Dat cows walking funny Flashcards
Late winter, fed silage
Depression, unilateral facial paralysis, drooping ear and eyelid
Hypersalivating, no menace, keratitis, circling
Listeriosis
Long, hairy coat, ataxia, fine muscle contractions
Border disease
Young animals born inside
Hygiene related
Septic arthritis
Recently calved cow
Uni or bilateral hindlimb weakness
Obturator nerve paralysis
Fast growing beef
Mild and progressive hind limb lameness
Osteochondrosis
Treated with parenteral administration of vitamin E and Selenium
White muscle disease
Common in <6 month animals
Bilateral stiff and stilted hindlimb gait
Spastic paresis
Progressive and generalised muscle weakness
Any age
Botulism
Reluctance to move, prolapsed third eyelid
Muscle spasms and spasticity
Tetanus
Acute lameness and discomfort
Gastrocnemius rupture
Swelling, heat and lameness
Hock cellulitis/bursitis
Joint enlargement, progressive, older animals
Degenerative joint disease
Hopping, stiff legged
Treat with manual intervention
Dorsal laxation of patella
Traumatic
Hind limb lameness and swelling
Needs stabilised
Hip dislocation
Young rapidly growing animals
Genetics, nutritional imbalance, improper hoof care and exercise may play role
Flexural limb deformity
Tremors, weakness, stiffness, muscle spasms, tenancy then recumbency around calving
Hypocalcemia
Taenia multiceps in brain and spinal cord
Circling, head pressing, seizures
Coenuriasis
Copper deficiency
Young animals
Swaying, wobbly, weakness, paralysis
Swayback/enzootic ataxia
Tremors, ataxia, weakness, wasting, incoordination, difficulty swallowing, recumbency, agitation, itchiness
Scrapie
Blindness, head pressing, circling, seizures, coma
Bright white fluorescent brain under UV light
Cerebrocortical necrosis/tiamine deficiency/Polioencephalomalacia
Virus through tick bites
Abortion, fever, incoordination, paralysis
Louping ill
GI and neuro signs
Anemia
Lead poisoning
In utero infection with BVD
Ataxia, incoordination, hypermetria
Cerebellar hypoplasia
Uncommon
Depression, ataxia, somnolence
Also known as sleepy calf disease
Thromboembolic Meningoencephalitis
Neuro disease in high yielding diary cows after calving
Nervous ketosis
Notifiable
Related to contact with pigs
Aujesky’s disease
Aggression, incoordination, paralysis, difficulty swallowing
Zoonotic and notifiable
Rabies
Increased acetylcholine
Excessive salivation, lacrimaton, urination, tremors, fasciculation, incoordination, seizures
Treat with atropine
Organophosphate poisoning
Toxins produced by mold
Hepatotoxins and carcinogens
Alfatoxicosis
Caused by ovine herpes virus 2
Nasal secretions, fever, head pressing
Mallignant cattarhal fever
Impaired vision, ataxia, seizures
Caused by inadequate dietary intake
Hypovitaminosis A
Infection of middle ear
Head tilting, circling, paralysis
Otitis Media
Inflammation of meningitis
Varius severe neuro signs
Meningitis-meningoencephalitis
Severe lameness and upper limb muscle swelling
Sudden death and dry dark muscles on PM
Clostridial myositis
