Questão 1
Questão
What is the basic structure of the Paramyxoviridae?
Responda
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Enveloped, ss – sense, RNA viruses
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Non-enveloped, ss – sense, RNA viruses
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Enveloped, ss + sense, RNA viruses
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Enveloped, ds – sense, RNA viruses
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Non-nveloped, ss + sense, RNA viruses
Questão 2
Questão
What are the two major peplomers found on the envelope of Paramyxoviridae?
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Haemagglutinin and Neuraminidase protein
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Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein and Neuraminidase protein
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Hernagglutinin and Neuraminidase protein
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Haemagglutinin and Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein
Questão 3
Questão
Why is the Fusion (F) protein essential?
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Cleavage of F protein is essential for infectivity
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Cleavage of F protein is essential for entering the host cell
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Cleavage of F protein is essential for leaving the host cell
Questão 4
Questão
What are important features of Newcastle disease?
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Characterised by respiratory, gastrointestinal, circulatory and nervous signs
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Virulence varies between strains
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Important disease of poultry worldwide
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Highly contagious
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Spreads rapidly among susceptible birds
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Zoonotic
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Latent infection
Questão 5
Questão
What is the incubation period of Newcastle disease?
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~ 5 days
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~ 10 days
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~ 9 days
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~ 15 days
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~ 2 days
Questão 6
Questão
Clinical presentation of Newcastle disease relates to?
Questão 7
Questão
[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
Responda
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Velogenic
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Mesogenic
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Lentogenic
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Viscerotropic
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Neurotropic
Questão 8
Questão
What is virulence associated with in Paramyxoviridae?
Responda
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“cleavability” and activation of the F protein
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“cleavability” and activation of the Haemagglutinin protein
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“cleavability” and activation of the Neuraminidase protein
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“cleavability” and activation of the Haemagglutinin/Neuraminidase protein
Questão 9
Questão
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%)
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Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
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Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
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Mainly subclinical
Questão 10
Questão
What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Lentogenic?
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Mainly subclinical
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Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
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Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
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Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)
Questão 11
Questão
What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Mesogenic?
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Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
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Mainly subclinical
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Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
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Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)
Questão 12
Questão
What are the clinical signs of a virus that is Neurotropic velogenic?
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Mainly subclinical
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Coughing, weight loss, reduced egg production (mortality ~10% - usually young birds)
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Respiratory signs: tachypnoea, gasping, rales, oedema of head/neck. Progresses to nervous signs: tremors, paralysis, torticollis (mortality 10-20% in adults)
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Severe fatal disease with haemorrhagic intestinal lesions and bright green diarrhoea (mortality 90-100%)
Questão 13
Questão
Where does Newcastle disease replicate?
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Virus replication in epithelia of respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts
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Secondary viraemia - infection of lung, intestine, CNS
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Haematogenous spread - spleen and bone marrow (viraemia)
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Arthropod vector transmission replicates at localised site initially
Questão 14
Questão
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…
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Wild birds may act as reservoir – mutation at cleavage
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Virus is excreted in faeces, from respiratory tract and survives in environment and in carcasses for weeks
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Transmission by inhalation of aerosols or ingestion of contaminated food or water
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Transmission by arthropods (mosquitos)
Questão 15
Questão
How might you control Newcastles disease?
Questão 16
Questão
When was Rinderpest eradicated?
Questão 17
Questão
What is Rinderpest characterised by?
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Pyrexia, inflammation and necrosis of the mucous membranes
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Diarrhoea and fever
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Abortion and reproductive failure
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Neurological symptoms (encephalitis)
Questão 18
Responda
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High morbidity and high mortality
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High morbidity and low mortality
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Low morbidity and high mortality
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Low morbidity and low mortality
Questão 19
Questão
How long is the incubation period of Rinderpest?
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3 – 5 days
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6 – 9 days
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1 – 2 days
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1 – 4 days
Questão 20
Questão
What are the clinical signs of Rinderpest?
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Mucopurulent nasal and ocular discharge
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Necrotic foci (ulcers and erosions)
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Profuse haemorrhagic diarrhoea
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Dehydration, wasting and secondary infection
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Abortion and reproductive failure
Questão 21
Questão
How long until death occurs in an animal infected with Rinderpest?
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Within 12 days
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Within 2 days
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Within 5 days
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Within 9 days
Questão 22
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of Rinderpest?
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Leucopaenia due to destruction/necrosis of lymphoid tissue
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Transmission by inhalation
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Viraemia: spread of virus to other lymphoid tissue and mucosae of respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts
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Replication in tonsils and local URT lymph nodes
Questão 23
Questão
What is the epidemiology of Rinderpest?
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One serotype, but different strains recognised
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No carrier state (young animals affected in endemic areas)
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Virus is labile in environment
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Infection requires close contact
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Shedding before obvious clinical signs
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Virus shed in faeces, urine, respiratory secretions etc
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Can survive in the environment for weeks
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Carrier states exist
Questão 24
Questão
How was Rinderpest eradicated?
