Mycoplasma
20 Questions
| Attempts: 192
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Mycoplasmas are intracellular organisms
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
They must have a very close association with host cells, but they are not intracellular.Rate this question:
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- 2.
What makes Mycoplasmas resistant to Beta lactams?
- A.
Lack of cell wall
- B.
Tiny genome
- C.
L-form
- D.
Highly variable pumps
Correct Answer
A. Lack of cell wall -
- 3.
L-forms of bacteria are no longer able to produce cell wall.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
L-forms of bacteria still have the genes to produce cell wall, they just "choose" not to.Rate this question:
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- 4.
Your friend's chicken coop has a severe infection of Mycoplasma, and so she is throwing away all the eggs because she doesn't want to be infected. This is a valid concern.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Mycoplasmas are very species specific and not usually zoonoticRate this question:
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- 5.
Mycoplasmal diseases have a high morbidity but low mortality
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Mycoplasma diseases are mainly economic problems because infected animals don't gain weight or convert feed very wellRate this question:
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- 6.
What is the etiologic agent of Enzootic pneumonia of swine?
Correct Answer
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae - 7.
When is diagnosis of M. hyopneumoniae usually made?
- A.
At slaughter
- B.
In young pigs
- C.
As pigs approach breeding age
Correct Answer
A. At slaughter -
- 8.
The only way to eliminate M. hyopneumoniae infection from a herd, is to purchase swine that verified to be free of the organism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 9.
Mycoplasma gallisepticum is a reportable disease in chickens
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
M. gallisepticum is reportable only if found in turkeysRate this question:
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- 10.
What does CBPP stand for?
Correct Answer
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia - 11.
What is the etiologic agent of CBPP?
Correct Answer
Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides (small colony)
Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (small colony) - 12.
CBPP is common where in the USA?
- A.
Southern United States
- B.
Western United States
- C.
It is a foreign disease
- D.
South Eastern United States
Correct Answer
C. It is a foreign disease -
- 13.
Necrotic fibrinous pleuropneumonia is caused by CBPP
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 14.
What is the name of the lesion found in chronic cases of CBPP?
Correct Answer
Sequestrum - 15.
This organism can cause fibrinous synovitis in feed lot cattle
Correct Answer
Mycoplasma bovis
M. bovis - 16.
Mycoplasmas cause more important diseases in goats than sheep
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 17.
What does CCPP stand for?
Correct Answer
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneuomonia - 18.
What is the etiologic agent of CCPP?
Correct Answer
Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae
Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae - 19.
The primary lesion of CCPP is fibriniouspleuropneumonia
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 20.
What symptom/sign is caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (large colony)?
- A.
Cough
- B.
Mastitis
- C.
Fever
- D.
Death
- E.
All of the above
Correct Answer
E. All of the above -
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