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| ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Adiaspiromycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Adiaspiromycosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | <br> |
| + | ==<font color="purple">Aspergillosis</font>== |
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| + | !width="400"|'''Question''' |
| + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' |
| + | !width="150"|'''Article''' |
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| + | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections''' |
| + | ||<big>Aspergiollosis is found <font color="white">'''''worldwide'''''</font>. It is widely present in <font color="white">'''''nature'''''</font> and can colonise a <font color="white">'''''wide'''''</font> range of substrates under <font color="white">'''''different'''''</font> environmental conditions. It is abundant in <font color="white">'''''hay, straw'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''grain'''''</font> which have <font color="white">'''''heated'''''</font> during storage. |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What are the clinical signs of infection in birds?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Diarrhoea''''' |
| + | *'''''Listlessness''''' |
| + | *'''''Pyrexia''''' |
| + | *'''''Loss of appetite''''' |
| + | *'''''Loss of condition''''' |
| + | *'''''Convulsions''''' |
| + | *'''''Death''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What do aspergillosis lesions look like in cattle?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Up to 2mm in diameter''''' |
| + | *'''''Lesions contain asteroid bodies with a germinated spore in the centre''''' |
| + | *'''''Miliary lesions in acute infections''''' |
| + | *'''''Granulomatous and calcified lesions in chronic infections''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What diseases does aspergillosis infections cause in horses?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Gutteral pouch mycosis''''' |
| + | *'''''Chronic obstructive pulmonary airway disease (COPD)''''' |
| + | *'''''Mycotic abortion''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''White colonies initially''''' |
| + | *'''''Colonies turn green and then dark green''''' |
| + | *'''''Flat and velvety''''' |
| + | *'''''Colony colour varies with species''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''How would you treat an infection of aspergillosis?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Surgery''''' |
| + | *'''''Antifungal drugs''''' |
| + | **'''''Ketoconazole''''' |
| + | **'''''Nystatin''''' |
| + | **'''''Amphotericin B''''' |
| + | **'''''5-fluorocytosine''''' |
| + | **'''''Thiabendazole''''' |
| + | ||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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