5: Perinatal period in lambs and kids

Question 1

What analgesia for a HL fracture?

Answer 1

Epidural

Question 2

What analgesia for a FL fracture?

Answer 2

RUMM block (anaesthesia below elbow)

Question 3

How often do you have to change a cast?

Answer 3

Two weeks

Question 4

What splint can you use for tibia/radius?

Answer 4

Thomas

Question 5

Who can do disbudding?

Answer 5

Vet

Question 6

What do you give for disbudding sedation?

Answer 6

Xylazine/ketamine IM

Question 7

What is the max time to apply the disbudding iron?

Answer 7

20 seonds

Question 8

What are horn buds like in kids?

Answer 8

Large, and tissue extends caudally

Question 9

How can you tell if a lamb ever walked?

Answer 9

Epinychia intact

Question 10

How can you tell if died post-partum?

Answer 10

Umbilicus shrivelled

Question 11

How can you tell if died inter-partum?

Answer 11

Square umbilicus

Question 12

How can you tell if died pre-partum?

Answer 12

Tapered umbilicus

Question 13

What are some signs of starvation or exposure?

Answer 13

Brown fat around kidneys, milk clots, in stomach, chyle in intestinal lymphatics, unclotted milk if tube-fed

Question 14

What are some signs of dystocia?

Answer 14

Oedema, broken ribs, fracured liver capsule, blood in abdomen, meconium, meningeal bleeds, scleral bleed

Question 15

What are some signs of septicaemia?

Answer 15

Purple MMs, dilated vessels, petechiae, haemorrhagic LNs

Question 16

What are some signs of enteritis?

Answer 16

Dilated mesenteric vessels, bloody/watery/gassy intestinal content

Question 17

What samples do you take in septicaemia?

Answer 17

Fresh liver, swabs of purulent effusions

Question 18

How can you test for FPT?

Answer 18

ZST (zinc sulphate turbidity)

Question 19

How can you should colostrum quality?

Answer 19

Brix refractometer

Question 20

What should colostrum quality % be?

Answer 20

At least 25%