. coli (ETEC) also produce EXOTOXINS   Two types Heat-labile and Heat-stable exotoxin  
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Large immunogenic portion   Heat labile type  
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Non-immunogenic   Heat stable type  
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These exotoxins are produced in the intestines   ENTEROTOXINS  
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They attach to different receptors on the intestinal epithelium   ENTEROTOXINS  
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ENTEROTOXINS   activate adenylate cyclase which results in increased cAMP  
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The increased cAMP causes   hyper secretion of water and chlorides into the gut lumen resulting in fluid loss  
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Very soon after birth a neonate ingests   E. coli  
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may inhibit the sudden and abnormal rate of multiplication of these organisms in the intestines   Colostrum  
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should receive 50 ml to 80 ml (or 5% body weight) colostrum/kg body weight within the first 12 hours of birth. Repeat 18 to 20 hours   Calves  
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can be frozen for several months, with almost no deterioration   Colostrum  
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Thaw in lukewarm water before you use frozen   Colostrum  
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Occurs in calves under 2 weeks but has been seen in calves up to a month old   Enteric colibacillosis (ETEC): E.coli with K99 pili  
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Typically occurs in calves 4 to 5 days old   Septicemic colibacillosis or colisepticemia (EIEC  
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Excess fluid in the intestineDiarrhea for several daysMucus present   Enteric colibacillosis (ETEC): E.coli with K99 pili  
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Septicemic colibacillosis or colisepticemia   (EIEC E. coli infections in Cattle  
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there is no scouring. In most acute cases there may be no temperature as the septicemia is overwhelming   acute colisepticemia  
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is associated with cases of acute mastitis in bovine   E. coli  
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Usually associated with poor sanitation   Bovine Mastitis  
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One or more quarters of the udder become swollen and painful   Bovine Mastitis  
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High temperature, 103 to 108   Bovine Mastitis  
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Milk production falls rapidly and may cease   Bovine Mastitis  
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Vaccines usually contains E.coli, Streptococcus sp. & Staphylococcus sp   Bovine Mastitis  
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Pigs are susceptible to disease during the first 14 weeks or so after birth   E. coli  
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E. coli infection in Pigs Various names have been given to these conditions according to   age, symptoms and lesions  
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1 to 12 days of age   Neonatal colibacillosis/Piglet scours  
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Diarrhea, dehydration with high mortality - 70%   Neonatal colibacillosis/Piglet scours  
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Edema disease   (Post-weaning colibacillosis E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Occurs at about 1 week after weaning   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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An acute, highly fatal neurological disorder   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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The disease is dependent upon colonization of small intestine by E. coli that produces a toxin   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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staggering gait, muscular tremors & spasms, edema of eyelids, subcutaneous sub-serosal edema   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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All edema producing E. coli produce hemolysin and have K88 pili antigens   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Toxin causes arterial degeneration and increased vascular permeability   Edema disease (Post-weaning colibacillosis) E. coli enterotoxemia (ETEC  
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Yolk sac of embryos is the center of infection   E.coli infection in Poultry  
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Occurs in all types and age groups of poultry   E. coli infection  
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Associated with dusty litter   Airsacculitis  
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Navel infection   Omphalitis  
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A variety of syndromes from which E. coli has been isolated   Enteritis Coligranuloma Synovitis arthritis  
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A new disease of racing greyhounds ” caused by O157:H7 strain   Alabama Rot  
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Lactose fermenter, non hemolytic   Enterobacter  
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Found widely in nature   Enterobacter  
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is the species of veterinary importance   Enterobacter aerogenes  
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They are opportunistic pathogens   Enterobacter  
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can be associated with mastitis in cows and sows   Enterobacter aerogenes  
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Lactose fermenter, non hemolytic   Klebsiella  
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Opportunistic pathogen Has a large polysaccharide capsule   Klebsiella  
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Associated with mastitis in cattle, cervicitis and endometritis in mares   Klebsiella  
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pneumonia in calves and foals and urinary tract infections in dogs   Klebsiella  
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Lactose non-fermenter   Proteus  
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Motile, characteristic swarming on blood agar and non- hemolytic   Proteus  
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Hydrolyze urea. Deaminate phenylalanine and produce H2S   Proteus  
