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15: Preventative, year, planning Flashcards

1
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What is the net profit per ewe?

A

£2.50-£12.50

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2
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What do Clostridia and Mannheimia vaccines cover?

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Dysentery, struck, pulpy kidney, braxy, Black disease, black leg, tetanus M haemolytica

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3
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At what age do you vaccinate lambs?

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3-4 months (compromise due to persistence of passive protection)

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4
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When do you vaccinate ewes?

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2 months before lambing, along with E Coli, and one month before tupping against abortive agents

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5
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When do you vaccinate rams?

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Annual booster

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6
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What is the cost of abortion per ewe?

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£85

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7
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Are vaccines against abortion live/dead/toxoid etc?

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Live attenuated

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8
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How much dose toxoplasma vaccine cost?

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£3

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9
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How often do you vaccinate for toxoplasma?

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Biannual boosters

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10
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How much does Chlamydophila dose cost?

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£2-3

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11
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How often do you vaccinate for Chlamydophila?

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Annual booster

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12
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When you do give Orf vaccine?

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3 months before tupping

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13
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What kind of vaccine is Orf?

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Live non-attenuated

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14
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What are the three methods of quarantine?

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Drench all, keep off pasture 24-48 hours for eggs to pass, turn out onto dirty pasture (dilution)

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15
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What do you give to drench all?

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Levamisole, mac-lac, avermectin

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16
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What is resistance to BZs and levamisole like?

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Lots of resistance

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17
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If on dirty pasture, how often do you worm?

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4-6 weekly

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18
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Which are the only ewes to worm prior to tupping?

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The thin ones

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19
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How many do you leave untreated at lambing?

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10%

20
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How long after turnout do you worm ewes?

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3 and 6 weeks after

21
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When do you wean, worm and put lambs on clean pasture?

A

5 months

22
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What months do you treat against liver fluke?

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October and January

23
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What drug works against immature fluke larvae?

A

Triclabendazole

24
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What can you use instead of triclabendazole due to resistance?

A

Nitroxynil and Clostantel

25
Q

When should the four yearly preventative visits be?

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Pre-tupping, post-tupping or mid-pregnancy, pre-lambing, post-lambing

26
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How many ewes per ram if synchronised oestrus?

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10

27
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How many ewes per ram if not synchronised oestrus?

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40-60

28
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What should ram BCS be at tupping?

A

4

29
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What BCS should ewes be at tupping?

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3-3.5

30
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What do you look for at the pre-tupping check?

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Vaccines, worming, mastitis history, lameness, hypoMg/Cu/Co/Se, scouring, wool condition, feeding

31
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When should rams have concentrates?

A

Through tupping

32
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What do you check in the ram at the post-tupping visit?

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BCS, worming, vaccination, foot care, external parasites

33
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When do you scan ewes?

A

80-100 days

34
Q

By how much do you increase feeding in the last 6-8 weeks of pregnancy?

A

12 ME/kg

35
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What do you do at the pre-lambing check?

A

BCS, vaccination, worming, abortions, toxaemia hypoCa, prolapse, infection

36
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What samples do you take at the pre-lambing check?

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BHB, albumin, urea

37
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What can the ewes post-lambing feeding prevent?

A

HypoMg

38
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What do you do at the post-lambing check?

A

Explore neonatal losses e.g. hypothermia, colibacillosis, Erysipelas, coccidiosis, set targets

39
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What % of ewes fail to raise lambs?

A

10%

40
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What is the normal replacement rate?

A

20%

41
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How long should you quarantine replacements for?

A

21 days

42
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What do you treat replacements for?

A

Ectoparasites, endoparasites, footrot, CODD

43
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What do you vaccinate replacements for?

A

Clostridia and mannheimia, toxo, chlamydiphila, orf, louping ill, footrot, E Coli, erysipelas

44
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Above what % neonatal mortality is a concern?

A

15%

45
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Above what % ewe mortality is a concern?

A

8%

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