Bovine Diseases Pt. 2

Question 1

What are the causative agents of Dermatophytosis?

Answer 1

Trichophyton verrucosum or Microsporum spp.

Question 2

What is the causative agent of Trichomoniasis?

Answer 2

Tritrichomonas foetus (a protozoa) causing venereal disease

Question 3

How is Trichomoniasis transmitted?

Answer 3

infected bull to uninfected cow

Question 4

What are the clinical signs of Trichomoniasis?

Answer 4

early fetal death, infertility, and late-term abortion

Question 5

What is the causative agent of Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)?

Answer 5

paramyxovirus family

Question 6

What is the treatment for Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)?

Answer 6

focus is treating secondary bacterial infections

Question 7

What is the causative agent for Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)?

Answer 7

Pestivirus

Question 8

What is the causative agent of Foot and Mouth Disease?

Answer 8

Picornaviridae family

Question 9

What is Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) also called?

Answer 9

Red Nose

Question 10

What is the causative agent of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)?

Answer 10

Bovine herpesvirus I

Question 11

What is the treatment for Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)?

Answer 11

vaccination

Question 12

What is Hardware’s Disease also called?

Answer 12

Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis

Question 13

What is the causative agent of Hardware’s Disease?

Answer 13

consumption of a foreign body

Question 14

What is the treatment for Hardware’s Disease?

Answer 14

surgical removal (if early), antibiotics, and magnet

Question 15

How can Hardware’s Disease be prevented?

Answer 15

magnet can be given as prevention

Question 16

What is the causative agent of Hypocalcemia/Milk Fever?

Answer 16

low levels of circulating calcium in the bloodstream from milk production

Question 17

What are the clinical signs of Hypocalcemia/Milk Fever?

Answer 17

sternal or lateral recumbency (down cow), muscle twitching, “S” shape to the neck, ataxia, cold extremities, GI stasis

Question 18

What is the causative agent of Hypomagnesemic Tetany?

Answer 18

low levels of magnesium

Question 19

What are the clinical signs of Hypomagnesemic Tetany?

Answer 19

convulsions, stiffness, hyperexcitability, dilated pupils, frothing at the mouth, muscle spasms, and death

Question 20

What is the most common form of intersexuality?

Answer 20

Freemartinism

Question 21

What is the causative agent of Ketosis?

Answer 21

insufficient feed intake

Question 22

How is Ketosis diagnosed?

Answer 22

Rothera’s test (measures ketones in milk) and uterine ketone sticks

Question 23

What is the causative of LDA/RDA (left and right displaced abomasum)?

Answer 23

involves the abomasum moving from its normal position to the left or right

Question 24

What is the causative agent of Polioencephalomalacia?

Answer 24

induced thiamine deficiency

Question 25

What is the treatment for Polioencephalomalacia?

Answer 25

multiple IV injections of thiamine

Question 26

When does prolapse happen?

Answer 26

last 2-3 weeks of gestation

Question 27

What is the causative agent of Rickets?

Answer 27

lack of improper calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D in young

Question 28

What is the treatment for Rickets?

Answer 28

correction of the diet, exposure to sunlight (vitamin D)

Question 29

What is the causative agent of bloat?

Answer 29

inadequate diet

Question 30

What is the causative agent of White Muscle Disease?

Answer 30

vitamin E or selenium deficiency