Cows Flashcards
Which virus has profound effect on mucosal lining of trachea
IBR
Which virus can cause 1* pneumonia
BRSV
Two toxins involved in M. hemolytica type 1
Leukotoxin
Endotoxin
Leukotoxin plays what role in the pathogenesis of pneumonic pasteurellosis
Block opsonization
Chemotaxis of neutrophils
What causes inspiratory dyspnea
Diaphragmatic paralysis
Reduced fxnl lung volume
Upper airway obstruction
What characterized cardiac tamponade
Distended jugular veins
Small jugular pulse (weak pulse)
What is the most effective way to reduce blood K
Glucose
Insulin
What can be said about the heart during hypocalcemia
Rapid
Soft/weak
Presenting sign of high alttude dz
Brisket edema
Most common cardiac defect in cattle
VSD
Why are dairies decreasing in number
High feed and labor costs
How does BST (bovine somatotropin) increase milk production
Sends more lactose to mammary gland
Max bacterial amount in grade A milk
100,000
Abx illegal in lactating dairy cows
Chloramphenicol
Max SCC for grade B milk? Bacteria?
750,000
Bacteria: 1,00,000
2 issues with dry lot dairy
Heat stress from humidity
Loss of bicarb from salivating –> metabolic acidosis
Length of normal dry period
60d
Length of normal lactation
305d
Name one health issue in total confinement dairies
Infectious claw dz (hairy foot warts)
What can happen from having too much long fiber in a ration
They eat around it and eat all the grain –> rumen acidosis
What is considered one of the main health problems in camelids and goats
Heamonchus
Normal resting HR in cow
50-80bpm
What parasites cause D in camelids
Telodorsagia
Trichostrongylus
COCCIDIA (eimeria)
How much does a cow eat on a DMB
2-3% of her BW
Define NDF
Neutral detergent fiber
Measures most structural components in plant cells (lignin, hemicellulos, cellulos)
NOT pectin though
Define ADF
Acid detergent fiber
The least digestible fiber part of forage and roughage
What pathological process is present in this image
Lung consolidation (picture of hyperechoic spots)
Lung condition due to lush pasture
Fog fever
High tryptophan
One reason dairy cows are culled
Unproductive cow
2 main ingredients of TMR
Grain and silage
Desired length and width of free stall for comfort
9.6x4.1
How to confirm thin soles
Hoof testers
Foot problem due to manure accumulation
Infectious foot dz
in horses, thrush