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Otitis externa in dogs   Proteus  
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are the species of veterinary importance   Proteus mirabilis and Proteus vulgaris  
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in dogs and horses Urinary tract infections are frequently caused by   Proteus  
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Gram negative rods, oxidase negative   Klebsiella  
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Blood agar: Large, wet mucoid, whitish-grey   Klebsiella  
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MacConkey agar: Pink, slimy coalescing, not surrounded by red haze (D/D: E.coli   Klebsiella  
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Metritis and cervicitis in mares   K. pneumoniae  
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Pneumonia and suppurative lesions in calves and foals; Mastitis in cows on wood shavings and sawdust; Urinary tract infections in dogs   Klebsiella  
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Treatment: Amoxicillin-Clavulanate, enrofloxacin, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfonamide   Klebsiella  
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Susceptibility test recommended   Klebsiella  
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Gram negative coccobacilli, non-hemolytic, slow growth in MacConkey   Yersenia  
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are important human and animal pathogens   Y. enterocolitica, Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis  
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causes enteric red-mouth of fish & infection usually results in hemorrhagic septicemia   Y. ruckeri  
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causative agent of human plague. (Cats are infected most frequently than other domestic animals --- source of infection to humans   Y. pestis  
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human enteric pathogen   Y. enterocolitica  
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enteric (wild & domestic animals & septicemic (cage birds & laboratory rodents   Y. pseudotuberculosis  
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Large, Gram-positive rods   Clostridium  
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Produce endospores   Clostridium  
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Anaerobic   Clostridium  
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Catalase-negative, oxidase-negative   Clostridium  
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Enriched media required for growth   Clostridium  
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Motile (except C. perfringens   Clostridium  
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Present in soil & alimentary tracts of animals & in feces   Clostridium  
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Neurotoxic Clostridia   Clostridium tetani Clostridium botulinum (types A - G)  
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Causative agent of tetanus   Clostridium tetani  
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Straight, slender, anaerobic, Gm +ve rod with special terminal endospores, giving characteristic “drumstick” appearance   Clostridium tetani  
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Endospores resistant to chemicals & boiling but killed by autoclaving at 121 deg. C for 15 mins   Clostridium tetani  
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Has swarming growth & hemolytic on blood agar   Clostridium tetani  
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Ten serologic types based on flagellar antigens   Clostridium tetani  
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Cross-neutralizing antibodies to neurotoxins between all serotypes   Clostridium tetani  
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Infection occurs by entry of endospores into traumatized tissues (abrasions & wounds   Clostridium tetani  
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Mode of action is by synaptic inhibition   Clostridium tetani  
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Incubation period is 5 to 7 days, may extend to 3 weeks   Clostridium tetani  
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Clinical effects of neurotoxins are similar in all domestic animals   Clostridium tetani  
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Nature & severity of clinical signs are dependent on anatomical site of the replicating bacteria, amount of toxin produced & species susceptibility   Clostridium tetani  
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Clinical signs include stiffness, localized spasms, altered facial expression, spasm of mastigatory muscles (“lock jaw”), generalized muscle stiffness (“saw-horse”) stance, especially in horses   Clostridium tetani  
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Recovered animals are not necessarily immune (toxin concentration that induce clinical disease is usually below threshold required to stimulate production of neutralizing antibodies   Clostridium tetani  
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Serious & fatal disease   Botulism  
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cause most outbreaks in domestic animals   C. botulinum types C and D  
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Inactivated by boiling for 20mins   C. botulinum  
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Gm +ve rod with sub-terminal endospores   C. botulinum  
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Occurs most commonly in waterfowl, cattle, horses, sheep, mink, poultry & farmed fish   C. botulinum  
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Pigs & dogs are relatively resistant & rare in domestic cats   C. botulinum  
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Poor quality baled silage & silage or hay containing rodent carcasses have been linked to outbreaks in horses & ruminants   C. botulinum  
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the most potent biological toxin known Neurotoxins of   C. botulinum  
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C. botulinum Mode of action is by   inhibition of neuro-muscular transmission  
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Botulism Clinical signs   Develops 3 to 17 days after ingestion of toxin in all species of animals  
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Acute disease of cattle & sheep caused by   C. chauvoei Blackleg  
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bomasitis in sheep caused by   C. septicum Braxy  
