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==<font color="purple">Aspergillosis</font>==
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|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections'''
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||<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.
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||[[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?'''
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*'''''Diarrhoea'''''
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*'''''Listlessness'''''
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*'''''Pyrexia'''''
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*'''''Loss of appetite'''''
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*'''''Loss of condition'''''
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*'''''Convulsions'''''
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*'''''Death'''''
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||[[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?'''
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*'''''Up to 2mm in diameter'''''
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*'''''Lesions contain asteroid bodies with a germinated spore in the centre'''''
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*'''''Miliary lesions in acute infections'''''
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*'''''Granulomatous and calcified lesions in chronic infections'''''
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||[[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?'''
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*'''''Gutteral pouch mycosis'''''
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*'''''Chronic obstructive pulmonary airway disease (COPD)'''''
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*'''''Mycotic abortion'''''
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||[[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?'''
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*'''''White colonies initially'''''
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*'''''Colonies turn green and then dark green'''''
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*'''''Flat and velvety'''''
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*'''''Colony colour varies with species'''''
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||[[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?'''
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*'''''Surgery'''''
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*'''''Antifungal drugs'''''
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**'''''Ketoconazole'''''
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**'''''Nystatin'''''
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**'''''Amphotericin B'''''
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**'''''5-fluorocytosine'''''
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**'''''Thiabendazole'''''
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||[[Systemic Mycoses#Aspergillosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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Adiaspiromycosis

Question Answer Article
What is the pathogenesis of an adiaspiromycosis infection?
  • Non-contageous
  • Pulmonary mycosis
  • Respiratory infection
Link to Answer Article
Which animals are mostly affected?
  • Rodents
  • Small animals
Link to Answer Article


Aspergillosis

Question Answer Article
Fill in the missing words about aspergillosis infections Aspergiollosis is found worldwide. It is widely present in nature and can colonise a wide range of substrates under different environmental conditions. It is abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage. Link to Answer Article
What are the clinical signs of infection in birds?
  • Diarrhoea
  • Listlessness
  • Pyrexia
  • Loss of appetite
  • Loss of condition
  • Convulsions
  • Death
Link to Answer Article
What do aspergillosis lesions look like in cattle?
  • 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
Link to Answer Article
What diseases does aspergillosis infections cause in horses?
  • Gutteral pouch mycosis
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary airway disease (COPD)
  • Mycotic abortion
Link to Answer Article
What do colonies look like on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar?
  • White colonies initially
  • Colonies turn green and then dark green
  • Flat and velvety
  • Colony colour varies with species
Link to Answer Article
How would you treat an infection of aspergillosis?
  • Surgery
  • Antifungal drugs
    • Ketoconazole
    • Nystatin
    • Amphotericin B
    • 5-fluorocytosine
    • Thiabendazole
Link to Answer Article