Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis resevoir |
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Definition
| skin and MM of sheep and goats |
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis disease |
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Definition
| Caseous lymphadenitis (sheep & goats), Ulcerative lymphangitis (horses & mules, called Dryland distemper and Pigeon fever in horses |
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis species affected |
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Definition
| sheep, goats, horses, and mules |
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection method |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis pathology |
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Definition
| bacteria spread to lymph nodes through lymphatic system, lymph nodes abscess in sheep and goats, have an onion ring appearance. abscess anywhere on horses, can cause lameness, abscesses hace caseous pus |
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis treatment |
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Definition
| surgical excision of nodes, open abscesses, culling |
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Term
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis prevention |
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Definition
| bacterin, sanitary procedures, clean puncture wounds, control flies |
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale characteristic |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale reservoir |
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Definition
| reproductive tract of males |
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale disease |
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Definition
| Bovine pyelonephriris and cystitis in cattle, Bacterial balanopothitis and vulvulitis (pizzle rot) in sheep |
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale species affected |
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Definition
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale infection method |
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Definition
| infected urine and venereal |
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale pathology |
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Definition
| pyogenic infection of urinary tract, hemorrhagic necrosis and ulceration of MM, bloody purulent urine in cattle. seen with high protein diet, blood pH changes, scalding skin and MM of genitalia in sheep. |
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Term
| Corynebacterium renale treatment |
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Definition
| topical antibiotics for sheep, none for cattle if kidney damage is severe |
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes bacterial characteristics |
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Definition
| motile, ubiquitous, resistant to drying, replicates at refrigerator temperatures, can survive for months |
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes reservoir |
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Definition
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes disease |
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Definition
| Listeriosis. Circling disease in ruminants |
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes species affected |
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Definition
| humans, ruminants, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, rare in dogs |
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes infection method |
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Definition
| ingestion of contaminated food |
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Term
| Listeria monocytogenes pathology |
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Definition
| monogastric animals (dogs, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs) causes widely spread abscesses on internal organs. Ruminants (cattle and sheep) meningitis, unilateral ataxia, usually fatal, abortions. Humans common cause of food poisoning, flu-like symptoms, can affect CNS in immunocompromised people |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae characteristics |
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Definition
| small GPROD resistant to drying, can survive after boiling for 2 hours |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae reservoir |
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Definition
| normal flora in mouth and throat of swine, fish slime |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae disease |
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Definition
| Pigs: swine erysipelas (skin form(diamond skin disease), acute form (septicemia), cardiac form (endocarditis), and arthritic form), Humans: fish handlers disease, Fowl: septicemia, endocarditis, Marine mammals and fish: skin lesions, septicemia |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae reservoir |
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Definition
| normal flora in mouth and throat of swine, fish slime |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae species affected |
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Definition
| swine, fowl, fish, marine mammals, humans |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae pathology |
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Definition
Swine: four varieties, depends on age, Fowl: cyanotic snood, high mortality, Marine mammals and fish: often fatal
Humans: localized infection, enters through broken skin |
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae prevention |
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Definition
| bacterin for swine and marine mammals, humans clean wounds |
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes reservoir |
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Definition
| MM of nasopharynx and tonsils of cattle |
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes species affected |
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Definition
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes infection method |
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Definition
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes pathology |
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Definition
| pyogenic incections, mastitis, pneumonia, umbilical infections, produces large abscesses with thick capsules |
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes treatment |
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Definition
| drain abscesses, antibiotics |
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Term
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes prevention |
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi reservoir |
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Definition
| soil, manure, intestinal tract of horses |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi species affected |
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi infection method |
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Definition
| direct contact with soil or inhalation of contaminated soil, manure, or infectious secretions |
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi pathology |
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Definition
| abscessing pneumonia, fever, anorexia, dyspnea, ausculate loud, moist rales and crackling, guarded prognosis |
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi diagnosis |
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Rhodococcus equi prevention |
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Definition
| good husbandry, colostrum |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis characteristics |
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Definition
| aerobic, endospore, exotoxin, obligate pathogen |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis reservoir |
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Definition
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis disease |
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Definition
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis species affected |
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Definition
| cattle and sheep. also horses, pigs, dogs, cats, and people |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis infection method |
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Definition
| inhalation, ingestion, skin penetration |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis pathology |
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Definition
