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Term that refers to disease endemic to a population of animals |
enzootic |
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What do anthrax, tetanus and gas gangrene have in common? |
soilborne gram positive endospores |
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Gram positive bacteria that causes anthrax? |
Bacillus Anthracis |
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Gram positive bacteria that causes tetanus |
Clostridium Tetani |
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Gram positive bacteria that causes gas gangrene? |
Clostridium Perfringens |
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True or false: Leptospirosis is caused by a bacteria from the soil? |
True. Leptospira Interrogans (question mark shaped spirochete) NEGATIVE |
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Three types of human anthrax? |
Inhalation (worst) Cutaneous Intestinal (least) |
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What disease has the nickname Woolsorter's disease? |
Anthrax |
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How is tetanus transmitted? |
Bacteria enter wounded skin. |
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What is the name of the toxin produced by C. Tetani? |
Tetanospasmin |
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HOw is tetanus treated? |
Antibiotic and antitoxin |
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How can you prevent tetanus? |
TDaP or DTaP vaccine |
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How do you treat gas gangrene? |
hyperbaric oxygen chamber debridement (cut away tissue) Antibiotic |
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Why does the tissue turn black in color when gas gangrene is present? |
Lack of oxygen to tissue; tissue death |
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What organism causes leptospirosis |
Leptospira Interrogans |
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Which disease causes Weil Syndrome (jaundice)? |
Leptospirosis |
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What do the following disease have in common? Plague, Tularemia, Rickettsiae, Typhoid Fever |
Gram Negative; transmitted through arthropods |
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What disease is sometimes referred to as Rabbit Fever? |
Tularemia |
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What organism causes tularemia |
Francisella Tularensis (Francis the tula rula rabbit) |
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Which ricksettsiae causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? |
Rickettsia Rickettsi |
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Which ricksettsiae causes Typhus Fever and/or epidemic Typhus? |
Ricketssi Prowazekii |
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What organism causes Lyme Disease? |
Borrelia Burgdorferi |
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What is the vector for the plague? |
Fleas |
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What organism causes plague |
Yersinia Pestis (yer see n pests) |
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What is the special stain we see when plague is present? |
Lymphatic bipolar stain |
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How is plague treated? |
A pencillin type antibiotic such as doxy or streptomycin |
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What are the three forms of plague? |
Bubonic - lymph nodes Septicemic - blood Pneumonic - respiratory |
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True or false: Plague still exists and is found among praire dogs. |
True. It's call sylvantic plague |
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What is the vector for tularemia? |
tick.
You may also come into contact with contaminated meat, water or air
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T or F? The infectious dose for tularemia is large |
False, it takes an extremely small amount for an infection to occur |
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True or false: Ticks poop in your wound |
It's true and disgusting. :( |
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What is the vector for lyme disease? |
Tick |
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Which disease causes a bull's eye rash (Erythema Migrans)? |
Lyme Disease |
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If you see a bull's eye rash, has the disease spread into the nervous system? |
YES! |
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True or False, Lyme disease can cause nervous twitches and arthritis? |
True |
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True or False: Rickettsia involves tick, lice and flea vectors. |
True |
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This disease shows itself as a red spotted rash and is caused by rickettsia rickettsii |
RMSF |
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This disease is transmitted by body lice |
Epidemic Typhus |
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This disease may reoccur as a milder Brill Zinsser Disease |
Epidemic Typhus |
