Oral Cavity Flashcards - Pathology
Cavity and Gingiva Flashcards
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| What are the two most common fusion defects resulting in cleft palate? | The ingrowths of the palatine shelves Frontonasal and maximllary processes. |
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| BVD / MD is caused by? | Pesti virus (a member of the Flaviviridaefamily).
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| True or False - there is no vesicular stage in Mucosal Disease? | True
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| What is the prognosis for Mucosal Disease cases? | All cases result in death
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| Why is there no immune repsonse to Mucosal Disease Virus? | Because animals are infected in utero with a non-cytopathic strain and are therefore tolerised & persitantly infected Tolerance still exists when a viral mutation to the cytopathic strain occurs, hence no immune response |
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