Virology (week 8)

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DVM2 Virology Quiz am Virology (week 8), erstellt von Kathryn Borg am 08/05/2016.
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Frage 1

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What is the basic structure of the Paramyxoviridae?
Antworten
  • Enveloped, ss – sense, RNA viruses
  • Non-enveloped, ss – sense, RNA viruses
  • Enveloped, ss + sense, RNA viruses
  • Enveloped, ds – sense, RNA viruses
  • Non-nveloped, ss + sense, RNA viruses

Frage 2

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What are the two major peplomers found on the envelope of Paramyxoviridae?
Antworten
  • Haemagglutinin and Neuraminidase protein
  • Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein and Neuraminidase protein
  • Hernagglutinin and Neuraminidase protein
  • Haemagglutinin and Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein

Frage 3

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Why is the Fusion (F) protein essential?
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  • Cleavage of F protein is essential for infectivity
  • Cleavage of F protein is essential for entering the host cell
  • Cleavage of F protein is essential for leaving the host cell

Frage 4

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What are important features of Newcastle disease?
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  • Characterised by respiratory, gastrointestinal, circulatory and nervous signs
  • Virulence varies between strains
  • Important disease of poultry worldwide
  • Highly contagious
  • Spreads rapidly among susceptible birds
  • Zoonotic
  • Latent infection

Frage 5

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What is the incubation period of Newcastle disease?
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  • ~ 5 days
  • ~ 10 days
  • ~ 9 days
  • ~ 15 days
  • ~ 2 days

Frage 6

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Clinical presentation of Newcastle disease relates to?
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  • Virulence of the virus strain
  • Tissue tropism
  • Age of chicken
  • Immune status
  • Temperature

Frage 7

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[blank_start]Velogenic[blank_end] = high virulence. Produce sudden high mortality (~100%) [blank_start]Mesogenic[blank_end] = intermediate virulence. Cause mild disease with mortality confined to young birds [blank_start]Lentogenic[blank_end] = low virulence. Cause mild disease or inapparent infection [blank_start]Viscerotropic[blank_end]= a virus that has a preference for the viscera (organs) [blank_start]Neurotropic[blank_end]= a virus that is able to infect nerve cells
Antworten
  • Velogenic
  • Mesogenic
  • Lentogenic
  • Viscerotropic
  • Neurotropic

Frage 8

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What is virulence associated with in Paramyxoviridae?
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  • “cleavability” and activation of the F protein
  • “cleavability” and activation of the Haemagglutinin protein
  • “cleavability” and activation of the Neuraminidase protein
  • “cleavability” and activation of the Haemagglutinin/Neuraminidase protein

Frage 9

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What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Viscerotropic velogenic?
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  • Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)
  • Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
  • Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
  • Mainly subclinical

Frage 10

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What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Lentogenic?
Antworten
  • Mainly subclinical
  • Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
  • Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
  • Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)

Frage 11

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What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Mesogenic?
Antworten
  • Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
  • Mainly subclinical
  • Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
  • Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)

Frage 12

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What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Neurotropic velogenic?
Antworten
  • Mainly subclinical
  • Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
  • Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
  • Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)

Frage 13

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Where does Newcastle disease replicate?
Antworten
  • Virus replication in epithelia of respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts
  • Secondary viraemia - infection of lung, intestine, CNS
  • Haematogenous spread - spleen and bone marrow (viraemia)
  • Arthropod vector transmission replicates at localised site initially

Frage 14

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What is true of the epidemiology of Newcastles disease?
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  • Wide range of avian species are susceptible chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, pigeons…
  • Wild birds may act as reservoir – mutation at cleavage
  • Virus is excreted in faeces, from respiratory tract and survives in environment and in carcasses for weeks
  • Transmission by inhalation of aerosols or ingestion of contaminated food or water
  • Transmission by arthropods (mosquitos)

Frage 15

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How might you control Newcastles disease?
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  • Antivirals
  • ND free countries use test and slaughter
  • ND endemic countries use attenuated live vaccine strains (such as the V4 strain that is an endemic Australian strain)
  • Sentry chickens

Frage 16

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When was Rinderpest eradicated?
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  • 2011
  • 1998
  • 1972
  • 2001
  • 2014

Frage 17

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What is Rinderpest characterised by?
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  • Pyrexia, inflammation and necrosis of the mucous membranes
  • Diarrhoea and fever
  • Abortion and reproductive failure
  • Neurological symptoms (encephalitis)

Frage 18

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Rinderpest has?
Antworten
  • High morbidity and high mortality
  • High morbidity and low mortality
  • Low morbidity and high mortality
  • Low morbidity and low mortality

