Questão 1
Questão
What is the basic structure of Adenoviridae?
Responda
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Non‐enveloped, icosahedral, ds DNA
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Enveloped, icosahedral, ds DNA
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Enveloped, icosahedral, ss DNA
Questão 2
Questão
Which of the below are features of Adenoviridae?
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Relatively stable in environment
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Persistent infection common
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Narrow host ranges
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Causes respiratory and gastroenteric diseases
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Labile in the environment
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Rarely a persistent infection
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Can infect a variety of hosts
Questão 3
Questão
Which of the below are genera of Adenoviridae
Responda
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Siadenovirus
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Atadenovirus
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Mastadenovirus
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Aviadenovirus
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Betaherpesviridae
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Panleukopaenia virus
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Orbivirus
Questão 4
Questão
How can canine adenovirus 1 (canine hepatitis) be transmitted?
Responda
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Infection through nasopharyngeal, oral and conjunctival route of entry
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Vector transmission
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Ingestion of urine, faeces or saliva from an infected animal
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Transdermal infection
Questão 5
Questão
What is the route of infection of canine adenovirus 1?
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Tonsillar crypts-->Regional lymph nodes-->Bloodstream via thoracic duct-->Endothelial and parenchymal cells of many organs
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Tonsillar crypts-->Regional lymph nodes-->Bloodstream via thoracic duct-->Endothelial and parenchymal cells of only the kidneys
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Regional lymph nodes-->Tonsillar crypts-->Bloodstream via thoracic duct-->Endothelial and parenchymal cells of only the liver
Questão 6
Questão
Infection of endothelial and parenchymal cells of many organs leads to?
Questão 7
Questão
In general terms clinical recovery coincides with production of neutralising antibody, approximately how long after infection?
Responda
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10 days
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3 days
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21 days
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19 days
Questão 8
Questão
What are the overlapping syndromes of clinical disease in animals infected with canine adenovirus 1?
Responda
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Peracute disease: pup found dead, often with short lived (3‐4 hours) or no apparent illness
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Acute disease: may be fatal. Fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, pettechial haemorrhages of gums, pale mucous membranes
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Mild or inapparent disease
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Chronic disease: Chronic fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, pettechial haemorrhages of gums, pale mucous membranes
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Peracute disease: may be fatal. Fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, pettechial haemorrhages of gums, pale mucous membranes
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Acute disease: pup found dead, often with short lived (3‐4 hours) or no apparent illness
Questão 9
Questão
What is the incubation period of canine adenovirus 1?
Responda
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4-9 days
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2-3 days
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10-12 days
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12-24 hrs
Questão 10
Questão
When might canine adenovirus 1 be suggested as a diagnosis for a patient that enters the clinic?
Responda
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History of fever, sudden collapse, and abdominal pain in young dogs
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History of fever, sneezing and nasal discharge in older dogs
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History of fever, sudden collapse, and abdominal pain in older dogs
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History of fever, sneezing and nasal discharge in younger dogs
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History of fever and seizures in younger dogs
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History of fever and seizures in older dogs
Questão 11
Questão
How long can recovered dogs shed canine adenovirus 1 in urine for?
Responda
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up to 6 months
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up to 3 weeks
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up to 1 month
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up to 12 days
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up to 12 months
Questão 12
Questão
Why might corneal oedema (Blue eye) develop in convalescing dogs and dogs recently vaccinated with CAV1?
Responda
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Caused by virus‐antibody complexes in the small blood vessels of the ciliary body affecting fluid exchange across the cornea
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Caused by vaccine adjuvent in the small blood vessels of the ciliary body affecting fluid exchange across the cornea
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Caused by a hypersensitivity type I reaction in response to viral antibodies in the small blood vessels of the ciliary body affecting fluid exchange across the cornea
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Caused by cytokine production by B cells in the small blood vessels of the ciliary body affecting fluid exchange across the cornea
Questão 13
Questão
Which of the below are features of a CAV2 (Canine adenovirus 2) infection?
Responda
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Can lead to bronchitis and bronchiolitis
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Causes localised respiratory
disease (part of kennel cough complex)
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No systemic infection
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CAV2 provides complete homologous protection and cross protection against disease caused by CAV1 without side effects
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Convalescing animals can develop corneal oedema (Blue eye)
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Causes haemorrhage and necrosis, especially of liver, kidneys, spleen and lungs
Questão 14
Questão
Which of the below are features of Equine adenovirus1?
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Isolated worldwide
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Isolated from young horses with and without respiratory disease (can be symptomatic or asymptomatic)
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Always causes symptomatic disease
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Latent infection
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Virus is endemic only to South East Asia and Africa
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Mostly asymptomatic or mild disease
Questão 15
Questão
Which of the below are features of Equine adenovirus 2?
