Beef Cattle: Nutritional Health Problems

Question 1

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

Answer 1

D) Pacific NW

Question 2

4 Characteristics of Brisket Disease

Answer 2

1) Heart condition
2) Associated to high altitudes
3) Non-adapted cattle -> Enlargement of the heart
4) Swelling lower neck and brisket

Question 3

6 Fescue Toxicity Symptoms

Answer 3

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

Question 4

2 Photosensitization Preventions

Answer 4

1) Feeding Dry roughages
2) Rotation grazing

Question 5

Fluorosis Prevention

Answer 5

Not use feeds with high fluorine content

Question 6

3 Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema Preventions

Answer 6

1) Reduce dust from feeds/environment
2) Reduce concentrate/grain in the diet
3) Putting cattle on pasture

Question 7

4 Enterotoxemia Symptoms

Answer 7

1) Lameness
2) Bloody diarrhoea
3) Bloating
4) Death in 24h

Question 8

Which Metabolic Disease is associated to high altitude?

A) White muscle disease

B) Photosensitization

C) Fluorosis

D) Flounder

E) None of the above

Answer 8

E) None of the above

(Brisket Disease)

Question 9

15 common nutritional health problems in beef cattle

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Cause of Rumenitis (Liver Abscess Complex)

Answer 10

Caused by bacteria called Fusobacterium necrophorum

Question 11

5 Photosensitization Symptoms

Answer 11

1) Scratching
2) Rubbing
3) Skin areas turn red -> yellow fluid
4) Appetite loss
5) Fever

Question 12

3 Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema Symptoms

Answer 12

1) Panting
2) Coughing
3) Breathing Difficulties

Question 13

6 Fluorosis Symptoms

Answer 13

1) Abnormal teeth
2) Abnormal bones
3) Stiff joints
4) Diarrheal
5) Organ damage
6) Appetite loss and emaciation

Question 14

Founder Treatment

Answer 14

Reduce concentrate

Question 15

Which Metabolic disease is associated with Mg deficiency?

A) Grass Tetany

B) Bloat

C) Nitrate Poisoning

D) Founder

Answer 15

A) Grass Tetany

Question 16

Cause of Founder

Answer 16

Caused by overeating concentrates and/or
standing in the stall for long periods

Question 17

Cause of White Muscle Disease

Answer 17

Occurs in cattle in areas where there is a
deficiency in Selenium in the soil

Question 18

Major cause of Bloat in beef cattle

Answer 18

Green legumes in large amounts, very fast

Question 19

3 Results in Whilte Muscle Disease

Answer 19

1) Trouble Walking
2) Trouble Breathing
3) Heart failure

Question 20

Fescue Toxicity Management

Answer 20

“Dilute” fescue amounts by planting clover or Bermuda grass

Remove toxic fescues and replace them with varieties that contain a non toxic fungus

Question 21

3 Enterotoxemia Preventions

Answer 21

1) Vaccination
2) Reduce amount of grain in the feed
3) Increase roughage

Question 22

3 Founder Symptoms

Answer 22

1) Lame
2) Shifts weight from foot to the other
3) Difficulty standing