Ringworm Roundup 2: Outbreak Management

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In the second half of “Ringworm Roundup,” Dr. Sandra Newbury, National Shelter Medicine Extension Veterinarian for the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, discusses a step-by-step plan for... see moremanaging any disease outbreak, but with a specific focus on ringworm. Learn how to stop the spread of disease and implement a proactive approach to keep ringworm from breaking out in your animal population again. This presentation is part of the University of Florida's Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program track at the 2013 No More Homeless Pets National Conference.

Presenter: Sandra Newbury, DVM
Date: October 11, 2013
Venue: No More Homeless Pets National Conference
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2. Principles of an infectious disease outbreak response include:

There are no general principles of an infectious disease outbreak response; it varies by causative agent.

3. Response to an infectious disease outbreak in an animal shelter setting should include all of the following steps, except:

An evaluation of history and clinical signs at an organization level.

The determination of how a clean break be accomplished (i.e., stopping the cycle of transmission).

An evaluation of clinical signs from a state-wide level.

Categorization of the animals based on risk.

The quarantine/treatment or removal of affected and high risk animals.

4. Which of the following statements about dermatophytosis is false?

There are many species of dermatophytes; M. canis is the most commonly implicated in clinical problems.

Wood’s lamp exam highlights fluorescence from M. canis.

Fungal culture is the gold standard for diagnosis.

DTM (dermatophyte test media) is the standard growth media.

Positive microscopic ID is not required for a diagnosis.

5. When identifying a potential ringworm outbreak it is essential to do a microscopic exam of the fungal culture growth to identify Microsporum species.

True

False

6. The incubation period for ringworm is:

2-3 days.

2-3 weeks.

2-3 months.

2-3 years.

2-3 decades.

7. To establish a "clean break," the exposed disease population:

Is physically separated from new, incoming animals.

Has a separate care staff.

Has separate equipment.

Area is treated as isolation, along with the area housing new, incoming animals.

All of the above.

8. What are the three categories and associated locations that animals are split into based on the evaluation of clinical signs (including a Wood's lamp evaluation)?

9. After the results of the initial fungal cultures, positive animals are removed from the general population, but there is no more need for any rigorous cleaning.

True

False

10. The most important component of a long term response plan is:

Separation of Wood’s lamp positive animals from animals with lesions.

Treatment with oral itraconazole.

Treatment of all animals whose fungal culture turns red.

Screening on intake (visual, Wood’s Lamp exam, culture inflammatory lesions).

Treatment with one application of topical lime sulfur.

11. Which of the following is a key concept in outbreak response?

Train staff on how to treat the disease after an outbreak has been definitively identified.

Begin to treat immediately; evaluation of the diagnostic tests used is not important.

Stop all non-essential foot traffic (e.g., potential adopters) into the facility.

Institute a clean break (i.e., stop the cycle of transmission).

Prevent the public from becoming aware of the outbreak.

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