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VET 115 Week 3
Small Ruminant
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is white muscle disease? | Nutritional myodegeneration, Dietary deficiency of selenium and/or vitamin E |
| What age does white muscle disease affect? | young |
| T/F: Caseous lymphadenitis is zoonotic | True |
| What are the two forms of Caseous lymphadenitis? | External form, Internal form |
| Which form of Caseous lymphadenitis is more common in goats? | External form |
| Which form of Caseous lymphadenitis is more common in sheep? | Internal form |
| How is Caseous lymphadenitis transferred? | Exposure to infectious exudate, Broken skin, Inhalation or ingestion |
| What are the CS of Caseous lymphadenitis? | Weight loss, Lymph node abscesses |
| How is Caseous lymphadenitis treated? | Culling, Vaccinate, Supportive care, Antibiotics |
| What are the signs of Copper Toxicity? | Depression, Anorexia, Weakness, Hemoglobinuria, Hemoglobinemia, Anemia, Icterus |
| Which organ does copper toxicity damage? | Liver |
| How is copper toxicity treated? | Diuresis w/ IV fluids, Blood transfusion |
| How is pseudopregnancy treated? | Prostaglandin |
| What are the clinical signs of Mastitis? | Swollen udder, Chapped, Red, Dripping |
| How is mastitis treated? | Milk out, Antibiotics, NSAIDS, clean area, possible teat/udder amputations, cull animals w/ chronic mastitis |
| T/F: Urinary issues affect wethers more | True |
| What is urolithiasis caused by? | Too much grain in diet |
| What are the CS of urinary issues? | Straining to urinate, obstructed and will cry from pain, urine dripping and possibly blood, flagging tail, kicking at belly, swelling |
| How are urinary issues treated? | Cystotomy, Urethral catheterization, PU Sx |
| What is the most common cause of lameness in goats? | Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis (CAE) |
| What percent of Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis has CS? | 20% |
| What are the clinical signs of Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis? | None responsive arthritis, Acute leukoencephalomyelitis, Chronic pneumonia, Chronic encephalomyelitis, Chronic weight loss, "hard udder" |
| What are the CS of Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis in kids? | Weakness, ataxia, hindlimb, hypertonia, hyperreflexia |
| What are the progressing CS of Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis? | Paraparesis, tetra paresis, paralysis depression, head tilt, circling, opisthotonos, torticollis, and paddling |
| How is Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis transferred? | Infected dams and colostrum |
| How is Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis treated? | Cull animal, heat colostrum before feeding |
| What is Pregnancy Toxemia also known as? | Ketosis |
| What causes Pregnancy Toxemia? | Hypoglycemia, Increased fat, Ketonemia, Ketonuria, Increased demands |
| How is Pregnancy Toxemia treated? | Supportive care (depends on the severity of attack), Propylene glycol orally |
| What is a major issue during parturition? | Hypocalcemia |
| How is pink eye treated? | Self limiting, Tetracycline antibiotics, eye patches |
| What is Contagious ecthyma also known as? | Sore mouth/Orf |
| T/F: Contagious ecthyma is zoonotic | True |
| What are the CS of Contagious ecthyma ? | Crusty lesions around mouth and nose, occasionally found on feet, teats and udders. |
| How is Contagious ecthyma treated? | Antimicrobials |
| What is blue tongue also known as? | Orbivirus |
| How is blue tongue tranmitted? | Culicoides gnat |
| What are the CS of blue tongue? | Fever, edema of lips, gums and tongue; Serous nasal discharge turning mucopurulent, tongue ulcerates and necrosis appearing, blue, lameness, abortion |
| How is blue tongue treated? | Supportive care |
| What is Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy also known as? | Scrapie |
| What are the CS of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy? | Behavioral, Scratching, rubbing, head pressing, ataxia and/or gait abnormalities, weight loss in face of appetite, convulsions |
| How is Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy transferred? | Vertical (placenta) |
| How is Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy treated? | Cull positive animals |
| What is Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) also known as? | Retroviridae virus |
| How is Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) transferred? | Milk and colostrum |
| What are the CS of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP)? | Labored breathing, Coughing (productive), Anorexia, Fever, Depression, CNS symptoms and mastitis |
| How is Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) treated? | Cull positive animals |
| What is the most widely dispersed and important ectoparasite of sheep? | Melophagus ovinus (Sheep Ked) |
| How is Melophagus ovinus (Sheep Ked) treated? | Shear before lambing, Insecticides |