Diseases in animals caused by the Gram-positive bacilli are discussed in this section.

tasks

1. Read through all the Chapters in this section, making sure that you have met each of the lecture objectives. You will also be provided with a podcast of the chapters.
2. Write short notes on each Chapter, making use of keywords. Make sure that you understand all the scientific terms used.
3. The lecturer will be available during timetable scheduled times by Blackboard Collaborate and e-mail to answer any questions that you may have on the teaching material
4. Answer the quiz questions provided at the end of this section.
5. Participate in the Practicals on “Food Safety” and “Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections”.
6. Participate in the following two tutorials:

They are:

1. 1. Gram positive agents causing sudden death in livestock. Information for this tutorial will include the chapters on Bacillus and Clostridium
   2. Chronic granulomatous disease in animals which will include the chapters on Listeria and Erysipelothrix, Rattles, Dermatophilus and Nocardia, Actinomyces and Corynebacterium, and Mycobacterium.

tutorial – Gram positive agents causing sudden death in livestock

1. Complete a 5 minute “The Chase” quiz on the Chapters of Bacillus and anthrax and Clostridial diseases.
2. The quiz results will be briefly explained.
3. Groups of 5 will be provided with different cases on sudden death in livestock. Four groups will receive the same case. Each case will have a set of 5 questions related to the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention of these diseases. 10 minutes are allocated to research the answers to these questions. A group will be randomly selected to present their answers in 5 minutes. The non-selected groups should then add to or critique the answers. All answers should be provided electronically either during the tutorial or uploaded in the Assignment tool on the tv3001 LearnJCU folder. These will be compiled and included the tv3001 LearnJCU folder for learning purposes.
4. The cases after being used in the tutorial will be uploaded in this Pressbook at the end of this section.

tutorial- Chronic granulomatous disease in animals

1. Complete a 5 minute “The Chase” quiz on the Chapters of Listeria and Erysipelthrix, Dermatophilus, Nocardia and Rhodococcus, Actinomyces and Corynebacterium, and Mycobacterium.
2. The quiz results will be briefly explained.
3. Groups of 5 will be provided with different cases: Groups 1 to 4 will receive a case on abscessation in goats; Groups 5 to 8 on Rhodococcus in foals; Groups 9 to 12 on Johne’s disease in sheep and Groups 13 to 16 on granulomatous disease in cats. Each group will be asked to design a diagnostic decision tree, making use of epidemiology, clinical signs, pathology and other diagnostic tests. To assist you, you will be provided with a short list of the most likely differential diagnoses. You can make use of AI. It is up to a randomly selected group of each case to present and justify the decision tree and the non-selected groups to critique the validity and practicality of the decision trees. Upload the critiqued decision tree in the Assignment tool on the tv3001 LearnJCU folder. These will be compiled and included the tv3001 LearnJCU folder for learning purposes.
4. The cases after being used in the tutorial will be uploaded in this Pressbook at the end of this section.