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Manning, P. J., D. H. Ringler, and C. E. Newcomer, eds. 1994. The biology of the
laboratory rabbit, 2nd ed. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Chapter 8 - Bacterial Diseases, pp. 129-162
QUESTIONS
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What is the most common bacterial pathogen of the laboratory rabbit?
a. Bordatella bronchiseptica
b. Pasteurella multocida
c. Clostridium spiroforme
d. Bacillus piliformis
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What is the most common clinical manifestation of Pasteurellosis in rabbits?
a. pneumonia
b. otitis media
c. rhinitis
d. abscesses
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What percentage of rabbits harboring Pasteurella in their nares show no clinical
signs of rhinitis?
a. 10 %
b. 20 %
c. 50%
d. 80%
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What is the “ common name “ for Rhinitis caused by Pasteurella?
a. sniffles
b. snuffles
c. Tyzzers disease
d. Schmorl’s disease
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Pasteurella grows well on what kind of agar?
a. blood agar
b. MacConkeys’s agar
c. XLD agar
d. Agar-agar
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The indirect hemagglutination assay ( IHA) for Pasteurella multocida identifies ?
number of serotypes ?
a. 16
b. 4
c. 7
d. 5
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Which bacteria in rabbits can cause a clinical sign of epiphora ?
a. Bordatella bronchiseptica
b. Pasteurella multocida
c. Clostridium spiroforme
d. Bacillus piliformis
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True or False: Pasteurellosis can be spread venereally?
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True or False: At the present time there is no commercially available vaccine for
Pasteurellosis ?
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True or False; There are no serologic tests for Pasteurella ?
The antibiotic of choice to treat Pasteurella infections in rabbits is?
a. Gentamycin
b. Tetracycline
c. Penicillin
d. Trimethoprim-Sulfadiazine
True or False Virulence of a specific isolate of Pasteurella is dependent upon the
plasmid it carries?
Enterotoxemia in rabbits is caused by?
a. Clostridium difficile
b. Clostridium perfringens Type E
c. Clostridium spiroforme
d. Clostridium cuniculi
The etiologic agent that causes Enterotoxemia is normally present in the rabbit
intestine? T/F
In which animal was Tyzzers disease first identified in 1917?
a. BALB/c mouse
b. Japanese waltzing mice
c. New Zealand White rabbit
d. Watanabe rabbit
True or False Bacillus piliformis grows readily on most microbiological media?
Which of the following stains will NOT stain Bacillus piliformis?
a. Warthin-Starry stain
b. Periodic acid-Schiff
c. Giemsa
d. Tyzzer’s stain
E.coli is recognized as a primary pathogen in rabbits? T/F
Which enteropathogenic strain of E.coli is most common in the U. S.?
a. O15:H
b. 028:H2
c. 0103:H2
d. 0132:H2
What are the two ages when rabbits commonly get colibacillosis?
a. 1-2 weeks and 6-8 weeks
b. 2-4 weeks and adult
c. 1-2 weeks and 4-6 weeks
d. 1-2 weeks and adult
Histological findings of colibacillosis in rabbits includes all but….
a. atrophy and fusion of villi in the intestine
b. epithelial cells are flattened and disorganized, and ulcers may be present
c. infiltration of the lamina propria by PMN leukocytes and submucosal edema
d. perivascular cuffing
True or False : Salmonella bacteria are lactose fermenters.?
True or False: Rabbits can be carriers of Salmonella?
Salmonella can be grown on all of the following agar except….?
a. SS agar
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b. brilliant green agar
c. Hektoen agar
d. PEA agar
Salmonella is considered a zoonotic bacteria ? T/F
Pathogenic Staph can be distinguished from non pathogenic Staph by what test?
a. catalase test
b. coagulase test
c. coagulum test
d. optochin test
Staph aureus infection in rabbits is usually considered a ? infection?
a. pathogenic
b. opportunistic
c. zoonotic
d. rare
Clinical signs of Staph infection in rabbits are similar to which other rabbit
disease?
a. Salmonella
b. Pasteurella
c. Listeriosis
d. Bordetella bronchiseptica
Rabbit syphilis is caused by?
a. Treponema pallidum
b. Treponema cuniculi
c. Treponema syphilisii
d. Treponema kutcheri
True of False: A vaccine for human syphilis has been made from the agent for
rabbit syphilis?