Responda
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Isolated from lymph nodes and faeces of foals with respiratory disease and diarrhoea
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Mostly asymptomatic or mild disease
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Latent infection
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Isolated worldwide
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Endemic only to Africa and North America
Questão 16
Questão
What breed of horses (foals) is known to be born with a genetically based primary severe combined immunodeficiency (an autosomal inherited defect) where there is a complete absence of T and B lymphocytes, and the animals are unable to mount an adaptive immune response when maternal immunity wanes making them susceptible to death within 3 months of birth from adenovirus 1 and 2?
Responda
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Arabian foals
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Thoroughbred foals
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Friesian foals
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Clydesdale foals
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Dutch warmblood foals
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Shetland pony
Questão 17
Questão
What family of viruses is this cow likely to be infected with?
Responda
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A Papillomavirus
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An Adenovirus
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Herpesviridae
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Panleukopaenia viruses
Questão 18
Questão
What is the basic structure of the Papillomaviruses?
Responda
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Non‐enveloped double stranded circular DNA viruses
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Enveloped double stranded circular DNA viruses
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Non‐enveloped single stranded circular DNA viruses
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Enveloped single stranded circular DNA viruses
Questão 19
Questão
What do Papillomaviruses cause?
Responda
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Papillomas (warts)
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Ulcers
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Papules
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Macules
Questão 20
Questão
Which of the below are features of Papillomaviruses?
Responda
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May give rise to carcinomas, usually with appropriate co‐factors
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Papillomavirus replication linked to growth and differentiation of stratified squamous epithelium of skin and some mucous membranes
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Resistant in the environment
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Resistant to solvents, disinfectants, low pH and high temperature
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Resistant to solvents, disinfectants, high pH and low temperature
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Labile in the environment
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Usually regress after several weeks
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Lesions are typically finger‐like projections of proliferating epithelium supported by a thin core of fibrous connective tissue
Questão 21
Questão
In what age group of animals are papillomavirus lesions usually associated?
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Young animals
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Old animals
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Middle aged animals
Questão 22
Questão
What species of animal are the most commonly affected by papillomavirus warts?
Responda
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Cattle
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Sheep
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Horses
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Dogs
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Pigs
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Chickens
Questão 23
Questão
How many different bovine papillomaviruses are recognised?
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At least 10 different genera
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At least 20 different genera
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At least 2 different genera
Questão 24
Questão
How are bovine papillomaviruses transmitted?
Responda
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Transmission by fomite transfer (eg. contaminated equipment and facilities)
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Sexual transmission
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Vector transmission
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Respiratory droplet transmission
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Ingestion of faeces and urine
Questão 25
Questão
Bovine papillomaviruses [blank_start]1, 2 and 5[blank_end] cause cutaneous fibropaplillomas (warts) on udder, head and neck and genitalia
Bovine papillomaviruses [blank_start]3 and 6[blank_end] cause lesions with les fibrous tissue
Bovine papillomavirus [blank_start]1 and 2[blank_end] associated with enzootic haematuria. Cattle eat bracken fern which contains carcinogens, mutagens and immunosuppressive agents
Bovine papillomavirus [blank_start]4[blank_end] is associated with lesions in the alimentary tract, some of which progress to squamous cell carcinoma
Responda
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1, 2 and 5
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3 and 6
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1 and 2
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4
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5
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4 and 5
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7
Questão 26
Questão
Which of the below are features of equine papillomavirus?
Responda
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Cause aural plaques and cutaneous papillomas
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Regression occurs in 1‐9 months
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Generally occur around the muzzle of young horses
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Can lead to equine sarcoids
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Associated with enzootic haematuria
Questão 27
Questão
What is the most common skin tumour of horses, mules and donkeys?
Responda
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Sarcoid
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Squamous cell carcinoma
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Melanoma
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Fibroma
Questão 28
Questão
Which of the below are features of equine sarcoids?
Responda
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Superficial ulceration and secondary trauma are common
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Do not metastasize
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Locally aggressive
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Occur singly or in groups
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Head, ventral abdomen and limbs affected most commonly
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More common in animals <4 years of age
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Metastatic
Questão 29
Questão
What is the basic structure of reoviridae?
Responda
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral, Linear segmented double stranded RNA genome
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral, Linear segmented single stranded RNA genome
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Enveloped, Icosahedral, Linear segmented double stranded RNA genome
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Enveloped, Icosahedral, Linear segmented single stranded RNA genome
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral, Linear segmented double stranded DNA genome
Questão 30
Questão
Correctly match the genera of Reoviridae
Responda
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Orthoreovirus
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Orbivirus
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Coltivirus
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Rotavirus
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Aquareovirus
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Dolitivirus
Questão 31
Questão
What species of animal can show diseases of Bluetongue?
