Infectious Livestock Diseases

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1. To start with the basics, which of these can cause disease in livestock? All of these can cause disease Fungi Bacteria Viruses

2. Screwworm is a disease caused by screwworm flies depositing their eggs in the open wounds of animals. What method was used to eradicate screwworm in several countries in North and South America? Releasing sterile male flies An education campaign for people to check and treat their livestock Setting sticky traps throughout infected areas Preventative antibiotics

3. H5N1 Virus is better known as what? Rinderpest West Nile virus Avian influenza Camelpox

4. In 2001, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease led to the slaughter of over 6 million animals in what country? Mexico Britain Saudi Arabia Australia

5. In the United States, infectious disease outbreaks must be reported to what individual or organization? The State Veterinarian The Department of Homeland Security The Department of Fish and Wildlife All of these

6. Ovine catarrhal fever is a viral disease that primarily affects sheep. What is its more common name, which reflects one of its possible symptoms? Redeye Pinktooth Brownnose Bluetongue

7. What is an important step that governments in poorer countries can do to help contain outbreaks of contagious livestock disease? Pay compensation to people whose animals have to be destroyed due to outbreak Have rigid inspection programs of all farms Initiate programs of preventative antibiotics Institute severe penalties for people who do not report diseases

8. Hog cholera, also known as classical swine fever, is a viral disease spread between pigs through blood, saliva, and other secretions. How are infected animals usually dealt with? Repeated drenching (oral dosing) with fluids high in electrolytes Treatment with antibiotics Slaughter and destruction of the carcasses Isolation until the disease has run its course

9. The Leptospira interrogans bacteria can infect many species, including humans. What disease does it cause? Interrosis Tularemia Myxamitosis Leptospirosis

10. No quiz on foreign animal disease would be complete without a question on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or “mad cow disease”. With BSE, the cause of illness is accumulations of misfolded proteins in the central nervous system. What are these proteins known as? Complement proteins Prions Neurofibrillary tangles Calculi