Approach To Recumbency Flashcards
The three components of an illness script
Presenting clinical signs
Pathophysiologic insult
Predisposing risk factors
What are the four DDX categories of recumbency we have used to organize information?
Infection
Imbalance
Injury
Infestation
For which DDX categories of recumbency would you expect to most commonly be “not alert”?
Imbalance and Infection (severe infections having systemic effects including impaired mental status)
Describe the pathophysiologic insult causing Bovine Secondary Recumbency (“Downer Cow Syndrome”)
Muscle swelling and edema due to ischemia
Describe the muscle tone for hypocalcemia.
Flaccid muscles
Describe the muscle tone for botulism.
Flaccid muscles
Describe the muscle tone for hypomagnesemia.
Rigid muscles
Describe the muscle tone for tetanus.
Rigid muscles
Name three key features of Excessive Negative Energy Balance (ENEB), commonly called “pregnancy toxicity.”
Progression to recumbency
Progressive anorexia
Obtunded to stuporous
Primary site of Mg absorption in the adult ruminant.
Ruminoreticulum
Which is more important when establishing prognosis for a down cow recovering, duration of recumbency or quality of nursing care?
Quality of nursing care
Which of the following animals has the greatest risk of clinical hypocalcemia?
A prepartum Angus beef cow
A one-day postpartum, primiparous (first lactation) Jersey dairy cow
A one-day postpartum, third parity (lactation) Holstein dairy cow
A one-day postpartum multifarious Boer meat goat
A one-day postpartum, third parity (lactation) Holstein dairy cow
Bacteria unlikely to be primary etiologic agent causing gangrenous mastitis.
Bacillus spp.
Damage to what structure is the most common cause of recumbency post-calving (calving paralysis)?
Dorsal nerve roots of the Sciatic nerve
What three things should be assessed when evaluating hydration status of cattle?
Eye position
Body condition score
Skin tent of upper eyelid