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Vaccination: attenuated vaccine (eradication planned by 2010, achieved 2011)
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Lasting immunity to vaccine, no carriers, no animal reservoir, good
diagnostic tests
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Quarantine
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Rinderpest spreads slowly
Questão 25
Questão
What other disease does the Rinderpest vaccine control?
Responda
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Pest de Petit Ruminants
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Newcastles disease
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Bovine vascular disease
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Canine Distemper
Questão 26
Questão
Outline the epidemiology of Canine Distemper?
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Virus shed in expired air, faeces, urine, other secretions
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Requires direct contact or close aerosol transmission
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Virus is labile in environment
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Outbreaks recorded in dogs, foxes, skunks, racoons, ferrets and lions
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Higjly contagious
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Urban dogs: infection spreads rapidly among young dogs as maternal antibody wanes (3-6months)
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Rural dogs: lower population pressure, more susceptible, unvaccinated dogs. Outbreaks in dogs of varying ages
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Urban dogs: lower population pressure, more susceptible, unvaccinated dogs. Outbreaks in dogs of varying ages
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Rural dogs: infection spreads rapidly among young dogs as maternal antibody wanes (3-6months)
Questão 27
Questão
How long is the incubation period of Canine Distemper?
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3- 6 days
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5- 9 days
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1- 2 days
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9- 10 days
Questão 28
Questão
What is true of the clinical signs of Canine Distemper?
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Hyperkeratosis of nose and footpads
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Skin rash and pustules may develop
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Variable duration and severity of illness
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Biphasic pyrexia: Second peak = onset of oculonasal discharge, pharyngitis, tonsillar enlargement
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Old dog encephalitis: persistence in brain, motor and behavioural deterioration, invariably fatal
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Acute disease is followed by recovery and life-long immunity, or progresses to CNS disease
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Neurological signs include myoclonic contractions,
ataxia, paresis, seizures and death-- Grave prognosis for dogs with neurological signs
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Animals develop cough, vomiting, diarrhoea
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Usually asymptomatic
Questão 29
Questão
What is the pathogenesis of Canine Distemper?
Questão 30
Questão
How is Canine Distemper controlled?
Questão 31
Questão
What is the reservoir for Hendra virus?
Questão 32
Questão
In what year was the initial Hendra outbreak?
Questão 33
Questão
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
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Liver necrosis
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Diarrhoea
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Encephalitis
Questão 34
Questão
What virus is closely related to Hendra virus?
Responda
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Nipah virus
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African Horse Sickness
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Japanese Encephalitis
Questão 35
Questão
What is the basic structure of Orthomyxoviridae?
Responda
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Enveloped, segmented, ss, - sense RNA
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Non-enveloped, segmented, ss, - sense RNA
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Non-enveloped, segmented, ds, - sense RNA
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Enveloped, segmented, ss, + sense RNA
Questão 36
Questão
Which of the below are genera of Orthomyxoviridae?
Responda
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Orbivirus
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Thogotovirus
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Quaranjavirus
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Isavirus
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Influenzavirus B
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Influenzavirus A
Questão 37
Questão
Which genera of Orthomyxoviridae ismainly responsible for epidemics and pandemics in the susceptible populations?
Responda
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Orbivirus
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Influenzavirus B
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Thogotovirus
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Quaranjavirus
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Isavirus
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Influenzavirus A
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Influenzavirus C
Questão 38
Questão
Orthomyxoviridae are labile in the environment, sensitive to high temperatures and acid pH
Questão 39
Questão
How many subtypes of inflenza A are there?
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17 HA subtypes and 9 NA subtypes
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7 HA subtypes and 5 NA subtypes
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17 HA subtypes and 4 NA subtypes
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9 HA subtypes and 17 NA subtypes
Questão 40
Questão
What subtypes of influenza A commonly infect swine?
Questão 41
Questão
What subtype of influenza A is associated with Equine influenza currently?
Questão 42
Questão
How long does it take influenza A virus to spread through the respiratory tract?
Responda
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1-3 days
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5-7 days
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7-9 days
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4-5 days
Questão 43
Questão
What clinical signs are often associated with influenza A?
Questão 44
Questão
How many times has equine influenza been found in Australia?
Questão 45
Questão
How long does it take a horse with equine influenza to recover?
Responda
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2-3 weeks for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 6 months in the
most severe cases
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2-3 months for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 6 months in the
most severe cases
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2-3 weeks for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 3 months in the
most severe cases
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2-3 months for well-rested, mildly affected horses and up to 9 months in the
most severe cases
Questão 46
Questão
What is the difference between Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) and High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI)
Responda
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Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 3-15% iin LPAI
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Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 40% iin LPAI
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Mortality rates in HPAI are nearly 100% compared to 30-50% iin LPAI
Questão 47
Questão
What is the function of HA (haemagglutin)?
Responda
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Attachment, Fusion and Antigenicity
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Attachment, Fusion and Disattachment
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Attachment, Fusion and Exclusion
Questão 48
Questão
What is the function of Neuraminidase?