Responda
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Sheep, cattle and goats
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Sheep, goats and pigs
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Sheep, goats and rabbits
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Dogs, cats and sheep
Questão 32
Questão
Which of the below are symptoms/clinical signs of Bluetongue virus in sheep?
Responda
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Hyperaemia of oral and buccal cavities (salivation / frothy mouth)
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Oedema (head and neck)
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Hyperaemia of the coronary bands
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Cyanosis of the tongue
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Nasal discharge (serous – mucopurulent – blood flecked)
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Abortion of lambs or lambs born with congenital abnormalities (hydranencephaly)
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Severe cases have a protracted recovery (may lose part of the fleece)
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Death occurs in up to 30% of cases, but more commonly 2 – 8%
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Sheep experience asymptomatic infection
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Course of disease is variable from sub-clinical to death (eg. Mild cases recover rapidly)
Questão 33
Questão
What form of disease do cattle and goats experience in comparison to sheep?
Responda
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Cattle experience asymptomatic infection (except current BTV 8)
Goats experience a milder form of disease than sheep
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Cattle experience a milder form of disease than sheep
Goats experience asymptomatic infection (except current BTV 8)
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Both cattle and goats experience a more severe form than sheep
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Cattle experience a more severe form of disease than sheep
Goats experience asymptomatic infection
Questão 34
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of bluetongue virus?
Responda
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Incubation period ~ 1 week (time between infection and clinical signs)
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Incubation period ~ 1 day (time between infection and clinical signs)
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Viraemia lasts 14-28 days (cows up to 10 weeks)
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It is an arbovirus transmitted by Culicoides spp.
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It is an arbovirus transmitted by Lucilia spp.
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Associated with red blood cells and leukocytes
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Viraemia lasts 7-10 days (cows up to 6 weeks)
Questão 35
Questão
What is the basic structure of the parvoviruses?
Responda
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Small non‐enveloped single stranded DNA viruses
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Small non‐enveloped single stranded RNA viruses
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Small enveloped single stranded DNA viruses
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Small non‐enveloped double stranded DNA viruses
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Small enveloped double stranded DNA viruses
Questão 36
Questão
What are the main features of the parvoviruses?
Responda
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Replicate in nucleus
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Very resistant to detergents, drying, heat, solvents, pH changes, disinfectants
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Very stable in the environment
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Require rapidly dividing cells (S‐phase)-- eg. intestinal cells
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Easily killed by detergents, drying, heat, solvents, pH changes, disinfectants
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Labile in the environment
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Replicate in the cytoplasm
Questão 37
Questão
What genus do all parvoviruses of veterinary significance belong? Which sub-family does this sit within?
Responda
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Genus Parvovirus in the Sub‐Family Parvovirinae
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Genus Protoparvovirus in the Sub‐Family Parvovirinae
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Genus Parvovirus in the Sub‐Family Densovirinae
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Genus Protoparvovirus in the Sub‐Family Densovirinae
Questão 38
Questão
Describe the pathogenicity and clinical symptoms of feline panleukopaenia virus?
Responda
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Highly contagious, systemic and enteric disease of cats
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Causes bone marrow suppression, GIT signs, cerebellar hypoplasia (foetus)
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Causes generalised disease of cats (domestic and wild cats)
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Many infections are sub‐clinical
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Onset of disease associated with profound panleukopaenia + fever
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Incubation period ~5 days
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Prefers mitotically active cells (S‐phase) (eg. Intestinal crypt cells, Lymphopoietic cells of bone marrow, Foetal cells (cerebellum, retina, death))
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Acute cases progress to vomiting, (bloody) diarrhoea, dehydration while severe cases die in peracute stage
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Distributed by free and cell associated viraemia
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Virus enters via oropharynx, replicates in pharyngeal lymphoid tissue
Questão 39
Questão
Which of the below explain the epidemiology of feline panleukopaenia virus?
Responda
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One serotype with worldwide distribution
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Endemic infection in vaccinated cat populations: unvaccinated cats at most risk
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Endemic disease in unvaccinated cat populations: young cats affected
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Two serotypes both with worldwide distribution
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Seasonal disease pattern (kitten season)
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Cats of all ages susceptible (Primarily see disease in kittens as maternal antibody wanes)
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Incubation period ~5 days
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Incubation period ~10 days
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Causes generalised disease of cats (domestic and wild cats)
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Causes generalised disease of cats and dogs (domestic and wild)
Questão 40
Questão
How can feline panleukopaenia be transmitted?
