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You are processing weaned calves for a client and vaccinating the calves with a 10 way modified live vaccine that contains the following pathogens: Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis, Bovine Viral Diarrhea (Type 1 and 2), Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Parainfluenza-3. At this time, you are also performing cut castrations, applying topical dewormer, and ear tags. After vaccination, one of the calves comes down with oral erosions, diarrhea, anorexia, and is recumbent. Which of the following statements is true?

Pick the statement below that is true about bovine neosporosis.

Which pathway generates NADPH for biosynthesis and ribose for nucleotides?

Obligate anaerobes can grow in the presence of oxygen.

Which one of the following organisms does NOT pose a zoonotic threat?

During stationary phase, the number of new cells equals the number of dying cells.

A client brings you a bull that he found with a mass on it’s “underside”. After examination, you determine that there is a swelling along midline between the preputial opening and the scrotum, closer to the scrotum. The swelling is painful, focal, and firm. This swelling is most likely from:

Capsules can help bacteria resist desiccation.

A client that has a small herd of 10 boer goats calls you and complains of abortions in 4 of the 5 animals that have kidded so far this season. The first litter she had produced one weak kid, one mummy, and one stillborn. This doe also passed a placenta with chalky lesions on the placentomes but clear intercotyledonary spaces. She was unable to examine the products of the other births, but her family reported they were similar. The most likely pathogen for the cause of these clinical signs is:

Nitrogenase is highly active in the presence of oxygen.