Dead Livestock Flashcards
What do older animals (>48m, check this) need to be tested for when doing a post mortem?
TSE
What notifiable disease should be considered when neoplasia is found in a bovine?
Enzootic bovine leukosis
What disease causes this lesion?
Blackleg/C. chavoei (‘chavs wear black trousers’)
What disease causes this lesion and neurological signs in lambs?
Taenia multiceps
Which system should you examine last in a post mortem and why?
Guts due to contamination of any samples you want to take
What is the cranial ‘pluck’ in a post mortem?
Removing the tongue/hyoid/lungs together
How do you examine the inside of the liver?
‘Breading’
What is an important consideration of liver biopsies in cows?
May be Clostridium present in liver, must be vaccinated if you’re going to go ahead
What causes this ‘Turkey egg kidney’ in pigs?
African and classical swine fever
What causes this kidney lesion in sheep? (Often dead tups when stressed by mating/not eating enough)
Copper poisoning (e.g. feeding tups with cow feed)
Causes of sudden death in sheep
Anthrax
Lightning strike
Grass staggers/hypomagnesemia
Clostridia
Parasites
What disease in cows can cause this tracheitis lesion?
IBR
What causes this presentation in cow lungs?
Lungworm (Dictyocaulus viviparus)
What notifiable disease can cause this presentation?
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Is Proteus mirabilis a significant finding when sampling during a post mortem?
No, it readily overgrows in cultures, main isolate recovered from field samples
What should you do before taking a sample during a post mortem?
Sear surface (to sterilise the surface, if not possible to sear use an alcohol wipe)
What swab should you use for post mortems?
Charcoal swab (transport medium)
If it is hot when sampling in post mortem what should you do with samples?
Put them on ice