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Powassan Virus - ANSWER-Ticks: Ixodes scapularis
(blacklegged or deer tick), Ixodes cookei. Encephalitis and
meningitis
EHD (Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease) - ANSWER-
Orbivirus (related to blue tongue). They are spread by
biting midges in the genus Culicoides. White tailed deer.
Sores/ulcers of the mouth-salivation. Small blood vessels
(hemorrhage). Cattle
,Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)-Swamp fever - ANSWER-
equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV)-lentivirus: RNA.
Dependent edema, anemia, hemorrhage, fever. Biting
insects, such as horseflies and deerflies; people. Coggins
and AGID
African Horse Sickness - ANSWER-Orbivirus; spread by
Culcoides. 70-95% fatality. Resp problems; stand with
neck extended and legs apart. Supraorbital edema.
Necropsy-froth in nostrils and severe pulmonary edema.
ELISA
African Swine Fever - ANSWER-DNA virus. Ddx-hog
cholera. Wart hog-soft tick (Ornithodoros)-swine then pig
to pig. OIE list A
,Avian Influenza (HPAI H5 or H7) - ANSWER-Antigenic
drift-point mutations; reassortment between 2 strains.
Antigenic shift-abrupt change; genetic reassortment
between 2 types; transfer of virus to nwe species; re-
emergence
Bluetongue - ANSWER-Reoviridae, Orbivirus. All
ruminants, esp sheep. Cattle are reservoir. Culicoides
(biting midges). Mucous membranes of mouth and nose &
coronary band of foot. ELISA, AGID
Borna Disease - ANSWER-Equine meningoencephalitis.
Zoonotic(?), link to schizoprenia(?). DDx for any neuro dz
in equine
, Buruli Ulcer - ANSWER-Mycobacterium ulcerans. Bodies
of water.
Campylobacteriosis (Vibriosis) - ANSWER-C. jejuni, coli,
fetus fetus. From poultry. 2-5 d incubation. Guillane Barre
possible sequela
Capnocytophaga canimorsus - ANSWER-Normal flora
dogs and cats. Bite wound in immunocompromised-
septicemia with DIC and perpheral gangrene
Cat Scratch (Oroya Fever?) - ANSWER-Bartonella
henselae. G-pleomorphic rod. Flea feces to cat.