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<FlashCard questions="8">
|q1= What kind of parasite are sea lice and what do they feed upon?
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|q1= What type of fish species are affected by ''mycobacteria''?
|a1= Sea lice are arthropod parasites which feed on blood.
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|l1= Sea Lice#Introduction
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*Freshwater
|q2= How can female and male lice be told apart?
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* Saltwater
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*Aquarium fish
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|l1= Mycobacteriosis - Fish#Introduction
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|q2= Apart from a wide range of different fish species, what other animals can it affect?
 
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*Females are much larger
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*prawns (crustaceans and molluscs  are vectors)
*Females have a long egg sac
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*sea horses
|l2= Sea Lice#Introduction
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*humans
|q3= How many larval stages are there altogether and how many are parasitic?
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|l2= Mycobacteriosis - Fish#Signalment
|a3= Nine altogether.
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|q3= What are the common clinical signs in fish?
*Seven are parasitic
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|a3=  
|l3= Sea Lice#Lifecycle
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*haemorrhagic lesions, erosion and scale loss on skin and fins,
|q4= Which life stages can move about on and between hosts?
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*organomegaly
|a4= Pre-adult and adult
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* lordosis
|l4= Sea Lice#Lifecycle
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* cachexia
|q5=Which louse is most common in Britain and what fish are affected?
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* exophthalmia
|a5= ''C. elongatus'' affects salmonid fish species in the UK.
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* loss of pigmentation, and pale and cystic gills.  
|l5= Sea Lice#Distribution
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Behavioural signs include:
|q6= How do skin lesions begin and progress?
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* cessation of feeding,
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*lethargy,
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*swimming near the surface
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|l3= Mycobacteriosis - Fish #Clinical Signs
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|q4= Which species of fish mycobacteria cause skin disease in humans?
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|a4=
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Necrotising infections in humans are caused by:
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*''M. marinum ''
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*''M. fortuitum'' 
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|l4= Mycobacteriosis - Fish#Introduction
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|q5= What methods help to diagnose ''mycobacterial'' infections?
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|a5=
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* PCR
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* DNA probes- in situ hybridisation
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*Antibody-based methods
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|l5= Mycobacteriosis - Fish #Diagnosis
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|q6= What pathology is associated with sub acute form of Mycobacteriosis in fish?
 
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*Begin as whitish spots
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* large caseous necrotic areas with surrounding diffuse reticuloendothelial cells and macrophages.
*Progress to erosions
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|l6= Mycobacteriosis - Fish #Pathology
*Can become open wounds
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|q7= What pathology is associated with the chronic proliferative form of Mycobacteriosis in fish?
*Can expose underlying bone
 
|l6= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
 
|q7= What opthalmological signs can lice cause?
 
 
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*Erosions can lead to ulcers
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* Soft granulomas  - with four distinguishable layers; a central caseous necrosis, (with or without nuclear debris), spindle-shaped epithelioid cells, eosinophilic, flattened, epithelioid cells and then a fine fibrous connective tissue encircling to form a thin capsule.
*Cataracts
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*Hard granulomas - composed of epithelioid cells encapsulated by fibrous connective tissue with or without calcification.
*Blindness
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|l7= Mycobacteriosis - Fish # Pathology
|l7= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
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|q8= How can Mycobacteriosis in fish be treated?
|q8= How do sea lice kill fish?
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|a8= Anaemia and extensive skin damage cause osmoregulatory failure.
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* Tetracycline
|l8= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
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* Kanamycin sulphate
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|l8= Mycobacteriosis - Fish #Treatment
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Revision as of 16:24, 21 July 2011

Question Answer Article
What type of fish species are affected by mycobacteria? Link to Article
Apart from a wide range of different fish species, what other animals can it affect? Link to Article
What are the common clinical signs in fish? Link to Article
Which species of fish mycobacteria cause skin disease in humans? Link to Article
What methods help to diagnose mycobacterial infections? Link to Article
What pathology is associated with sub acute form of Mycobacteriosis in fish? Link to Article
What pathology is associated with the chronic proliferative form of Mycobacteriosis in fish? Link to Article
How can Mycobacteriosis in fish be treated? [[ Mycobacteriosis - Fish #Treatment |Link to Article]]