Bovine Questions Flashcards
Identify this cattle breed. Why are its horns so god damned huge?
Ankole-Watusi
Horns are used for heat dissipation
What is the most common clinical sign in cattle associated with copper deficiency?
faded coat color
What cell type do you expect to see in the nasal discharge in cattle with a rhinitis caused by the presence of certain pollens in the environment?
Eosinophils
Baldy Calf Syndrome is a genetic disease in __________ cattle associated with __________
Baldy Calf Syndrome is a genetic disease in Holstein cattle associated with defect in zinc metabolism
Facial eczema in cattle may be the result of ingestion of spores of what fungus?
Pithomyces
T/F: Lice infestation in cattle is more common in the summer months
False
Lice infestation in cattle is more common in the winter months
What type of fly is associated with the transmission of Stephanofilaria in North America?
Horn Fly
A common respiratory disease that may lead to pneumonic pasteurellosis in dairy calves in the United States is:
Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)
What dairy cattle breed has a dark colored hoof and less susceptibility to lameness?
Jersey
T/F: The tropical bont tick can be eradicated by dipping or pour on acaricide bi-weekly
True
__________ is the fungus associated with fescue toxicosis and agalactica in cattle and horses
Acremonium
Several goats in a flock were affected with severe panophthalmitis and conjunctivitis. What would be your recommendation for this flock?
quarantine and treat with oxytetracycline
**this is pink eye**
Identify this breed that is selected for the myostatin gene:
Piedmontese
Cattle with pigment around the eye are less at risk for this tumor than cattle without pigment:
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
Which one of the following diseases is associated with Fusobacterium?
- Hard udder of cows
- Big head in horses
- Wry nose in swine
- Calf diphtheria
- Big head in sheep
Calf diphtheria
Dermatophilosis in cattle responds well to treatment with:
Procaine Penicillin G
T/F: Stephanofilaria stilesi has been eradicated from the US
False
Stephanofilaria stilesi is a filarial parasite commonly transmitted by the Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans)
T/F: Adult warble flies just screw each other all day
True
Adult warble flies don’t have mouths. They live for sex; only exist for reproduction.
T/F: Acremonium is the fungus associated with fescue toxicosis and agalactica in cattle and horses
True
Which type of fly is associated with the most economic loss in cattle in North America?
Horn fly (Haematobia irritans)
If a cow is showing symptoms of hives immediately after being treated with procaine penicillin, what would be the drug of choice for treating this cow?
antihistamine
Which one of the following is associated with vasoconstriction
- Sporodesmin
- Sweet clover
- Buckwheat
- Ergot
Ergot
- Grows on outside of plants, can usually see, black
- Associated with fescue grass, wheat, and rye
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Causes vasoconstriction in feet, tail and ears
- Eventually become lame and skin falls off (sloughing)
The fly associated with warbles in cattle is:
Hypoderma bovis (Warble fly)
T/F: Cochliomyia hominivorax has been eradicated from the US
True
Cochliomyia hominivorax is SCREWWORM. It is REPORTABLE in the US
T/F: Dermatophilosis in cattle is zoonotic
True
A respiratory disease of calves characterized by inspiratory dyspnea and coughing would be:
- Lungworm
- BLAD
- BPE
- BRSV
- Diphtheria
Diphtheria
Which one of the following breeds has the highest incidence of milk fever?
- Jersey
- Holstein
- Shorthorn
- Dutch Belted
- Brown Swiss
Jersey
Two breeds of dairy cattle known for the production of high solids milk are the __________ and __________
Two breeds of dairy cattle known for the production of high solids milk are the Guernsey** and **Jersey
T/F: Warble flies are the most important flies causing economic loss in North America
False
Horn flies are the most important flies causing economic loss in North America
T/F: Papillomatosis in cattle is zoonotic
False
Animals can still be used for meat
T/F: Lice can cause fatal anemia in calves
True
The tick most responsible for the severe outbreak of dermatophilosis in ruminants in the Caribbean was:
Amblyomma variegatum
Tropical Bont Tick
What plants are associated with primary photosensitization in cattle?
St. John’s Wort and Buckwheat
The most common breed of dairy cattle on a worldwide basis is the __________
Holstein
T/F: Dermatophilosis has a fungal etiology
False
Dermatophilosis is associated with Amblyomma tick bites on St. Kitts
The cause of ventral midline dermatitis in cattle is __________, transmitted by the __________.
The cause of ventral midline dermatitis in cattle is Stephanofilariasis, transmitted by the Horn Fly.
Although there are many stressors that can predispose cattle to shipping fever, the highest stressor is which one of the following?
- Nutritional change
- Cold temperature
- Increased humidity
- Increased dust in environment
- Mixing of cattle
Mixing of cattle
What is the therapy of choice for sucking lice infestation in cattle?
Doramectin
This animal is affected with non-pruritic hair loss in the absence of external parasites. What is your presumptive diagnosis?
Ringworm
- Occurs more often in young animals housed under crowded conditions during winter months may also have nutritional problems à Animals develop immunity with age*
- Ringworm in cattle is ZOONOTIC*
Stephanofilaria stilesi is a filarial parasite that causes skin lesions of cattle in many states. The typical circumscribed dermatitis is usually located on the:
ventral midline
What type of mite is usually associated with dermatitis on the lower leg of small ruminants, cattle, and horses?
Chorioptes
Identify this large breed of European cattle:
Chianina
Frontal sinusitis is most often associated with:
dehorning
__________ sinusitis is associated with infected teeth, whereas __________ sinusitis is associated with dehorning
Maxillary sinusitis is associated with infected teeth, whereas frontal sinusitis is associated with dehorning
The image below shows __________ sinusitis in a cow
maxillary
What would be the preferred method for treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the lower eyelid extending down to bone on the valuable breeding Herford?
- Beta radiation
- Cryotherapy
- Gamma radiation
- Radio-wave thermal therapy
- Intravenous chemotherapy
Gamma radiation
