Bovine D&D

Question 1

Anthrax (cause, 3 initial symptoms, 2 intermediate symptoms, 2 advanced symptoms)

Answer 1

-Bacteria in soil
-Depression, reluctance to move, temp. of 107
-Rapid breathing, congested membranes
-Blood from orifices
-Death

Question 2

Blackleg (cause, 4 symptoms)

Answer 2

-Soil and intestinal tract
-Inflamed muscles, toxemia, gassy swelling under skin, dragging leg

Question 3

Brucellosis (Bang’s Disease) (1 alternate name, 2 things about it, 2 symptoms)

Answer 3

-Undulant Fever in humans
-Zoonotic, Vet. vaccinated
-Abortion after 5th month or Orchitis

Question 4

Calf Diptheria (cause)

Answer 4

Fusobacterium Necrophorum (same as foot rot)

Question 5

Foot and Mouth Disease (1 symptom, 2 things about it)

Answer 5

-Vesicles on the mouth, feet, udder
-Highly contagious, reportable

Question 6

Foot Rot (1 alternate name, 1 cause)

Answer 6

-Interdigital Phlegmon
-Fusobacterium Necrophorum

Question 7

Johne’s Disease (2 external symptoms, 2 internal symptoms, 4 transmission vectors)

Answer 7

-Diarrhea and emaciation
-Thickening or folding of intestinal wall
-Semen, milk, feces, or placenta

Question 8

Lumpy Jaw (1 alternate name, 1 external cause, 1 internal cause)

Answer 8

-Actinomycosis
-Sharp objects
-Infection of the jaw that causes proliferation

Question 9

Wooden Tongue (1 alternate name, 1 cause)

Answer 9

-Acntinobacillosis
-Sharp objects

Question 10

IBR, Red Nose (1 full name, 1 cause, 2 symptoms)

Answer 10

-Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
-Bovine Herpesvirus
-Abortion and infection of the upper airway and trachea

Question 11

BVD (1 full name, 2 symptoms)

Answer 11

-Bovine Viral Diarrhea
-Abortion and diarrhea

Question 12

Cryptosporidiosis (2 things about it, 1 alternate name)

Answer 12

-Affects calves one to four weeks old
-Scours
-Zoonotic

Question 13

Lice (Describe lice & their two types, four locations where they commonly appear)

Answer 13

-Wingless, flattened insects
-Sucking and biting
-Nect, back, face, and udder
-Sucking louse - pointed mouth parts
-Biting louse - rounded head with chewing mandibles

Question 14

Mites (1 alternate name, two types of mites, two symptoms of mites)

Answer 14

-Mange
-Chorioptic and sarcoptic
-Pruritus, Alopecia

Question 15

Coccidosis (1 cause, 1 symptom)

Answer 15

-Protozoa
-Bloody diarrhea

Question 16

Nematodes (2 alternate names, 3 symptoms)

Answer 16

-Roundworms
-Ostertagia Ostertagi
-Diarrhea, Weight loss, Anemia

Question 17

Ringworm (1 cause, 2 symptoms)

Answer 17

-Fungus
-Crusting and Alopecia

Question 18

Mad Cow Disease (1 alternate name, 2 similar diseases, 1 cause, one transmission vector, 1 thing about it)

Answer 18

-BSE, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
-Creutzfeldt-Jacob’s or Kuru are similar in humans
-Prions
-Spread via bonemeal
-Reportable

Question 19

Malignant Edema (1 cause, 1 transmission vector, 2 symptoms)

Answer 19

-Clostridia
-Entrance through cuts and scratches
-Swelling in muscles, crackling sound

Question 20

Pinkeye (2 causes, 3 initial symptoms, one advanced symptom)

Answer 20

-Flies and dust
-Ulceration of the eye, tears, photophobia
-Blindness

Question 21

Pneumonia (1 description, 2 symptoms)

Answer 21

-Infection concentrated in the lungs
-Labored breathing, nasal discharge

Question 22

Shipping Fever (5 causes)

Answer 22

-Stress from vaccination, castration, dehorning, weaning, and shipping

Question 23

Tuberculosis (3 things about it)

Answer 23

-Zoonotic
-Respiratory disease
-Reportable

Question 24

Hairy Foot Warts (1 symptom)

Answer 24

-Lameness

Question 25

What bovine disease causes bloody diarrhea?

Answer 25

Coccidosis

Question 26

What disease should you vaccinate for to prevent undulant fever in humans and abortion in cattle?

Answer 26

Brucellosis (Bang’s disease)