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VET 115 Week 9
Foal Disorders & Diseases
Question | Answer |
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Genetic defect Foals have 2 blue eyes, almost or completely white, colic | Overo Lethal White Syndrome (OLWS) |
Genetic disease of Belgian draft horses, causes sloughing of skin, leads to infection & death | Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa (JEB) |
Genetic defect of Arabian horses, results in lack of immune system, death within 3 months, Approx, 8% of Arabians horses in US are carriers | Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease (SCID) |
Genetic defect of Quarter Horses, causes muscle to collapse under stress, dominate trait | Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis |
Same signs as colic, treated with enemas | Meconium Impaction |
AKA Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome | Sepsis |
AKA Ruptured Bladder | Uroperitoneum |
Causes urine to emit from umbilicus, two separate streams of urine, constant moisture in umbilical area | Persistent Patent Urachus |
AKA Dummy Foal Syndrome | Peripartum Asphyxia Syndrome |
Large foal with long gestation | Dysmaturity |
Foal with a low birth weight, weakness, delayed time to stand and nurse | Prematurity |