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Diseases Flashcards

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Organism: Equine Encephalomyelitis

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Mosquitos or Gnats

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Abbreviation: Equine Encephalomyelitis

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EEE/VEE/WEE

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Equine Encephalomyelitis: common name

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Sleeping sickness

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Symptoms: Equine Encephalomyelitis

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Fever( > 100.5), body and joint aches, droopy ears/lips, head pressing, disorientation, paralysis

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Treatment: Equine Encephalomyelitis

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Veterinary support and fluids. If severe then euthanasia

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Vaccine: Equine Encephalomyelitis

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5-way

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Organism: WNV

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Mosquitos or Gnats

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WNV: Vaccine

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5-way

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WNV: symptoms

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general loss of appetite, depression, and fever along with neurological signs such as ataxia (stumbling, staggering, wobbly gait, or incoordination)

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WNV: Treatment

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Not very well understood in veterinary medicine but corticosteroids and fluids may help

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Organism: Tetanus

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Clostridium tetani

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Common name: Tatanus

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Lockjaw

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Vaccine: Tetanusq

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5-way

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Symptoms: Tetanus

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Facial muscle spasm, sweating, saw-horse, muscular rigidity, and prolapse of the third eyelid

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Treatment: Tetanus

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Veterinary support unless euthanasia is recommended

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Organism: Rabies

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Rhabdovirus

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Rabies: Vaccine

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Rabies VET ADMINISTERED

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Symptoms: Rabies

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Behavioral changes: dull and depressed, agitated

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Treatment: Rabies

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Few treatments but euthanasia is the most humane

20
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Organism: Flu

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Influenza A subtypes and spread in droplets

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Vaccine: Flu

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Vaccine may not prevent but decreases severity

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Symptoms: Flu

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Nasal discharge, off feed, dry cough, secondary pneumonia if severe

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Organism: Strangles

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Streptococcus equi

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Symptoms: Strangles

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High temp, swelling of lymph nodes, nasal discharge, can spread for 4 weeks

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Organism: Equine Herpes Virus

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EHV-1 and EHV-4

26
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Strangles vaccine

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Intranasal or IM but intranasal is more likely to be effective

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Vaccine: EHV

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Pnuemobort k +1b (killed) or mod. live

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Organism: Equine Viral Arteritis

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Viral

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Symptoms: EVA

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Spread from semen, skin rash, edema of limbs and potential abortion

30
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Organism: Potomac Horse Fever

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Rickettsia ehrlichia

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Vaccine: Potomac Horse Fever

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killed version

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Symptoms: Potomac Horse Fever

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Mils colic, depression, anorexia and fever

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Organism: Botulism

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Clostridium botulinum (spores in the soil)

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Symptoms: Botulism

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Shaker foal syndrome: muscle tremors and death
adults: muscular paralysis

35
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Vesicular Stomatitis

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Highly contagious, most common symptoms are blisters on face and lips.

36
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Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM)

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Caused by Sarcocystis neurona. Caused neurological symptoms such as a head tilt or unstable walking

37
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Equine Infectious Anemia

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potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease. Most common vectors are biting flies, or tabanids, particularly horseflies. Other ways to get infected are unsafe hygiene practices . The most commonly diagnosed form of the disease is the chronic form, in which the individual has repeated fever episodes and develops other clinical signs including dependent edema (swelling), weight loss, and severe anemia. MUST BE QUARANTINED FOR ENTIRE LIFE.

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Heart Rate

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28-45 bpm

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Respiratory rate

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8-16 bpm

40
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horse ancestor

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Eophippus Hyracotherium

41
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Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage

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Bleeders, most commonly seen in working horses, increase in blood pressure, may not be visible at first. Treatment is Lasix

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Recurrent airway obstruction, heaves, classic heave line at bottom of stomach, can be caused by allergy and dusty feeds & molds. Bronchodilators medication

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Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

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Poor body condition, weight loss, poor appetite, dullness, attitude changes, low-grade colic, loose feces. Reduce the amount of grain and feed frequently. Gastroguard.

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Equine Metabolic Syndrome

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Insulin resistance, may go into founder(laminitis). Management is specialized diets, reduced sugars, grass hay and increased exercise

45
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Roaring Laryngeal Hemiplegia

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Damage to recurrent laryngeal nerve, left side is most often affected, roaring vibration. Requires surgical correction.

46
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Tying up

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Monday morning disease, muscles tighten (breakdown of myoglobin), coffee colored urine

47
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Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis

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Genetic disorder, muscles cannot regulate Na and K. Management is nutritional and exercise.

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