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Manifests as cellulitis with minimal gas gangrene & gas formation   Malignant edema  
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Acute disease affecting sheep & occasionally cattle, caused by C. novyi type B   Infectious necrotic hepatitis  
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Occurs primarily in cattle & occasionally in sheep, caused by C. haemolyticum   Bacillary hemogl  
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Neuro disorder in newborn foals under 2 months, due to stress in dam, high level of corticosteroids in milk, high mortality   Shaker foal symptom  
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Cattle & Sheep: Gangrenous cellulitis & myositis caused by exotoxins, leading to rapid death   Blackleg  
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Large muscle masses of limbs, back & neck are frequently affected   Blackleg  
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Manifests as cellulitis with minimal gas gangrene & gas formation   Malignant edema  
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Clinical features of toxemia are similar to malignant edema   Gas gangrene  
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Hemoglobinuria: major clinical feature as a result of extensive red cell destruction   Bacillary hemogl  
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Histotoxic clostridia Vaccination   Adjuvanted bacterin & toxoid is most effective  
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is the causative agent of Gas gangrene in human & domestic animals   C. perfringens type A  
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C. perfringens type B   Lamb dysentery  
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Many animals die suddenly & high susceptibility of this group is attributed to the absence of microbial competition and the low proteolytic activity in the neonatal intestine   C. perfringens type B  
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Occurs in sheep at pasture, usually manifests as sudden death   perfringens type C  
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Sudden death in goats & feedlot cattle   Clostridia  
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Necrotic enteritis in chickens   Enteropathogenic & Enterotoxaemia-producing Clostridia  
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Haemorrhagic enteritis in neonatal pigs   Enteropathogenic & Enterotoxaemia-producing Clostridia  
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Neuro disorder in newborn foals under 2 months, due to stress in dam, high level of corticosteroids in milk, high mortality   Shaker foal symptom  
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Gram + rods (large)Endospores   Clostridium  
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CAT –Oxidase –Enriched media required   Clostridium  
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Strict AnaerobeMotile (except perfringes)Exotoxins toxemia   Clostridium  
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Present in soil, alimentary tract and fecesExogenous infmalignant edema & gas gangreneEndogenous inf: dormant spores in muscle and liver   Clostridium  
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Tetanus Terminal endospores (“drumstick”)   C. tetani(neurotoxic  
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All animals Same clinical effects of neurotoxins   C. tetani(neurotoxic  
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Lock Jaw (spasm-masticatory mm); Saw Horse stance (esp horses)/generalized muscle stiffness, altered facial expression, arched back.Tx: antitoxin(passive immunity) + toxiod + penicillin   C. tetani(neurotoxic  
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Endospores enter abrasions/ woundsinfectionToxinSynaptic inhibition mode of actionSeverity: site of bact., amt of toxin, spp susceptibility   C. tetani(neurotoxic  
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Only killed by autoclavingBA: swarming/hemolyticFlagellar Ag’s: 10 serotypesD/D: strychnine poisoningRecovered animals not immune   C. tetani(neurotoxic  
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Most potent biological toxin known   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Botulism Subterminal endospores   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Dilatd pupils, dry mucus memb, decreased salivation, tongue flaccidity, dysphagia, paralysis of resp musclesabdominal breathing, paralysis neck muscles (“limberneck”), straddled stance.Fatal   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Cattle, Waterfowl, HorsesSheep, mink, poultry farmed fishPigs/dogs/cats:rare/resistantPoor quality silage w/rodent carcassesoutbreaks(Ingestion of preformed toxin)   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Toxininhibition of neuromuscular transmission   mode of actionTx: antiserum(neutralizes unbound toxin)  
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Inactivated by boiling 20min.Type C&D-most outbreaksTypes may be geographically restricted   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Foals <2months(neurological dz)   Shaker-foal Syndrome  
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Stress on damcorticosteroids in milk   Shaker-foal Syndrome  
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Botulinum type B   Shaker-foal Syndrome  
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Vacc dam: passive transfer of neutralizing antitoxins   Shaker-foal Syndrome  
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Shaker-foal Syndrome   C. botulinum(neurotoxic  
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Blackleg   C. chauvoei(histotoxic  
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Cattle: 3months-2 years   endogenous infectionSheep: any age,exogenous infection  
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Gangrenous cellulites and myositis due to exotoxinsrapid death   C. chauvoei(histotoxic  
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Braxy (abomasitis)   C. septicum(histotoxic  
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Sheep   C. septicum(histotoxic  
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Anorexia, depression, feverrapid death   C. septicum(histotoxic  
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Winter ingestion of frozen herbage   C. septicum(histotoxic  
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Malignant Edema   C. septicum(histotoxic  
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cellulitis w/minimal gas gangrene   Malignant Edema  
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Tissue swelling (edema),Coldness, discoloration of overlying skin, depression, prostration (due to toxemia)   Malignant Edema  