Responda
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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
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Attachment of the virion to the host cell
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Breakdown of the host cell so that the new virions can leave
Questão 49
Questão
[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.
Responda
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Antigenic DRIFT
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Antigenic SHIFT
Questão 50
Questão
What is the basic structure of Picornaviridae?
Responda
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ss + sense RNA
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Enveloped, Icosahedral ss + sense RNA
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ds - sense RNA
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Non-enveloped, Icosahedral ss - sense RNA
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Enveloped, Icosahedral ss - sense RNA
Questão 51
Questão
Which of the below genera of Picornaviridae are of veterinary importance?
Responda
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Hepatovirus
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Rhinovirus
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Enterovirus
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Cardiovirus
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Erbovirus
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Aphthovirus
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Parechovirus
Questão 52
Questão
Which disease of economic importance is found within the genera Aphthovirus (family Picornaviridae)?
Questão 53
Questão
What is the biggest disadvantage of FMD?
Questão 54
Questão
What are the main features of FMD?
Questão 55
Questão
Why is FMD such an issue in dairy cattle?
Questão 56
Questão
How long is the FMD incubation?
Responda
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2 – 8 days
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1 – 2 days
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9 – 12 days
Questão 57
Questão
What species of animal does FMD infect?
Questão 58
Questão
What clinical symptoms are associated with FMD?
Responda
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Fever, inappetence, depression
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Vesicles on tongue and oral mucosa-->Excessive salivation
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Reduced milk production
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Vesicles in interdigital region and coronary bands
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Vesicles on teats, nasal mucosa, muzzle
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Ulceration (ruptured vesicles)
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Myocarditis which result in sudden death in young piglets and calves
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Pulmonary oedema
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Reproductive failure
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Abortions
Questão 59
Questão
What is the main route of infection for FMD?
Responda
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Via the respiratory tract- Inhalation of aerosolised droplets
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Via the skin (broken or damaged skin, direct contact)
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Venereal transmission
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Vector transmission
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Faecal-oral route
Questão 60
Questão
Where does FMD virus replication occur?
Questão 61
Questão
Which is the amplifier host for FMD infection?
Responda
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Birds
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Cattle
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Sheep
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Goats
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Horses
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Pigs
Questão 62
Questão
What is important in the epidemics of FMD?
Responda
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Virus excretion ceases 4-6 days after vesicle appearance (when circulating antibodies develop)
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Virus shed longer from hoof vesicles than oral
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Virus shed in milk (23 days) and semen (56 days)
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Vaccinated animals are protected, but can become carriers
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80% of ruminants become persistently infected (pharyngeal and upper oesophageal tissues)
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Latent infection can occur
Questão 63
Questão
How many serotypes of FMD are there?
Questão 64
Questão
What are outbreaks of FMD associated with?
Responda
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Oral infection of pigs (swill feeding)
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Aerosol spread to a susceptible population (10km over land and 250km over water)
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Direct contact with sub-clinical / carrier animals or contaminated material
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Changes in climate/weather causing an increase in athropods
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Mutation of the virus
Questão 65
Questão
Where can FMD remain infective?
Responda
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FMDV is acid labile (pH < 4 or > 11)
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Virus can remain infective in uncooked, salted meats, improperly fermented salami, cheese etc
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Virus can remain infective in faeces, urine and soil
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Virus can remain infective on fomites for several weeks
Questão 66
Questão
FMD is clinically indistinguishable from other vesicular diseases of livestock
Questão 67
Questão
How is FMD controlled in FMD endemic countries?
Responda
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Eradication campaign with blanket vaccination
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Ring vaccination, +/- slaughter, blanket vaccination
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Serological test & slaughter (positive and in contact animals)
Questão 68
Questão
How is FMD controlled in FMD free countries if an outbreak were to occur?
Responda
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Serological test & slaughter (positive and in contact animals)
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Ring vaccination, +/- slaughter, blanket vaccination
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Eradication campaign with blanket vaccination
Questão 69
Questão
Which of the below are clinically indistinguishable from FMD?
Questão 70
Questão
Equine rhinitis A virus is?
Responda
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An upper respiratory tract disease in horses
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A reproductive disease in horses
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A GIT disease in horses
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A lower respiratory tract disease in horses
Questão 71
Questão
Encephalomyocarditis virus is a disease of what species?
Responda
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Swine
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Cattle
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Horses
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Sheep
Questão 72
Questão
Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) is an important exotic disease of pigs causing?
Responda
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Fever, depression, anorexia followed by tremors and ataxia, the hind limbs show neurological
signs first, progressing to paralysis, convulsions, coma and death
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Odd behaviour (tongue lolling, salivation, head bobbing) which returns to normal when the virus is cleared
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Pulmonary and myocardial oedema
Questão 73
Questão
How long can Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) survive in the environment?
Responda
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4 weeks
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3 days
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6 months
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2 weeks
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4 months
Questão 74
Questão
Porcine encephalomyelitis (Porcine enterovirus 1) is highly contagious, how is it transmitted?