Frage 19

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How long is the incubation period of Rinderpest?
Antworten
  • 3 – 5 days
  • 6 – 9 days
  • 1 – 2 days
  • 1 – 4 days

Frage 20

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What are the clinical signs of Rinderpest?
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  • Mucopurulent nasal and ocular discharge
  • Necrotic foci (ulcers and erosions)
  • Profuse haemorrhagic diarrhoea
  • Dehydration, wasting and secondary infection
  • Abortion and reproductive failure

Frage 21

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How long until death occurs in an animal infected with Rinderpest?
Antworten
  • Within 12 days
  • Within 2 days
  • Within 5 days
  • Within 9 days

Frage 22

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What is the pathogenesis of Rinderpest?
Antworten
  • Leucopaenia due to destruction/necrosis of lymphoid tissue
  • Transmission by inhalation
  • Viraemia: spread of virus to other lymphoid tissue and mucosae of respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts
  • Replication in tonsils and local URT lymph nodes

Frage 23

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What is the epidemiology of Rinderpest?
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  • One serotype, but different strains recognised
  • No carrier state (young animals affected in endemic areas)
  • Virus is labile in environment
  • Infection requires close contact
  • Shedding before obvious clinical signs
  • Virus shed in faeces, urine, respiratory secretions etc
  • Can survive in the environment for weeks
  • Carrier states exist

Frage 24

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How was Rinderpest eradicated?
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  • Vaccination: attenuated vaccine (eradication planned by 2010, achieved 2011)
  • Lasting immunity to vaccine, no carriers, no animal reservoir, good diagnostic tests
  • Quarantine
  • Rinderpest spreads slowly

Frage 25

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What other disease does the Rinderpest vaccine control?
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  • Pest de Petit Ruminants
  • Newcastles disease
  • Bovine vascular disease
  • Canine Distemper

Frage 26

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Outline the epidemiology of Canine Distemper?
Antworten
  • Virus shed in expired air, faeces, urine, other secretions
  • Requires direct contact or close aerosol transmission
  • Virus is labile in environment
  • Outbreaks recorded in dogs, foxes, skunks, racoons, ferrets and lions
  • Higjly contagious
  • Urban dogs: infection spreads rapidly among young dogs as maternal antibody wanes (3-6months)
  • Rural dogs: lower population pressure, more susceptible, unvaccinated dogs. Outbreaks in dogs of varying ages
  • Urban dogs: lower population pressure, more susceptible, unvaccinated dogs. Outbreaks in dogs of varying ages
  • Rural dogs: infection spreads rapidly among young dogs as maternal antibody wanes (3-6months)

Frage 27

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How long is the incubation period of Canine Distemper?
Antworten
  • 3- 6 days
  • 5- 9 days
  • 1- 2 days
  • 9- 10 days

Frage 28

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What is true of the clinical signs of Canine Distemper?
Antworten
  • Hyperkeratosis of nose and footpads
  • Skin rash and pustules may develop
  • Variable duration and severity of illness
  • Biphasic pyrexia: Second peak = onset of oculonasal discharge, pharyngitis, tonsillar enlargement
  • Old dog encephalitis: persistence in brain, motor and behavioural deterioration, invariably fatal
  • Acute disease is followed by recovery and life-long immunity, or progresses to CNS disease
  • Neurological signs include myoclonic contractions, ataxia, paresis, seizures and death-- Grave prognosis for dogs with neurological signs
  • Animals develop cough, vomiting, diarrhoea
  • Usually asymptomatic

Frage 29

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What is the pathogenesis of Canine Distemper?

Frage 30

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How is Canine Distemper controlled?
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  • Maternal antibodies and vaccination
  • Test and kill
  • Vaccinate to kill

Frage 31

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What is the reservoir for Hendra virus?
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  • Wild birds
  • Flying foxes (Fruit bats)
  • Rodents
  • Arthropods

Frage 32

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In what year was the initial Hendra outbreak?
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  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1998
  • 1991

Frage 33

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What are the clinical signs of Hendra virus?
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  • Congested, firm, fluid filled lungs, with dilated lymphatics. Thick, foamy, haemorrhagic exudate in airways
  • Liver necrosis
  • Diarrhoea
  • Encephalitis

Frage 34

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What virus is closely related to Hendra virus?
Antworten
  • Nipah virus
  • African Horse Sickness
  • Japanese Encephalitis

Frage 35

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What is the basic structure of Orthomyxoviridae?
Antworten
  • Enveloped, segmented, ss, - sense RNA
  • Non-enveloped, segmented, ss, - sense RNA
  • Non-enveloped, segmented, ds, - sense RNA
  • Enveloped, segmented, ss, + sense RNA