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Rapid death w/extensive lesions   Malignant Edema  
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Gas Gangrene   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Humans/Domestic animals   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Gas productionSubcutaneous crepitation, clinical signs of toxemia   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Necrotizing lethal alpha toxin (has lecithinase activityopalescence on yolk agar   Nagler Rxn)  
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Anaerobic culture on BA: circular, flat, grey colonies/ double hemolysis+CAMP w/S. agalactiae   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Food poisoning   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Necrotizing enterocolitis   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Necrotic enteritis   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Canine hemorrhagic gastroenteritis   C. perfringensType A(histotoxic  
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Necrotizing enterocolitis Pigs    
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Necrotic enteritis Chickens    
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Canine hemorrhagic gastroenteritis Dogs    
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Lamb dysentery Hemorrhagic enteritis   C. perfringens Type B  
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1 week old-high mortalityCalves/Foals   C. perfringens Type B  
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(All Clostridium produce immunologically distinct exotoxins)   C. perfringens Type B  
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Sudden death: absence of microbial competition/low proteolytic activity in neonatal intestine   C. perfringens Type B  
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Struck(acute enterotoxemia- specific geog. regions)   C. perfringens Type C  
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Adult Sheep+Goats, feedlot cattle, chickens, neonatal pigs   C. perfringens Type C  
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Sudden death on pasture;Gut is hemorrhagicbloody diarrhea   C. perfringens Type C  
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Pulpy Kidney Dz   C. perfringens Type D  
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Sheep   C. perfringens Type D  
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Over-eating disease-high grain diet/succulent pasture- worldwide   C. perfringens Type D  
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Hyperglycemia Glycosuria Symmetrical hemorrhagic lesions in basal ganglia and midbrain   C. perfringens Type D  
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PM: Kidney autolysispulpy/cortical softening   C. perfringens Type D  
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Enteritis   C. perfringens Type E  
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Rabbits Hemorrhagic in calves   C. perfringens Type E  
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Young rams C. novyi Type A   Big Head  
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Infection of head wounds due to fighting possible rapid death   C. novyi Type A Big Head  
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Necrotizing lethal alpha toxin   C. novyi Type A:Big Head  
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SheepCattle (+/-) C. novyi Type Type B   Black Disease(Infectious necrotic hepatitis)  
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Dark skin discoloration due to SQ venus congestion   C. novyi Type B Black Disease(Infectious necrotic hepatitis)  
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Liver damage by migrating parasitesexotoxins of C. novyihepatic necrosis   C. novyi Type B: Black Disease(Infectious necrotic hepatitis)  
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Bacillary hemoglobinuria   C.haemolyticum  
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CattleSheep (+/-)   C.haemolyticum  
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Extensive RBC destruction & liver lesions   C.haemolyticum  
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Tyzzer’s disease   C. piliformeGram –Spore forming/filamentousIntracellular pathogen  
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Foals< 6 weeksMice   C. piliformeGram –Spore forming/filamentousIntracellular pathogen  
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Severe hepatic necrosis and enteritis   C. piliformeGram –Spore forming/filamentousIntracellular pathogen  
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Chronic diarrhea Hemorrhagic enterocolitis   C. difficile  
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Dogs Newborn foals   C. difficile  
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Quail dz Rabbits   C. colinumC. spiroforme  
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Diarrhea in neonates. K88: swine; K99: cattle   Enterotoxic E. coli  
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Do not invade tissue; heat labile or stable; exotoxins are absorbed   > more cAMP  
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cause septicemia and bacteremia in neonatal animals   enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC  
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Penetrate epithelium, endotoxins cause damage   Enteroinvasive E. coli  
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Edema disease in pigs. O157:H7 in greyhounds and humans (Hemolytic uremia)   Enterohemorrhagic E. coli  
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Attach to microvilli and cause effacement or destruction; NOT invasive. (NO enterotoxins)   Enteropathogenic E. coli  
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a short gram-negative rod with petritrouchous flagella   Escherichia coli  
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It is motile and non spore-forming and ferments lactose and glucose   Escherichia coli  
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gives E. coli a metallic green appearance   EMB agar  
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Somatic/Lipopolysaccharide   O  
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Flagella   H  
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Capsular   K  
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Pili/Fimbrae   F  
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almost always associated with pigs   K88 (also called F4) and 987p (also called F6)  
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Diarrhea in calves is often caused by   K99  
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All enterotoxins are   exotoxins.  
