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Animal science
Health
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| BCE | Body Condition score | |
| What can effect an animals ability to efficiently transfer food to energy | Age, sex, Current BCE, Pregnancy/lactation , environment, forge quality | |
| Body condition score | involves palpation and visual assessment, its the degrees of fatness of various parts of the animal like: Over the ribs, trailhead area, neck/withers, and behind the shoulder. Rated in a scale of 1-5, 1 being the thinnest, 5 being the heaviest | |
| Scours | Diarrhea CAUSE: Viruses, bacteria, nutrition, parasites TREATMENT: Antibiotics, fluids, probiotics, Kaopectate PREVENTION: Nutrition, attention to newborns, vaccinate, sanitation | |
| Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) | Shipping fever Effects: Upper and lower respiratory system Cause: environmental factors while transporting, parasites, bacteria; Mannheima haemolytica, viruses | SYMPTOMS: Depression, Loss of appetite, Drooped head and ears, Nasal discharge and cough, Fever Treatment: Antibiotics, supportive threapy Prevention: Decrease stress, Vaccination, adequate nutrition and internal parasites control, Preconditioning calve |
| Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus | Effects respiratory and reproductive tract Transmitted through: Congenital infection of the fetus after birth, these calves will always be infected and will continue to pass it around to others | Symptoms: Diarrhea, calf pneumonia, decreased milk production, reproductive disorders, death Control: Vaccinate Treatment: Cull/ Supportive therapy |
| Blackleg | Cause: By spore forming that is gas producing bacteria ( Clostridium Chauvoei) Symptoms: Depression, Lamness/Swelling , fever, and death within 12-36 hours after the first sign Treatment: None Prevention: Vaccination | |
| Pinkeye ( infectious bovine Keratoconjunctivitis) | Effects : the eyes of cattle Cause: Face flies Treatment: Tetracycline antibiotics and a patch to cover infected eye to prevent spread Prevention: Fly control,Managment,vaccinate | |
| Brucellosis (Bang's diease) | Infectious disease that is spreadable to humans . Caused: Brucella Bacteria Spread by: uterine fluids Symptoms: abortion, still births , weak calf , retention of fetal membranes, swollen testicles in bulls Vacc available: must be given by vet | |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) | Mad Cow disease Eating infecting can get Jacob Disease symptoms: Incoordination. nervousness, aggressiveness No treatment, no vaccine, no tests for it. Caused by a protein called prion that has mutated long incubation period 4-6yrs | |
| Reproductive diseases | Trichomoniasis Vibriosis | |
| Trichomoniasis | Caused by: Parasite called Protozoa Organism; Trichomonas foetus, only found in reproductive tracts of infected bulls and cows Symptoms: Low pregnancy rates, redness of vagina/cevix/ uterus, mucous secrection/discharge, miscarriages in first trimester | infected cow remains infertile for 2-6 months, prevention: cull cows and bulls infected, use young bulls |
| Vibriosis | Caused by bacteria campylobacter fetus Rapid spread Symptoms: Abortions, poor conception rates, , UTI Treatment: Vaccination, let disease run it course Prevention: Vaccinations: Bulls annually, Ciws two does 4 weeks apart | |
| Bloating | Cause: build up of gas in the ruminal in the ruminate, blockage, diet Types of: Free gas, caused by failure to release gas/ Frothy bloat caused by diet Treatment: pass stomach tube, water with baking soda, mineral and vegetable oil | Prevention: ease into new pasture, mix clover with grass, bloat blocks, access to water, no going hungry |
| Footrot | Caused by bacteria: Fusobacterium Necrophorum and Bacteroides Melaninogenicus, wounds in the hoof of cattle and sheep, usually found in animals that stay in damp areas Symptoms: Lameness in infected leg | Treatment: Apply antiseptic, give antibiotics, Prevention: Foot baths, concreate at feeding/ watering stations, dry bedding |
| Grass tetany | Grass stagger/ Wheat pasture poisoning Fatal metabolic disorder caused by low levels of Magnesium. Cause; grazing succulent immature grasses Symptoms: Uncoordinated Gait | Treatment: intravenous calcium and magnesium by vet, injection of those under the skin, provide oral source for heard Prevention: Feed cows supplemental magnesium consumed on a daily basis |
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