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VET 115 Week 1

Animal Health & Disease

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Why does disease occur? Exposure, Virulence, Stress, Unhealthy environment, Immune response
What are examples of direct contact? Animal to animal, Carrier animals
What are examples of fomites? Inanimate objects
What are examples of vectors? Insects (ticks, mosquitoes, flies)
What are other sources of diseases? Soil and Water, Airborne
What are examples of injury? Hernia, lacerations, trauma
What are examples of noninfectious diseases that occur from genetic abnormalities? Malocclusions, conformation, lethal white
What are examples of noninfectious diseases that occur from noxious stimuli? Toxic plants, chemicals
What are examples of noninfectious diseases that occur from poor nutrition? Rickets
What are examples of noninfectious diseases that occur from metabolic issues? Cushing's disease
What are examples of bacterial infectious diseases? Brucellosis, strep, staph, Pasteurella
What are examples of viral infectious diseases? EHV, BVD, influenza
What are examples of fungal infectious diseases? Ringworm
What are examples of parasitic infectious diseases? Giardia, EPM, Mange
What is needed to determine if an animal is unhealthty? Animal history
T/F: Prevention of disease is crucial in production True
T/F: Herd health is the focus rather than individual animal health when dealing with production animals True
Where should large animals be observed for disease first, if possible? In pasture
T/F: Animals can be left near standing water False
T/F: Animal stress causes a significant change in animals physiological process True
What are sources of social stress? Inter-animal aggression, Overcrowding
What is morbidity? How many animals succumb to illness/how contagious a disease is
What is mortality? How many animals die within a sick population
What are the common/major diseases of horses? Colic, Lameness, Respiratory (Strangles, COPD), Encephalomyelitis (EEE, WEE, WNV), Rhinopneumonitis, Equine influenza, Tetanus, Parasites, EHV, West Nile
What are the common/major diseases of cattle? BVD, BRSV, IBR, Leptospirosis, E. coli, Johne's disease, Mastitis, Milk fever, Ketosis, LDA, RDA, Bloat, Hardware disease, Shipping fever complexes, Parasites, Foot-rot, Grass tetany, Clostridal diseases
What are the common/major diseases of goats and sheep? Enterotoxaemia, Johne's disease, Bloat, Foot-rot, Pneumonia, Pregnancy toxemia, Tetanus, Clostridial disease, Grass tetany, Parasites
What are the common major diseases of swine? Atrophic rhinitis, E. Coli, Pseudorabies, Transmissible, Parasites, PEDV
Created by: Acraft02
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