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The virulence factors of enterotoxic E. coli are   exotoxins and pili antigens  
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The exotoxins are absorbed into the   epithelial cells.  
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cause effacement or degeneration of microvili without entering the cell   Enteropathogenic E.  
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cause septicemia and bacteremia in neonatal animals   enteroinvasive E. coli  
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Acute colisepticemia   usually does NOT cause diarrhea or fever  
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Bovine mastitis   caused by E. coli rapidly reduces milk production  
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causes 70% of pyometra cases in bitches   Escherichia coli  
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Pigs are quite susceptible until they are about 14 weeks old   E coli  
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Post-weaning colibacillosis in pigs is almost always caused by   K88  
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Edema disease in pigs is caused by   EHEC or VTEC  
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The symptoms are muscle tremors, staggering gait, facial edema (especially eyelids) and posterior paralysis before death   Edema disease  
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Birds of any age can get acute septicemia caused by   E coli  
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Arthritis may develop in poultry after   septicemic infection  
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can cause E. coli poisoning in humans   Raw hamburgers  
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Hemolytic uremia syndrome in humans is caused by   O157:H7  
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Greyhounds can get “Alabama rot” which is caused by   E. coli O:157:H7  
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Bacteremia in humans is occasionally caused by   Enterobacter cloacae  
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Mastitis can be caused by   Enterobacter aerogenes  
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is normally found in the soil   Citrobacter  
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has a large capsule, is not hemolytic and can cause mastitis in cattle, cervicitis and metritis in mares, and urinary tract infections   Klebsiella  
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does not ferment lactose, is highly motile and non-hemolytic   Proteus  
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frequently causes urinary tract infections in cats and dogs   Proteus  
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causes bubonic plague   Yersenia pestus  
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Salmonella Typhiurium   No host preference  
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Salmonella Choleraesuis   pigs  
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Salmonella Pullorum   poultry  
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Salmonella Gallinarum   poultry  
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Salmonella Enteritidis   No host preference  
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Salmonella Dublin   cattle and humans  
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Salmonella Typhi   Humans  
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describes salmonella infections caused by non-host-adapted serotypes   Paratyphoid  
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flagellar antigen is referred to as   H-O variation  
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The differences in capsule thickness (quantitative antigenic changes involving Vi antigens) are called   V-W variants  
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A strain changes from smooth to rough (S-R variation) when there is gradually lost to expose the core polysaccharide   O antigen  
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is destroyed by boiling   flagellar antigen  
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Typhoid fever is caused by   human-adapted serovar  
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are non-motile and paratyphoids are motile   Pullorum and Gallinarum  
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causes bacillary white diarrhea in poultry   Salmonella Pullorum  
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Fowl typhoid is caused by   Salmonella Gallinarum  
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Organism identification is the only way to distinguish fowl typhoid from   pullorum  
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produces green diarrhea and the wattles and combs have a purple discoloration   Fowl typhoid  
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is usually caused by Salmonella Dublin and Salmonella Typhimurium   Bovine salmonellosis  
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Calves 2-6 weeks are most susceptible   Salmonella Typhimurium  
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is more likely to produce the carrier state in cattle   Salmonella Dublin  
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Cattle with fever, diarrhea (brown or green, sometimes bloody) and sometimes get arthritis, pneumonia, or encephalitis   salmonellosis  
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is the most common serovar in pigs   Salmonella Choleraesuis  
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are often carriers of salmonella   Turtles  
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