Common Equine Disease: Viral/Infectious Diseases

Question 1

What is the causative agent for Equine Arteritis?

Answer 1

Equine arteritis virus

Question 2

What are the clinical signs of Equine Arteritis?

Answer 2

Flulike symptoms
Abortion
Pneumonia

Question 3

How is Equine Arteritis diagnosed?

Answer 3

Virus isolation
Paired serum samples
VIral antigen
Viral nucleic acid detection

Question 4

How is Equine Arteritis treated?

Answer 4

Supportive

Question 5

What is the causative agent for Equine Infectious Anemia?

Answer 5

Retroviridae family

Question 6

What are the clinical signs of Equine Infectious Anemia?

Answer 6

Pale mucus membranes, petechiae, icteric, neurologic signs, thrombocytopenia, anemia

Question 7

How is Equine Infectious Anemia diagnosed?

Answer 7

Serologic testing (Coggins testing)
 AGID, cELISA, ViraCHECKⓇ, ELISA, synthetic antigen ELISA

Question 8

How is Equine Infectious Anemia treated?

Answer 8

Reportable
Euthanasia
Quarantine

Question 9

What is the causative agent for Equine Influenza?

Answer 9

Orthomyxoviridae family

Question 10

What are the clinical signs of Equine Influenze?

Answer 10

Fever, anorexia, weight loss, mucopurulent nasal discharge, increased respiratory rates, retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy

Question 11

How is Equine Influenza diagnosed?

Answer 11

Presumptive, virus isolation, immunoassay, immunofluorescence, PCR, antibody detection

Question 12

How is Equine influenza treated?

Answer 12

Supportive care

Question 13

What version of equine influenza affects horses that intermingle with other horses?

Answer 13

Equine Influenza A

Question 14

What is the causative agent for Rabies?

Answer 14

Enveloped ribonucleic acid rhabdovirus

Question 15

What are the clinical signs of Rabies?

Answer 15

GI symptoms, ataxia, lameness, loss of bladder control

Question 16

How is Rabies diagnosed?

Answer 16

Examination of brain and spinal cord

Question 17

How is Rabies treated?

Answer 17

There is no treatment for Rabies

Question 18

What is the causative agent for Equine Herpesvirus (Rhinopneumonitis)

Answer 18

Equine herpesvirus 1 and Equine herpesvirus 4

Question 19

What are the clinical signs of Equine Herpesvirus (Rhinopneumonitis)

Answer 19

Mucopurulent nasal discharge, lymphadenopathy, coughing, abortion, scrotal edema, loss of libido, reduced sperm quality, ataxia, fever, loss of anal tone, paralysis of the tail, urinary incontinence, recumbency

Question 20

How is Equine Herpesvirus (Rhinopneumonitis) diagnosed?

Answer 20

PCR

Postmortum

Question 21

How is Equine Herpesvirus (Rhinopneumonitis) treated?

Answer 21

Isolation

Supportive Care

Question 22

What is the causative agent for Vesicular Stomatitis?

Answer 22

Rhabdoviridae family

Question 23

What are the clinical signs of Vesicular Stomatitis?

Answer 23

Fever, excessive saliva production, white areas on the oral mucosa, coronary band, belly, muzzle, prepuce, udder

Question 24

How is Vesicular Stomatitis diagnosed?

Answer 24

Antibody detection , detection of vial genetic material, viral isolation

Question 25

How is Vesicular Stomatitis treated?

Answer 25

Supportive care

Question 26

How is Vesicular Stomatitis transmitted?

Answer 26

Black fly
Sand fly
Mosquito
Housefly