Beef Cattle: Nutritional Health Problems Flashcards
Select the area where selenium deficiency is more likely to be a problem in a beef cattle heart
A) N/S Dakota
B) Montana, Wyoming, CO
C) Iowa and Nebraska
D) Pacific NW
D) Pacific NW
4 Characteristics of Brisket Disease
1) Heart condition
2) Associated to high altitudes
3) Non-adapted cattle -> Enlargement of the heart
4) Swelling lower neck and brisket
6 Fescue Toxicity Symptoms
1) Cattle do not shed winter coat in Spring
2) Cows thin and feverish
3) Reduced Calving % in beef cows
4) Reduced Calf weight
5) Conception rated radically decreased
6) Fescue foot
2 Photosensitization Preventions
1) Feeding Dry roughages
2) Rotation grazing
Fluorosis Prevention
Not use feeds with high fluorine content
3 Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema Preventions
1) Reduce dust from feeds/environment
2) Reduce concentrate/grain in the diet
3) Putting cattle on pasture
4 Enterotoxemia Symptoms
1) Lameness
2) Bloody diarrhoea
3) Bloating
4) Death in 24h
Which Metabolic Disease is associated to high altitude?
A) White muscle disease
B) Photosensitization
C) Fluorosis
D) Flounder
E) None of the above
E) None of the above
(Brisket Disease)
15 common nutritional health problems in beef cattle
1) Bloat 2) Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema
3) Brisket Disease 4) Enterotoxemia/ Overeating disease
5) Fescue Toxicity 6) Fluorosis 7) Founder
8) Grass Tetany 9) Hardware Disease 10) Nitrate Poisoning
11) Photosensitization 12) Poisonous plants
13) Urinary Calculi/ Water belly 14) Rumenitis
15) White Muscle Disease
Cause of Rumenitis (Liver Abscess Complex)
Caused by bacteria called Fusobacterium necrophorum
5 Photosensitization Symptoms
1) Scratching
2) Rubbing
3) Skin areas turn red -> yellow fluid
4) Appetite loss
5) Fever
3 Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema Symptoms
1) Panting
2) Coughing
3) Breathing Difficulties
6 Fluorosis Symptoms
1) Abnormal teeth
2) Abnormal bones
3) Stiff joints
4) Diarrheal
5) Organ damage
6) Appetite loss and emaciation
Founder Treatment
Reduce concentrate
Which Metabolic disease is associated with Mg deficiency?
A) Grass Tetany
B) Bloat
C) Nitrate Poisoning
D) Founder
A) Grass Tetany
Cause of Founder
Caused by overeating concentrates and/or
standing in the stall for long periods
Cause of White Muscle Disease
Occurs in cattle in areas where there is a
deficiency in Selenium in the soil
Major cause of Bloat in beef cattle
Green legumes in large amounts, very fast
3 Results in Whilte Muscle Disease
1) Trouble Walking
2) Trouble Breathing
3) Heart failure
Fescue Toxicity Management
“Dilute” fescue amounts by planting clover or Bermuda grass
Remove toxic fescues and replace them with varieties that contain a non toxic fungus
3 Enterotoxemia Preventions
1) Vaccination
2) Reduce amount of grain in the feed
3) Increase roughage
3 Founder Symptoms
1) Lame
2) Shifts weight from foot to the other
3) Difficulty standing
