Disease Problems Flashcards
What is the more common term for lockjaw?
Tetanus
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 49
What is the more common term for Distemper?
Strangles
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council, p. 49
What is an acute infectious disease caused by Bacillus Anthracis, a rod shaped organism?
Anthrax
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 445-13
What is the common name for the disease that is prevented by dipping the newborn foal’s navel stump in iodine?
Navel ill or Joint ill
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 202
Which equine disease is caused by the bacterium streptococcus equi?
Distemper (Strangles)
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 615-1
Penetration injuries from nails and splinters can cause what?
Tetanus or lockjaw
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 645-1
What is the abnormal reaction of the skin to sunlight?
Photosensitivity
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 211
All contagious diseases are infectious, name an infectious disease that is not contagious.
Tetanus
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 47
What disease in new bone growth occurring in the region of the pastern bone on the first, second, or third phalanx?
Ringbone
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 234
Is thrush more common in the front or hind feet?
Hind feet
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 531
What are two of the symptoms of tetanus?
Spasmodic or constant muscular rigidity, difficulty walking and swallowing, prolapse of the third eyelid, death
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 601)
Give 4 symptoms of Lyme Disease.
Lameness, arthritis, fever, muscle aches and pain, limb swelling, eye inflammation, encephalitis, hepatitis, nephritis, and abortion
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 340)
Septicemia is more commonly called…?
Blood poisoning
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 33
Name 2 bacterial diseases.
Pneumonia, Glanders, Anthrax, Strangles, Botulism
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 330-342
The Coggins test is used to detect what disease?
EIA - Equine Infectious Anemia or swamp fever
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 630-1 / Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 516 / Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 60 / The Horse, Evans, p. 601)