Which inbred strain of rabbit is most sensitive to Treponema infection?
a. AC/J
b. ACEP/J
c. X/J
d. III/J
What is the antibiotic of choice to treat rabbit syphilis?
a. streptomycin
b. penicillin
c. Trimethoprim-sulfadiazine
d. Enrofloxacin
What is the most suitable screening test for rabbit syphilis?
a. VDRL
b. RPR
c. FTA-ABS
d. MHA-TP
Fusobacterium necrophorum causes a disease called ? in rabbits?
a. Tyzzer’s
b. Schmorl’s
c. Snuffles
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d. Pododermatitis
Fusobacterium necrophorum culture requires
a. aerobic conditions
b. anaerobic conditions
c. microaerophilic conditions
Listeriosis in rabbits is more common in?
a. pregnant females
b. breeding males
c. suckling rabbits
The most consistent pathologic lesion associated with Listeria in rabbits is
a. focal hepatic necrosis
b. Diffuse hepatic necrosis
c. granulomatous kidneys
d. nephritis
Which mycobacterium is most often found in rabbits?
a. M. avium
b. M.tuberculosis
c. M. bovis
d. M. paratuberculosis
Tularemia was first described in which animal?
a. Oryctolagus cuniculus
b. Lepus articus
c. Citellus beecheyi
d. Sylvilagus audubonii
Francisella tularensis is only found in rabbits and hares.? T/F
Rabbits should not be housed with guinea pigs due to the possible transmission of
which bacteria?
a. Actinomyces
b. Actinobacillus
c. Bordetella
d. Brucella
A green discoloration on the dewlap of a rabbit would make you think of ?
a. Streptococcus
b. Staphylococcus
c. Pseudomonas
Which of the following is rare in rabbits yet common in guinea pigs?
a. Bordatella bronchiseptica
b. Pasteurella multocida
c. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
d. Streptococcus ulcerans
True or False, Rabbits with CAR bacillus have severe clinical disease with
pathognomonic lung lesions?
Snowshoe hares( Lepus americanus) are sensitive to what infectious disease?
a. Chlamydia trachomitis
b. Chlamydia psittici strain A
c. Chlamydia psittici strain M56
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d. Chlamydia lepus
To be sure a rabbit is Pasteurella free the blue book suggests culturing X times?
a. twice, two weeks apart
b. three times
c. 5 times over a 3 month period
d. once is sufficient
Which antibiotic will inhibit growth of most nasopharyngeal flora except
Pasteurella?
a. Tetracycline
b. Penicillin
c. Albon
d. Clindamycin
What kind of swab should you use to culture the rabbits nose ?
a. calcium alginate urethral swab
b. cotton swab
c. Whatman Omniswab
Rabbit Blue Book Chapter 8 Answers:
1. B, page 131
31. C, page 152
2. C, page 131
32. B, page 154
3. C, page 133
33. D, page 154
4. B, page 133
34. B, page 154
5. A, page 132
35. B, page 155
6. D, page 132
36. A, page 155
7. B, page 134
37. A, page 156
8. T, page 133
38. C, page 157
9. T, page 139
39. C, page 158
10. F, page 139
40 F, page 158
11. F, page 138
41. C, ACLAM CD -ROM
12. F, page 138
42. C, page 162
13. C, page 142
43. C, page 162
14. F, page 142
44. F, page 160
15. B, page 143
45. C, page 160
16. F, page 143
46. B, page 139
17. D, page 145
47. D, page 139
18. F, page 146
48. A, page 139
19. A, page 147
20. C, page 147
21. D, page 147
22. F, page 149
23. T, page 149
24. D, page 149
25. T, page 149
26. B, page 150
27. B, page 151
28. B, page 150
29. B, page 151
30. F, page 151