Responda
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Trans‐placental infection in susceptible queens
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Virus excretion in faeces (several weeks after clinical recovery), also in saliva, urine, vomit (acute stages)
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Vector transmission
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Direct contact required for transmission (eg. open wounds)
Questão 41
Questão
How might feline panleukopaenia be prevented and treated?
Responda
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Supportive therapy (eg. Fluid therapy, blood / plasma transfusion, broad spectrum antibiotics)
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Catteries: strict hygiene, quarantine and disinfection required
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Vaccination (Inactivated and live‐virus vaccines available)
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Antivirals are often used
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Cleaning with bleach
Questão 42
Questão
What is the epidemiology of canine parvovirus 2?
Responda
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Endemic worldwide
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3 variants recognised (2a, 2b, 2c)
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All members of Canidae family susceptible
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High morbidity and mortality in initial outbreak situation (all ages affected)
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High spread
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Only endemic to Australia
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Only domestic dogs are susceptible
Questão 43
Questão
What are the clinical signs that a dog has canine parvovirus 2?
Responda
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Severe disease in pups between 6 weeks and 6 months of age (waning maternal immunity)
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Myocarditis (but uncommon)
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Haemorrhagic gastroenteritis and vomiting
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Disease may be mild or sub‐clinical if sufficient immunity
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Severely affected animals die
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Causes CNS symptoms
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Severe disease in adult dogs most often
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Myocarditis (very common)
Questão 44
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of canine parvovirus 2?
Responda
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Myocarditis in pups infected late gestation or first 2 weeks of age due to rapid proliferation of myocytes in the perinatal period
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Maldigestion and malabsorption and often severe haemorrhage (foetid smell, diarrhoea)
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Mucosal collapse with contraction and fusion of villi of small intestine
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Rapidly dividing cells in intestinal crypts are infected
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Infection of the upper respiratory tract, mucosal cells (oronasal discharge)
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Myocardial inflammation and necrosis
Questão 45
Questão
How can canine parvovirus 2 be diagnosed?
Questão 46
Questão
How can canine parvovirus be prevented and treated?
Responda
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Supportive therapy (Fluid therapy, blood / plasma transfusion, broad spectrum antibiotics)
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Kennels and shelters: strict hygiene, quarantine and disinfection\required
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Vaccination (Inactivated and live‐virus vaccines available)
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Antivirals are used often
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Disinfection using sodium hypochlorite
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Disinfection using Formalin, β‐propiolactone and oxidising agents
Questão 47
Questão
If there is an outbreak or a larger than normal number of puppies with parvovirus that are younger than 6 weeks, what should you do?
Responda
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Vaccinate earlier, maternal antibodies may be waning earlier than the recommended 6 to 8 week vaccine start date
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Vaccinate at the recommended 6 to 8 week vaccine start date as there is nothing you can do
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Vaccinate adult animals more often than the 3 or more year recommended booster shot to increase immunity
Questão 48
Questão
What is the estimated relative efficacy of the below vaccines at 7 years post vaccination according to research conducted by Professor Ronald D. Schultz
Canine Distemper (ML)
Canine rDistemper (R)
Canine Parvovirus-2 (ML)
Canine Adenovirus-2 (ML)
Questão 49
Questão
Why do we give multiple doses of infectious vaccines to puppies?
Responda
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As we cannot predict duration of waning maternal immunity, maternal immunity may wane at different times for different puppies
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As we hope to make more money
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As we cannot give a huge dose of vaccine all at once to a puppy
Questão 50
Questão
What is correct for S.M.E.D.I.?
Responda
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Stillbirth
Mummification
Embryonic Death
Infertility
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Swine
Mummification
Embryonic Death
Infertility
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Stillbirth
Maternal death
Embryonic Death
Infertility
Questão 51
Questão
Porcine parvovirus is an important cause of reproductive failure in swine worldwide?
Questão 52
Questão
What is the epidemiology of porcine parvovirus?
Responda
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Most significant if virus is introduced into seronegative herd
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Enzootic in many herds
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Virus stable in environment for months
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Morbidity reduced by vaccination
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In endemic situation: disease seen in seronegative gilts infected in the sow herd when pregnant
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Endemic only to the UK
Questão 53
Questão
What are the clinical signs of porcine parvovirus?
Responda
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Clinical signs in foetus depend on stage of gestation – apparent at farrowing
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First clinical sign is often increased number of young sows returning to oestrus 3‐8 weeks after breeding
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Some sows remain “endocrinologically pregnant” and don’t come back into oestrus until expected farrowing date
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Reproductive failure
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Death of young sows/gilts
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Lifelong infertility in sows
Questão 54
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of porcine parvovirus?