Frage 36

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Which of the below are genera of Orthomyxoviridae?
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  • Orbivirus
  • Thogotovirus
  • Quaranjavirus
  • Isavirus
  • Influenzavirus B
  • Influenzavirus A

Frage 37

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Which genera of Orthomyxoviridae ismainly responsible for epidemics and pandemics in the susceptible populations?
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  • Orbivirus
  • Influenzavirus B
  • Thogotovirus
  • Quaranjavirus
  • Isavirus
  • Influenzavirus A
  • Influenzavirus C

Frage 38

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Orthomyxoviridae are labile in the environment, sensitive to high temperatures and acid pH
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 39

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How many subtypes of inflenza A are there?
Antworten
  • 17 HA subtypes and 9 NA subtypes
  • 7 HA subtypes and 5 NA subtypes
  • 17 HA subtypes and 4 NA subtypes
  • 9 HA subtypes and 17 NA subtypes

Frage 40

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What subtypes of influenza A commonly infect swine?
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  • H1N1
  • H1N2
  • H3N2
  • H5N1
  • H7N9

Frage 41

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What subtype of influenza A is associated with Equine influenza currently?
Antworten
  • H7H7
  • H3N8
  • H1N1
  • H2N3

Frage 42

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How long does it take influenza A virus to spread through the respiratory tract?
Antworten
  • 1-3 days
  • 5-7 days
  • 7-9 days
  • 4-5 days

Frage 43

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What clinical signs are often associated with influenza A?
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  • Fever (up to 41°C)
  • Coughing
  • Sneezing and oranasal discharge
  • Fatigue and anorexia
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting

Frage 44

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How many times has equine influenza been found in Australia?
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  • Twice
  • Once
  • Three times
  • It is endemic to Australia

Frage 45

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How long does it take a horse with equine influenza to recover?
Antworten
  • 2-3 weeks for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 6 months in the most severe cases
  • 2-3 months for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 6 months in the most severe cases
  • 2-3 weeks for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 3 months in the most severe cases
  • 2-3 months for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 9 months in the most severe cases

Frage 46

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What is the difference between Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) and High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI)
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  • Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 3-15% iin LPAI
  • Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 40% iin LPAI
  • Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 30-50% iin LPAI

Frage 47

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What is the function of HA (haemagglutin)?
Antworten
  • Attachment, Fusion and Antigenicity
  • Attachment, Fusion and Disattachment
  • Attachment, Fusion and Exclusion

Frage 48

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What is the function of Neuraminidase?
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  • cleaves sialic acid (also known as neuraminic acid) from glycoproteins and glycolipids and removes sialic acid from newly formed virions to prevent their aggregation and promote their release from infected cells
  • Attachment of the virion to the host cell
  • Breakdown of the host cell so that the new virions can leave

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[blank_start]Antigenic DRIFT[blank_end]- occurs WITHIN a subtype and describes the gradual accumulation of mutations in the HA or NA sequence and appearance of new strains of the same subtype. [blank_start]Antigenic SHIFT[blank_end]- results in the emergence of a NEW SUBTYPE within a population, and this is usually is an abrupt change.
Antworten
  • Antigenic DRIFT
  • Antigenic SHIFT

Frage 50

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What is the basic structure of Picornaviridae?
Antworten
  • Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ss + sense RNA
  • Enveloped, Icosahedral ss + sense RNA
  • Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ds - sense RNA
  • Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ss - sense RNA
  • Enveloped, Icosahedral ss - sense RNA

Frage 51

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Which of the below genera of Picornaviridae are of veterinary importance?
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  • Hepatovirus
  • Rhinovirus
  • Enterovirus
  • Cardiovirus
  • Erbovirus
  • Aphthovirus
  • Parechovirus

Frage 52

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Which disease of economic importance is found within the genera Aphthovirus (family Picornaviridae)?
Antworten
  • Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Encephalomyocarditis virus
  • Equine Rhinitis A virus
  • Porcine enterovirus 1
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Swine vesicular disease virus

Frage 53

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What is the biggest disadvantage of FMD?
Antworten
  • High mortality
  • Dramatic reduction in production
  • Infertility
  • Zoonotic

Frage 54

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What are the main features of FMD?
Antworten
  • Highly contagious
  • Carrier state
  • Rapid replication
  • Virus shedding before clinical signs
  • Small infective dose
  • Multiple serotypes
  • Multiple modes of transmission
  • Multiple host species
  • Latent infection
  • Persistent infection