| exotoxin, causes blood vessel damage, tissue death, fever, edema, convulsions, coma, lack rigor mortis. Cutaneous: common, least dangerous. Pulmonary: anthrax pneumonia 99% fatal. GI: V/D, common in dogs and cats, rare form |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis diagnosis |
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Definition
| reportable disease, gram stain blood, tissue culture, no necropsy |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis prevention |
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Definition
| quarantine for 3 weeks following last case, disinfect |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum characteristics |
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Definition
| endospores, produces exotoxin |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum reservoir |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum disease |
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Definition
| botulism, limberneck in ducks, shaker foal in horses |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum species affected |
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Definition
| humans, birds, reptiles, waterfowl, aquatic turtles, many mammals (not cats) |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum infection method |
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Definition
| anaerobic food source, ingestion of exotoxin |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum pathology |
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Definition
| exotoxin is neurotoxin, works at neuromuscular junction, prevents the release of acetylcholine, causes paralysis |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum diagnosis |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum treatment |
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Definition
| 90-95% mortality in animals, ruminal lavage, supportive care, antitoxin |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum prevention |
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Definition
| don't feed honey to children <1 year, sterilize canning jars, cook at 100 degrees C for 10 min, good husbandry |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium tetani characteristics |
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Definition
| anaerobic, exotoxin, endospore |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani reservoir |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium tetani disease |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium tetani species affected |
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Definition
| human, horses, ruminants, swine, carnivores, poultry |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani infection method |
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Definition
| spore gets into deep puncture wound |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani pathology |
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Definition
| neurotoxin works on CNS, affects inhibitory neurons |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium tetani prevention |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens characteristics |
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Definition
| anaerobic, endospores, 12 different exotoxins |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens reservoir |
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Definition
| normal flora of intestinal tract of some ruminants |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens disease |
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Definition
| clostridial enterotoxemia |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens species affected |
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Definition
| humans, dogs, cats, young large animals |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens infection method |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens pathology |
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Definition
| "Overeater's disease" hemorrhagic enteritis, systemic toxemia, don't usually show signs until too late, severe diarrhea |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens diagnosis |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens treatment |
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Definition
| C&D antitoxin, antibiotic |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens prevention |
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Definition
| bacterin/toxoid, prevent exposure |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum gram stain |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium septicum shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium septicum characteristic |
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Definition
| anaerobic, endospore, exotoxin |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum reservoir |
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Definition
| normal flora of intestine and soil |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum disease |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium septicum species affected |
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Definition
| cattle, sheep, horses, pigs |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum infection method |
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Definition
| endospores get into a wound |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum pathology |
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Definition
| histotoxic clostridia, exotoxin causes tissue necrosis and edema, causes "gas gangrene" systemic toxemia, high fatality |
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Term
| Clostridium septicum diagnosis |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium septicum treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium septicum prevention |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei characteristic |
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Definition
| anaerobic, endospore, exotoxin, common in areas with liver flukes |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei reservoir |
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Definition
| spores in the environment |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei disease |
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Definition
| black disease (infectious necrotic hepatitis) |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei species affected |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei infection method |
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Definition
| spores are ingested, enters a wound |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei pathology |
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Definition
| bacteria grow in anaerobic damaged liver, exotoxin causes liver necrosis, systemic toxemia, highly fatal |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei diagnosis |
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Definition
| culture liver on necropsy |
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium chauvoei prevention |
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Definition
| bacterin/toxoid, prevent flukes |
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum gram reaction |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum shape |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum characteristics |
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Definition
| anaerobic, endospore, hemolytic exotoxin, common in areas with liver flukes |
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum reservoir |
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Definition
| normal flora of intestine |
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum disease name |
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Definition
| bacillary hemoglobinuria(red water disease) |
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum species affected |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum infection method |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum pathology |
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Definition
| pre-existing liver damage, exotoxin causes hemolysis of RBCs, dark red urine, anemia, high fever, highly fatal |
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum treatment |
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Definition
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Term
| Clostridium haemolyticum prevention |
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Definition
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