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Animal Health Test 3 Flashcards

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Anthrax

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Gram positive spore forming bacteria. Found in hot weather with alkaline soils. Highly fatal septicemia.

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Post mortem symptoms of Anthrax

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Dead dont get stiff, dark blood out of nose and anus that doesn’t clot. DONT DO A POST MORTEM on em.

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Spore diseases will greatly increase during what kind of years?

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Very wet, or very dry

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Most important thing to know for blackleg

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Vaccinate

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Clostridial infections

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Blackleg, spore forming.

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Two categories of clostridials

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Those that invade the tissue of the host, those that live within the digestive system.

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Cl. Chauvoei

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Blackleg, affects cattle up to 3 years old, Fatal 12-48 hours later, multiplies in intestines,

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Symptoms of blackleg

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Gas bubbles under skin of dead, Dark spongy muscle when cut open, Rapid swelling.

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Enterotoxemia

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Overeating. 6 types found, 3 significant. Type C and D get cattle.

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Type C Enterotoxemia

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Calves under two weeks of age. Stop nursing.

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What cattle should be vaccinated for Enterotoxima

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All cattle going on full feed or small grain pasture should be vaccinated.

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Tetanus

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found in spores in soil, man feces and horse feces. Only get tetanus from injury or unsanitary vaccinations.

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Redwater Disease

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in the US along the gulf of mexico and in the mountains. Invades the liver. Liver flukes may be a factor. Water borne disease. Found in dirty water.

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Lepto

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Most cases are transmitted orally. Localizes in the kidneys. Infects the fetus. Abortion, fever, respiratory stuff. Shed disease in pee. Morbidity up to 75%

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Anaplasmosis

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Protazo, treatment of ticks decreases ability to spread. Most prevalent along the gulf and pacific coast. Transfered by biting insects needles and surgery.

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symptoms of anaplasmosis

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heart action is rapid and pounding. inclined to fight. They die by suffocation.

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Texas Fever

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Protazoa, ticks carry it. Bad in mexico and border.

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Shipping Fever Complex are also known as

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Bovine respiratory disease.

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What attributes to Bovine respiratory disease

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Stress, viruses, bacteria

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Main viruses

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IBR, BVD, BRSV and PI3

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Main Bacteria troubles are from what?

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Pasteurella multocida, Manymia Haemolytica, Haemophilus somnus and Mycoplasma

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BRD symptoms

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Loss of appetite, animal apart from herd, head down, dry cough, difficulty breathing.

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Prevention of BRD

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Lessen stress, buy healthy cattle, TREAT EARLY AND OFTEN.

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IBR

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Herpies disease also known as Red Nose. Muzzle peels and is red, Brought out by stress, Rapid loss of weight. Cheezy eyes, short incubation. Respiratory probs, abortions.

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BVD

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Breaks out 5 days after exposure. weakens immune system. PIs are the devil. Coughing, Diarrhea, depression. VACCINATE.

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PI calves

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shed the disease at large amounts. 80% come from first calf heifers.

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PI3

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Major causative agent in bovine respiratory disease.

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BRSV

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Head stuck out chin elevated. swells lungs. sufficates them. treat with banomine to help swelling.

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Pasturella are refered to as what?

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The real killers.

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The real killers

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Manhimia haemolytica, pasteurella multocida. Early treatment is a must to help prevent them.

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Bovine Coccidiosis

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Most common protozoal disease in the united states. Primarily young animals. Causes bloody scours. Rumenson helps prevent, stop and control.

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Salmonellosis

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Yellow diarrhea. Respiratory comes in after. Sanatation to help prevent.

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Johne’s Disease

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Bacterial disease, spread in feces of infected animals. Nutrients can no longer be absorbed into the blood. Bad diarrhea. Vaccine available.

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Ways to prevent rabies

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VACCINATE. Viral infection of central nervous system.

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Listeriosis

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“Circling disease” disease of central nervous system. will become paralysed until death. Give Penicillin for treatment.

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Foot Rot

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common disease between the toes of cattle. caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum.

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How to prevent foot rot

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Feed organic Iodine. Vaccination. Zinc in mineral.

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What does Fusobacterium necrophorum cause?

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foot rot, dipthera and liver abbesses.

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What is lumpy jaw caused by?

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a ray fungus that invades through opening in mucosa or skin.

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Symptoms of Lumpy Jaw

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Swelling and abcessation of jaw line.

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Treatment of Lumpy Jaw

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Feed organic iodine. Inject sodium iodide IV.

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Woody tongue

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Swelling of tongue and hardness. Difficulty breathing and eating. Feed Organic Iodine.

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Tuberculosis

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Chronic disease affecting man and animals. Big deal if you get it. eradicated from usa. Reportable disease.

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Ringworm

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Fungus that affects cattle and humans. Round scaly appearance.

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Navel Ill

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Postnatal through the umbilical cord. Umbilical abscesses.

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Prevention of Navel Ill

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have sanitary calving areas.

47
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LD50

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Lethal dose for 50% of population.

48
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what are the signal words

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Danger, Warning, caution.

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Tolerance

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the ability to carry on functions with little or no impairment with presents of chemical.

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Resistance

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The amount of the chemical that an animal can withstand before being eliminated by it.

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Symptoms of poisonous plants on cattle

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sudden onset, large number of animals, NO FEVER, rapid heart beat, Death without obvious cause.

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Preventing losses to poisonous plants

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Good management practices. avoid overgrazing, know plants, dont turn out hungry cattle.

53
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Cocklebur

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deathly poisonous at the 2 leaf stage.

54
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Cocklebur symptoms

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twitching, paralysis, lack of coordination.

55
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Broom weed poisoning

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loss of appetite, abortion.

56
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How many parts per million of nitrate poisoning?

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3000

57
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more than how many parts per million of aphlotoxin is bad?

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300 parts per billion.

58
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Nitrate poisoning

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caused at places that are highly fertilized. Johnson grass, Kochia, carelessweed.

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Symptoms of nitrate poisoning

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Respiratory distress, extreme apprehension, and weakness

60
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Prussic acid

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ingestion of sorghum family, causes death by inactivating respiratory enzymes. Stress on plants

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Symptoms of prussic acid poisoning.

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spasms and quick death, frothing at the mouth, will live if they survive 2 hours.

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Sweet clover poisoning

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Blood thinner and cattles blood will not clot, bleed to death.

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Aflatoxins

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poisonous molds

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Symptoms of BRD

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hacking cough fever, diahrrea, labored breathing.

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How to tell BRSV from other viruses

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Calves head is held out and extended with chin up.

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Signs of coccidiosis

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Bloody scours. Repiratory problems will follow. Immunosuppreser.

67
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What is set up by?

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Haemophilus Somnus

68
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What is polio caused by?

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High energy diets, distillers grain, by products of ethenol.

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