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VET140- Microbiology
Gram (+) Diseases
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alpha-toxin | major toxin in gangrenous mastitis which causes smooth muscle spasms, releases prostaglandins, impairs macrophages. |
| Beta-toxin | toxin that damages cell membrane |
| Exfoliative Toxins | toxin that causes Scalded Syndrome in humans. |
| Entertoxin | toxin that causes food poisoning in humans |
| Endotoxins | toxin that causes Toxic Shock Syndrome |
| Staphylococcus aureus | sheep: mastitis, tick pyaemia, benign folliculitis in lambs dermatitis. goats: mastitis, dermatitis poultry: arthritis, septicemia in turkeys, amphalitis in chicks, bumblefoot. |
| amphalitis | |
| Staph in humans | causes food poisoning and skin infections that are Methicillin resistant, non-responsive in 95% cases of using Penicillin.. |
| Staph. hyicus | Greasy Pig Disease |
| Botrymycosis | unusual host response to common bacteria, can involve Staph or others. Characterized by pyogranulomatous inflammation in horses. |
| Staph. pseudointermedius | similar to Scalded Skin Syndrome but in dogs, causes various pyogenic conditions in cats. |
| Streptococcus equi | Strangles (horses) |
| Streptococcus suis | Meningitis (pigs) |
| Strep. agalactiae/dysgalactiae/uberis | Mastitis (cows) |
| Strept. equi subspecies zooepidemicus | mucosal commensal in horses and infections many species. |
| Strep. suis | causes significant losses in pig industry. |
| Strep. pyogenes | Scarlet Fever, septic sore throat rheumatic fever, impetigo, acute glomerulonephritis (humans) |
| Strep. canis | causes generalized infections in dogs and feline abscesses/mastitis/kitten septicemia, and Toxic Shock in humans. |
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis | causes chronic abscesses on the limbs and abdomen (onion ring appearance, greenish purulent) |
| Corynebacterium renale | Cystitis and pyelonephritis (cattle) |
| pyelonephritis | |
| Corynebacterium ulcerans | Pharyngitis (humans), mastitis (bovine) |
| C. bovis | commensal of bovine udder that grows during lactation. |
| Rhodococcus equi | Suppurative Bronchopneumonia (foals) |
| Actinomyces bovis | Lumpy Jaw (cattle) |
| Nocardia asteroides | thoracic/cutaneous/disseminated forms. Causes mastitis and abscesses in dairy cows, and abortion in pigs/horses/cows. K9's have thoracic, cutaneous, or disseminated forms. |
| Dermatophilus congolensis | "Rainrot" (horses) and "Strawberry Footrot" (heep) |
| Listeria monocytogenes | Listeriosis |
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | "Diamond Skin" (pigs), erysipelas- infection of the upper layers of skin (sheep and birds) |
| Bacillus cereus | Human food poisoning, gangrenous mastitis in cattle, abortions in cattle/sheep/horses. |
| Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax |
| Clostridium tetani | Tetanus, "lock jaw" |
| C. botulinum | most potent biological toxins known |
| C. chauvoei | Blackleg (cattle & sheep) |
| C. novyi | Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis/Black Disease (sheep & sometimes cattle) |
| C. hemolyticum | Bacillary Hemoglobinuria, "Red Water Disease" (hepatic necrosis) |
| C. septicum | Malignant Edema |
| C. perfringens type A | Gas Gangrene |
| C. perfringens types A-E | Lamb Dysentery, "Struck" (sheep), food poisoning (humans). |
| C. perfringens type D | Pulpy Kidney Disease (sheep) |
| C. difficile | pseudomembranous colitis (humans), chronic diarrhea in dogs and horses, fatal necrotizing enterocolitis (horses). Causes emerging disease in 1-7 day old piglets. |
| Mycobacterium bovis | Tuberculosis (cattle) |
| M. avium | Johne's Disease (paratuberculosis) in ruminants |
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