Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Memorizing The Phonebook: Diseases And Names

Glasser's dz= Haemophilus parasuis gm neg bacillus, facultative anaerobe
Fowl cholera= Pasteurella multocida sp gallicida gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Sleepy foal dz= Navel ill= Actinobacillus equuli gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic)= Yersinia pestis, gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Tularemia= Francisella tularensis, gm neg bacillus, aerobic
Glanders= Burkholderia mallei, gm neg bacillus, aerobic
Fowl spirochetosis= Borrelia anserina
Lyme dz= Borrelia burgdorferi, gm neg spirochete microaerophilic
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever= Rickettsia rickettsi, gm neg coccobacillus
Q Fever (stands for Query Fever since etiologic agent was unknown)= gm neg obl intracellular coccobacillus
African Heartwater Disease= Ehrlichia ruminatum, stains gm neg
Salmon Poisoning Disease= Salmon poisoning= Neorickettsia helminthoeca
Potomoc Horse Fever= Neorickettsia risticii, stains gm neg
Anthrax= Bacillus anthracis, gm pos strict aerobic spore forming bacillus
Avian Leukosis, simple retrovirus two copies single stranded genome
Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis (Jaagsiekta), simple retrovirus two copies single stranded genome
Feline Leukemia virus, simple retrovirus (number one cause of death by infectious agent in cats)
Feline Sarcoma virus (FeSV), simple retrovirus
Bovine Leukemia Virus, simple retrovirus-- lymphocytosis, Bovine Sarcoma Virus may arise
Equine viral arteritis
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
Lactate Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus
Simian Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Cowpox Virus
Lumpy Skin Dz Of Cattle
Ovine Range Fever (ORF)
Bovine Papular Stomatitis
Swine Pox
Myxomatosis Of Rabbits
Ectromelia
Goat And Sheep Pox
Fowlpox
African Swine Fever

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