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Taenia solium

Taenia solium

What disease agent is characterized by lesions described as pearly pork?

The incubation period is typically 5-10 days longer than the latent period.. which means the animal is communicable before becoming ill.

Regarding the latent period and the incubation period of canine rabies, which of these periods is longer?

No, it is considered endemic

Is Swine Influenza a reportable disease in the United States?

More than 200 deaths per month

What was the estimated mortality rate of human rabies in China?

Coronavirus which is not zoonotic

What is the causative organism of Feline Infectious Peritonitis and what is its zoonotic potential to humans?

Rabies Immune Globulin (RIG) and 4 doses of Rabies Vaccine (RV)

A previously unvaccinated person experiences a confirmed rabies exposure. In addition to local wound treatments, what is the correct post-exposure rabies prophylaxis?

No treatment for the cat and keep the cats and environment as flea-free as possible (because remember in absence of fleas, cat scratch disease will not transmit between cats and treatment doesn't make any difference)

One of your clients brings her 3yo female cat because her 11yo son was recently diagnosed with Cat Scratch Disease. What should you tell her regarding treatment for the cat and prevention for her other cats?

Raccoon variant

What is the predominant rabies virus variant along the entire eastern region of the United States?

Prions do not contain nucleic acids that are target of standard disinfectants

Why are prions so difficult to destroy by standard biosafety procedures against viruses and bacteria?

Inhaling dust containing dried bird droppings or respiratory secretions from infected birds

What is the most common route of transmission to humans for Psittacosis?

Midwest and Appalachia

In the United States, where are the majority of human RMSF cases reported?

Ingestion of contaminated food and/or water

Toxoplasma gondii is commonly associated with cats and litter boxes. What is the most common transmission pathway to humans?

Screwworm

What mammalian disease can be caused by either Cochliomyia hominivorax or Chrysomya bezziana?

2 does of rabies vaccines (RV)

A previously vaccinated person experiences a confirmed rabies exposure. In addition to local wound treatment, what is the correct post-exposure prophylaxis?

Zoonotic

What term best describes a disease that is passed from animals to people?

Leptospirosis

What zoonotic disease is most commonly contracted by humans in North America as a result of recreational activities involving water?

Exotic Newcastle Disease

What is the poultry disease where the velogenic strain is very hardy in the environment and approaches 100% mortality?

Only humans

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is manifested by a delayed hypersensitivity to certain meat products. What species is/are most affected by AGS?

Bacterium and most cases are a result of contaminated food products

What type of organism causes Salmonellosis and what is the most common source of human infection?

Prion

What type of organism is the causative agent for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)?

Infection and vaccination

What are the two most common ways that Active Immunity is stimulated?

Economic impact

What is the primary impact terrorists attempt to achieve with animal directed agroterrorism?

80% of the canines may be clinically affected, but none of the humans

There is an outbreak of canine influenza in a large dog shelter. Compare/contrast the expected morbidity among susceptible dogs and humans.

The Plague (not mentioned but on the fact sheep it says pneumonic form is most deadly)

What is the common name and most pathogenic form of the disease caused y Yersinia pestis?

Schistosomiasis

What parasitic disease is common in many regions of the world and is frequently transmitted to humans in slow moving bodies of fresh water?

It is a surgical instrument used during small animal spays to locate and exteriorize each horn of the uterus

What is a snook hook?

Bite from an Amblyomma tick and that golfer is likely done with hot dogs

A golfer with a high handicap suddenly develops a life-threatening hypersensitivity to red meat products. Assuming this is Alpha-gal syndrome, what significant event triggered AGS and how long will it be until that golfer can have another hot dog?

Echinococcus granulosis and is contract via fecal oral contamination with infected dogs

Cystic hydatid disease is a disease of humans. What is the causative agent and the most common route of transmission to humans?

It is likely that one or more of them is infected with this difficult to treat organism

You are a small animal veterinarian and diagnose MRSA in a family's pet dog. What advice should you give to the owners?

Fungus

Histoplasmosis is moderately endemic in Appalachia. What type of pathogen is the causative organism?

Borrelia burgdorferi which is transmitted via bite of an Ixodes tick

This is the characteristic "target" lesion of Lyme disease. What is the causative agent and mode of transmission?

Bacillus anthracis or Anthrax

What biothreat agent was involved in the 2001 bioterror attack using the mail and postal service as a means of delivery?

Campylobacteriosis

What bacterial disease is one of the most common risk factors for the subsequent development of Guillain-Barre syndrome?

Avoid transfusing donor blood from cats of unknown status

As a veterinarian, what is the best way to prevent transmission of Bartonella henselae between cats?

Most infections are asymptomatic and prevention is mosquito avoidance

Regarding human cases of West Nile fever, what is the typical clinical manifestation and primary form of prevention?

Pasteurella multocida contracted from dog and cat bites

What is the causative agent and most common source of infection for human pasteurellosis?

Rodents are SNV reservoirs and the disease is found mainly in the western USA

What is the reservoir species for Sin Nombre virus and where is SNV hantavirus disease most commonly found in USA?

Raccoons and usually asymptomatic

What is the definitive host of Baylisascariasis and what are the typical symptoms in that species?

Immediate tick removal

What is the most effective treatment for Tick Paralysis?

Virus which can cause flu like symptoms in humans

Regarding vascular stomatitis, what type of pathogen is the causative organism and identify whether it is zoonotic to humans?

Listeria monocytogenes

Which foodborne pathogen can cause neurologic disease in livestock?

Valley fever is not directly transmissible to humans from animals. However, because they were likely exposed to the same fungus, they should seek medical care if they experience symptoms

You diagnose coccidiodomycosis (Valley Fever) in a dog with recent travel to SW USA. What should your advice be to the client regarding the zoonotic potential to them and their family?

Q Fever, transmitted by aerosolized bacteria on farms (remember, very low infective dose)

What is the common disease name and primary mode of zoonotic transmission of Coxiella burnetii?

Comprehensive travel history

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) can be difficult to diagnose in an animal. As a veterinarian, what information or diagnostic procedure would you like to make the diagnosis easier?

Most infestations are asymptomatic. Most commonly transmitted from domestic dogs and cats

Toxocara spp. eggs in a domestic animal. In a human, what would be the typical signs/symptoms and from what species would most likely be the source?

Ingesting contaminated material (feed, aborted fetal tissue, vaginal discharge and artificial insemination)

Brucellosis in cattle is highly contagious. What is the primary mode of transmission among cattle?

Ringworm

You are presented with an outdoor dog with alopecic, pruritic lesions on its pads and axillary regions? What disease might be high on your differential list?

Screwworm myiasis

You practice in South Florida and are presented with a newborn foal with a persistent lesion around the umbilicus. Microscopically, you see fly larvae in the discharge fluid. What disease is #1 on your list of differentials?

Close contact with infected pigs

What is the primary zoonotic transmission mode for Nipah virus?

Bubonic Plague (Yerisina pestis)

What would be the 1st differential diagnosis in a human with sudden onset fever, ILI and one or more swollen, painful lymph nodes which was transmitted by the bite of an infected flea from a rodent?

NONE : not zoonotic

What are the typical signs/symptoms of classical swine fever in humans?

Cherokee Nation

What was the predominant Native American Tribe in the Appalachian region?