DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health Questions and Answers

Question 1

An unvaccinated, 4-year-old domestic dog is presented to your clinic after biting a child.
The dog appears healthy on examination.
According to the guidelines from the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, what is the most appropriate action to take regarding the dog?

Accepted Answer

Confine and observe the animal for 10 days for any signs of rabies.

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Administer a rabies vaccine immediately and quarantine the dog at the owner's home for 45 days.

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Euthanize the animal immediately and submit the head for rabies testing.

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Release the animal to the owner with instructions for strict home confinement for 30 days.

Question 2

A client who is pregnant is concerned about acquiring toxoplasmosis. She has two indoor-only cats and wants to know the best way to minimize her risk. While advising her to avoid cleaning the litter box, you also explain the most common route of transmission to humans. Which of the following is the most common way people become infected with *Toxoplasma gondii*?

Accepted Answer

Eating undercooked meat containing tissue cysts.

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Inhaling aerosolized oocysts from cat litter.

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Being bitten or scratched by an infected cat.

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Direct contact with an infected cat's fur.

Question 3

A public health official contacts you about several people who have developed an acute flu-like illness with fever and pneumonia. Their only common link is the consumption of raw milk from a local goat dairy where you recently attended a difficult kidding. Which zoonotic pathogen is the most likely cause of this outbreak?

Accepted Answer

Coxiella burnetii

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Brucella melitensis

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Mycobacterium bovis

Question 4

Which of the following is a World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) listed disease with major public health and international trade implications, requiring immediate notification by member countries?

Accepted Answer

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

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Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)

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Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)

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Canine Distemper Virus

Question 5

A local wildlife rehabilitator is concerned after finding a "raccoon latrine" in a children's play area. You advise on the serious risk of neural larva migrans in humans, which can be caused by the ingestion of eggs from which parasite?

Accepted Answer

Baylisascaris procyonis

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Toxocara canis

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Ancylostoma caninum

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Trichinella spiralis

Question 6

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the "One Health" approach to public health?

Accepted Answer

A program where veterinarians, physicians, and ecologists collaborate to study West Nile Virus by monitoring bird populations, mosquito vectors, and human cases.

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A veterinarian treating a dog's skin infection with a course of antibiotics.

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A research project exclusively studying the genetic mutations of a specific animal virus.

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A public campaign focused solely on increasing the rate of rabies vaccination in domestic dogs.