Frage 55

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Why is FMD such an issue in dairy cattle?
Antworten
  • Lost milk production for remainder of lactation and subsequent lactations - mastitis 25% loss of milk
  • Reduced growth rate
  • Reproductive dysfunction

Frage 56

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How long is the FMD incubation?
Antworten
  • 2 – 8 days
  • 1 – 2 days
  • 9 – 12 days

Frage 57

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What species of animal does FMD infect?
Antworten
  • Infects cloven hoofed animals
  • Infects birds (eg. chickens)
  • Infects horses
  • Infects carnivores

Frage 58

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What clinical symptoms are associated with FMD?
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  • Fever, inappetence, depression
  • Vesicles on tongue and oral mucosa-->Excessive salivation
  • Reduced milk production
  • Vesicles in interdigital region and coronary bands
  • Vesicles on teats, nasal mucosa, muzzle
  • Ulceration (ruptured vesicles)
  • Myocarditis which result in sudden death in young piglets and calves
  • Pulmonary oedema
  • Reproductive failure
  • Abortions

Frage 59

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What is the main route of infection for FMD?
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  • Via the respiratory tract- Inhalation of aerosolised droplets
  • Via the skin (broken or damaged skin, direct contact)
  • Venereal transmission
  • Vector transmission
  • Faecal-oral route

Frage 60

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Where does FMD virus replication occur?
Antworten
  • Pharyngeal mucosa and draining lymph nodes
  • The GIT
  • The LRT

Frage 61

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Which is the amplifier host for FMD infection?
Antworten
  • Birds
  • Cattle
  • Sheep
  • Goats
  • Horses
  • Pigs

Frage 62

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What is important in the epidemics of FMD?
Antworten
  • Virus excretion ceases 4-6 days after vesicle appearance (when circulating antibodies develop)
  • Virus shed longer from hoof vesicles than oral
  • Virus shed in milk (23 days) and semen (56 days)
  • Vaccinated animals are protected, but can become carriers
  • 80% of ruminants become persistently infected (pharyngeal and upper oesophageal tissues)
  • Latent infection can occur

Frage 63

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How many serotypes of FMD are there?
Antworten
  • 7
  • 3
  • 4
  • 2
  • 9

Frage 64

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What are outbreaks of FMD associated with?
Antworten
  • Oral infection of pigs (swill feeding)
  • Aerosol spread to a susceptible population (10km over land and 250km over water)
  • Direct contact with sub-clinical / carrier animals or contaminated material
  • Changes in climate/weather causing an increase in athropods
  • Mutation of the virus

Frage 65

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Where can FMD remain infective?
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  • FMDV is acid labile (pH < 4 or > 11)
  • Virus can remain infective in uncooked, salted meats, improperly fermented salami, cheese etc
  • Virus can remain infective in faeces, urine and soil
  • Virus can remain infective on fomites for several weeks

Frage 66

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FMD is clinically indistinguishable from other vesicular diseases of livestock
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 67

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How is FMD controlled in FMD endemic countries?
Antworten
  • Eradication campaign with blanket vaccination
  • Ring vaccination, +/- slaughter, blanket vaccination
  • Serological test & slaughter (positive and in contact animals)

Frage 68

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How is FMD controlled in FMD free countries if an outbreak were to occur?
Antworten
  • Serological test & slaughter (positive and in contact animals)
  • Ring vaccination, +/- slaughter, blanket vaccination
  • Eradication campaign with blanket vaccination

Frage 69

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Which of the below are clinically indistinguishable from FMD?
Antworten
  • Vesicular exanthema of swine
  • Swine Vesicular Disease
  • Swine influenza
  • Swine coronavirus

Frage 70

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Equine rhinitis A virus is?
Antworten
  • An upper respiratory tract disease in horses
  • A reproductive disease in horses
  • A GIT disease in horses
  • A lower respiratory tract disease in horses

Frage 71

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Encephalomyocarditis virus is a disease of what species?
Antworten
  • Swine
  • Cattle
  • Horses
  • Sheep

Frage 72

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Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) is an important exotic disease of pigs causing?
Antworten
  • Fever, depression, anorexia followed by tremors and ataxia, the hind limbs show neurological signs first, progressing to paralysis, convulsions, coma and death
  • Odd behaviour (tongue lolling, salivation, head bobbing) which returns to normal when the virus is cleared
  • Pulmonary and myocardial oedema

Frage 73

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How long can Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) survive in the environment?
Antworten
  • 4 weeks
  • 3 days
  • 6 months
  • 2 weeks
  • 4 months

Frage 74

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Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) is highly contagious, how is it transmitted?
Antworten
  • Faecal – oral route of transmission
  • Respiratory droplets
  • Vector transmission
  • Vertical transmission
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