Beef cattle diseases and small ruminants Flashcards
Foot rot: treatment
Antibiotics
NSAIDS and bandage
Footbath: copper and zinc sulfate
Remove from wet area
Pinkeye
Agent- moraxella Bovis
Corneal ulceration
If not treated-eyeball rupture, blindness
Spread by flies between cows
Tall grass is a cause
White faced cattle mainly
Pinkeye-treatment
"Old timer" treatment Throw salt on eye Sprays Antibiotics Steroids-can cause abortion Suture eye closed TLC
Pinkeye Prevention
Fly control
Keep pastures short
Genetics (avoid white face)
Vaccination
Plants affect respiratory system
Perilla Mint (interstitial pneumonia)
Inhibit oxygen utilization (Johnsoj grass or Sudan)
Affect oxygen transport (pigweed, Jimson weed)
Plants that affect GI system
Cocklebur
Solanum spp
Amanita
Sesbania spp
Plants that affect nervous system
Jimson weed
Cannabis sativa
Plants that affect cardiovascular system
Digitalis purpurea
Oleander
Milkweeds
Plants that affect the kidneys
Oak
Pigweed
Halogeton
Plant that affects skeletal muscle
Sicklepod
Toxic plants
Cana lily Daffodil bulb Jimson weed Spiny amaranth Foxglove White cherry Dallas grass Japanese yew Lantana Johnson grass after frost
Horse nettle
Poke weeds
Foot rot
Acute inflammation resulting in lameness due to infection in foot between toes
Caused by standing in mud and wet areas
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