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.