Equine Flashcards
Confirmatory test for strangles ( strep. equi)
bacterial culture
Is strep. equi reportable?
Yes
morula in the neutrophil
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
drug to treat anaplasma phagocytophilum
oxytetracycline
acute, diffuse necrotizing hepatitis after receiving serum products
Theiler’s disease
Tyzzer’s disease
clostridium piliformis
Causes hepatic icterus
Tyzzer’s disease
Breed with B and T lymphocyte immunodeficiency
Arabian
medication to treat laminitis
phenoxybenzamine
How do you determine non-regenerative versus regenerative anemia?
Bone marrow examination
Antibodies in foals with passive transfer
> 800 mg/dL
treatment for sand enteropathy
psyllium
binds sand and removes from GI tract
psyllium
when ruptured allows extension of hock and flexion of stifle simultaneously
peroneous tertius
fitulous withers is inflammation of
supraspinou bursa
definitive host for dictuocauls arnfeldi (lungworm of horses)
donkey
Most common infectious cause of infertility in a horse in the USA
streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus
infectious equine metritis
Tayorella equigenitalis
degenerative condition causing osteophyte formation, bone remodelin, enlarged vasculature
navicular syndrome
spasmodic hyperflexion of the leg, use electromyography to confirm
stringhalt
poor conformation and causes synovial fluid formation
bog spavin
osteoarthritis of the hock
bone spavin
supraspinous contracture
sweeney
vectors for vesicular stomatitis
black flies
african horse sickness is transmitted by
culicoides
supraorbital fossa swelling indicated
african horse sickness
disease caused by burkholderia mallei
glanders