Clinical exam of the dairy cow Flashcards
Signalment considerations -6
ID, breed, sex, age, use, husbandry
Factors to be observed - 6
general demeanour and health, posture, gait, behaviour, faeces, body shape
Normal rectal temperature? critical point? persistant fever indicates? subnormal temperatures indicate?
normal = 38.5D or 101.5F
critical point >39.2
perisistant fever 39.5D/103F - chronic inflammation
Subnormal is <38.2D/101F associated with metabolic disease
What are low temps associated with? 3
shock, circ collapse, approaching death
pulse in coccygeal artery - location, normal?
6-12 inches from base of tail,
normal 60-80bpm
Normal resp. rate
15-35/min. abnormal >40
What should you look at on LHS? 7
- palpate/ausculate flank
- contour of abdomen
- rumen (3 primary contractions per minute)
- percuss/auscultate for gas-fluid interfaces
- pain tests
- HR (adult 60-80, young calves 70-100)
- auscultate lung fields (3 phases - inspiration, expiration, pause)
Things to look for on RHS? 5
- Palpate and auscultate flank
- examine xontour
- percuss and auscultate right wall
- ballot lower right flank
- right chest
What should be examined in head region?
Jugular filling prescapular LNs Head symmetry, facial paralysis, larynx, trachea EYES Muzzle and nostrils Teeh 0 age Mouth Ears Submandibular LNs
Define IBR
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
Define MCF
Malignant Catarrhal Fever
Sign of IBR and MCF in the eyes
Red eyes
What might cause eyes to be yellow - 2
jaundice or channel island breed
How does bracken poisoning affect eyes?
petechiation
Ages of tooth eruption
1st permanent incisor = 22mo
2nd = 27 months,
3rd = 37 months
canine = 47 months