Responda
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<30 days gestation: foetal death and resorption
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Local replication in tonsillar lymphoid tissue precedes viraemia and trans‐placental
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Takes ~ 15 days for virus to reach foetus after infection
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Takes ~ 2 days for virus to reach foetus after infection
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Takes ~ 24 days for virus to reach foetus after infection
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>70 days gestation: stillbirth or normal piglet (depends on immune response)
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30‐70 days gestation: foetus fail to develop (mummification/stillbirth
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>70 days gestation: foetal death and resorption
Questão 55
Questão
How can porcine parvovirus be diagnosed?
Responda
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Difficult to diagnose early infections as embryonic death and resorption not obvious and no specimens
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Serology (but limited usefulness)
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Haemagglutination assays
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PCR assays
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Infected foeti contain high levels of virus
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Ultrasound
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Odd behaviour of sows when virus is infecting the placenta
Questão 56
Questão
How can porcine parvovirus be prevented
Responda
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Vaccination (inactivated vaccine) is available (however, limited opportunity to vaccinate gilts as they are bred at 7 months of age (waning maternal antibody)
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Exposure of gilts prior to mating induces immunity (so that they do not become infected while pregnant)
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Gilts should not be mated until they are 2yrs old
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Abortion should be forced for the gilts first litter so she can become pregnant again quickly
Questão 57
Questão
What is the basic structure of the Circoviridae?
Responda
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Non‐enveloped, single stranded DNA
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Enveloped, single stranded DNA
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Non‐enveloped, single stranded RNA
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Non‐enveloped, double stranded DNA
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Enveloped, double stranded DNA
Questão 58
Questão
What are the general features of the circoviridae?
Responda
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Require actively dividing cells
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Persistent infections
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Stable at pH 3‐9
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Resistant to disinfectants
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Resistant to heating at 60oC, 30 minutes
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Very stable in environment
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Labile in the environment
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Latent infections
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Stable at pH 7-9
Questão 59
Questão
What are the veterinary important circoviridae of those listed below?
Questão 60
Questão
What is the epidemiology of Psittacine beak and feather disease?
Responda
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First identified in Australian parrots in captivity
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Birds under 5 years at greater risk
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Disease in cockatoos, parrots and budgerigars
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Disease in pigeons
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Endemic to Africa only
Questão 61
Questão
What clinical symptoms does Psittacine beak and feather disease cause?
Responda
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Feather loss, feather deformities and Beak and claw deformities
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Feather loss, feather deformities and pulmonary oedema
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Liver necrosis and pulmonary oedema
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Vomiting and diarrhoea
Questão 62
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of
Responda
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In wild birds, malformed feathers and beak lead to difficulty feeding and death. In care, these birds can live for months/years if fed
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Basophillic intracytoplasmic inclusions in follicular epithelium
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Virus replicates in basal epithelial layer of feather follicles, beak and claws
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Lymphoid depletion
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Progressive disease
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Virus replicates in the intestinal crypts
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Virus causes death in less than 3 months due tp destruction of the intestinal crypts
Questão 63
Questão
How can Psittacine beak and feather disease be diagnosed?
Responda
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Clinical signs and histology (basophillic inclusions in feather follicles), PCR assays
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Clinical signs and histology (basophillic inclusions in feather follicles), PCR assays, cell culture
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Clinical signs and histology (basophillic inclusions in feather follicles), bacterial culture
Questão 64
Questão
How can Psittacine beak and feather disease be controlled/prevented?
Responda
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Strict hygiene and quarantine protocols needed to keep infection out of breeding aviaries
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There is only an experimental vaccine
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Vaccination
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Hard to eradicate when in the environment
Questão 65
Questão
What are the general features of porcine circovirus?
Responda
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Widespread in most pig populations
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6 week old pigs present with weight loss, enlarged lymph nodes and dyspnoea
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Progressive wasting disease
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Causes a variety of clinical disease syndromes: Post‐weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome is most important
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Causes infertility and abortions
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Endemic only to Asia
Questão 66
Questão
What are the general features of Chicken Anaemia disease?
Responda
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Horizontal transmission by direct contact and contaminated fomites
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Vertical transmission (into eggs)
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2‐3 weeks of age: anorectic, anaemic, bone marrow aplasia, atrophy of thymus, bursa and spleen
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Virus shed in faeces and feather dander
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Virus shed in oronasal discharge
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Young birds develop aplastic anaemia and generalised lymphoid atrophy
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Only affects chickens
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Affects all species of poultry