WildLife Group
of the SAVA
CPD Questionnaire
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1. In which of the following African wildlife species has
Cryptosporidium not yet been identified? 5. Which of the following factors is directly related to the s
everity of clinical disease?
A. Herpesvirus.
B. Poxvirus.
C. Coronavirus.
D. Morbillivirus.
E. Astrovirus. A. Extent of villous atrophy.
B. Severity of the intestinal mucosal inflammatory reaction.
C. The degree of goblet cell hyperplasia.
D. The extent of mucosal associated lymphoid tissue
hyperplasia.
E. The degree of glandular crypt hyperplasia.
2. Which of the following syndromes are not considered
aclinical form of gastrointestinal cryptosporidiosis in
wildlife?
A. Acute infection.
B. Recurrent acute infection.
C. Asymptomatic.
D. Chronic infection.
E. Latent infection.
3. Dissemination of organisms from the intestinal tract to
other organ systems has been reported, but in which of
the following organ systems has Cryptosporidium not
been found?
A. Upper digestive tract.
B. Brain.
C. Hepatobiliary system.
D. Pancreas.
E. Respiratory tract.
4. Which of the following routes of transmission have not
been documented with Cryptosporidium?
A. Fecal contamination of water and/or feed.
B. Direct contact between infected and uninfected animals.
C. Indirect transmission via fomites.
D. Mechanical transfer via humans.
E. Vector transmission.
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6. At post mortem which would be considered the most
definitive diagnostic procedure for the confirmation of
clinical cryptosporidiosis?
A. Fluorescent antibody test on intestinal content.
B. PCR on intestinal content.
C. Rapid immunochromatographic test on intestinal
content.
D. Histopathological demonstration of organisms in
intestinal sections associated with villous atrophy.
E. ZN stains of intestinal content.
7. Which would be considered the most important
procedure to follow when secondary bacterial pathogens
are isolated?
A. Blanket treat the remaining calves/lambs with a broad-
spectrum antibiotic.
B. Request an antibiogram be performed.
C. Type the bacteria isolated to determine if it is a
pathogenic strain.
D. Immediate implementation of vaccination of dams with
any available commercial vaccine.
E. Implementation of vaccination of calves/lambs with
a generic autogenous vaccine using untyped bacteria
isolated.