Cause of Disease
This disease is caused by bacteria and produces lesions commonly called "hairy heel warts" in livestock.
Hairy heel wart (cause: bacteria).
This disease transmits via aerosol (indirect) and is caused by bacteria (often used in bioterrorism contexts)
Anthrax (indirect aerosol).
Is ketosis infectious or noninfectious according to the chart?
Noninfectious (ketosis).
Give one noninfectious disease from the chart that is due to diet and causes neurological signs in ruminants
Polioencephalomalacia (diet).
According to the chart, is anthrax listed as contagious or noncontagious?
Contagious (anthrax is listed contagious).
This condition is caused by lack of calcium in dairy animals and is noninfectious.
Milk fever (cause: lack of calcium).
Which disease is transmitted fecal–oral and is caused by bacteria, listed as contagious?
Johne’s disease (fecal–oral).
Is ketosis infectious or noninfectious according to the chart?
Noninfectious (ketosis).
Give one noninfectious disease from the chart that is due to diet and causes neurological signs in ruminants
White muscle disease (selenium and/or vitamin E deficiency).
Is bovine leukemia virus listed as contagious or noncontagious?
Contagious (anthrax is listed contagious).
Name the genetic condition listed that affects pigs and is noninfectious.
Porcine stress syndrome (genetic).
Which disease is transmitted directly through blood or vertically and is viral (affects cattle)?
Bovine leukemia virus (direct — blood, vertical; indirect — fecal).
Which of the following is infectious despite being a "normal inhabitant": Lumpy jaw or White muscle disease? (Answer with disease name.)
Lumpy jaw is infectious (caused by bacteria) despite being noncontagious.
Name the noninfectious disease caused by ketones accumulating in the body.
Ketosis.
Which bacterial eye infection listed is contagious and transmitted by direct contact?
Keratoconjunctivitis (bacteria; direct contact — contagious).
This disease is caused by a prion and is fatal in sheep; give its name.
Hardware disease (ingestion of wire)
Name the disease whose transmission mode is "ingestion wire" (trauma from swallowed metal).
Hardware disease (ingestion of wire).
Is hardware disease classified as infectious or noninfectious?
Noninfectious (hardware disease).Noninfectious (hardware disease).
Which noninfectious condition is listed as caused by trauma and/or genetic factors affecting a ligament?
Anterior cruciate ligament rupture (trauma and/or genetic).
Name the disease that is contagious but listed as noncontagious in the chart and is caused by a normal inhabitant bacterium.
Lumpy jaw (infectious but listed noncontagious).
Identify the cause of anterior cruciate ligament rupture listed in the chart.
Scrapie (direct with placenta and fluids).
Which disease transmits directly via placenta and fluids and is caused by a prion?
Scrapie (direct with placenta and fluids).
Tetanus is listed as infectious; is it contagious or noncontagious? (Answer both parts: infectious/noninfectious and contagious/noncontagious.)
Infectious and noncontagious (tetanus is infectious, noncontagious)
Identify the noninfectious disease that results from lack of calcium in milk-producing animals.
Milk fever (lack of calcium).
Which disease transmitted fecally and caused by bacteria is listed as contagious and has a common name associated with a chronic wasting condition in cattle?
Johne’s disease (fecal–oral, contagious; chronic wasting condition in cattle).