Equine Flashcards

1
Q

Confirmatory test for strangles ( strep. equi)

A

bacterial culture

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2
Q

Is strep. equi reportable?

A

Yes

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3
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morula in the neutrophil

A

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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4
Q

drug to treat anaplasma phagocytophilum

A

oxytetracycline

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5
Q

acute, diffuse necrotizing hepatitis after receiving serum products

A

Theiler’s disease

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6
Q

Tyzzer’s disease

A

clostridium piliformis

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7
Q

Causes hepatic icterus

A

Tyzzer’s disease

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8
Q

Breed with B and T lymphocyte immunodeficiency

A

Arabian

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9
Q

medication to treat laminitis

A

phenoxybenzamine

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10
Q

How do you determine non-regenerative versus regenerative anemia?

A

Bone marrow examination

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11
Q

Antibodies in foals with passive transfer

A

> 800 mg/dL

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12
Q

treatment for sand enteropathy

A

psyllium

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13
Q

binds sand and removes from GI tract

A

psyllium

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14
Q

when ruptured allows extension of hock and flexion of stifle simultaneously

A

peroneous tertius

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15
Q

fitulous withers is inflammation of

A

supraspinou bursa

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16
Q

definitive host for dictuocauls arnfeldi (lungworm of horses)

A

donkey

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17
Q

Most common infectious cause of infertility in a horse in the USA

A

streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus

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18
Q

infectious equine metritis

A

Tayorella equigenitalis

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19
Q

degenerative condition causing osteophyte formation, bone remodelin, enlarged vasculature

A

navicular syndrome

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20
Q

spasmodic hyperflexion of the leg, use electromyography to confirm

A

stringhalt

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21
Q

poor conformation and causes synovial fluid formation

A

bog spavin

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22
Q

osteoarthritis of the hock

A

bone spavin

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23
Q

supraspinous contracture

A

sweeney

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24
Q

vectors for vesicular stomatitis

A

black flies

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25
Q

african horse sickness is transmitted by

A

culicoides

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26
Q

supraorbital fossa swelling indicated

A

african horse sickness

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27
Q

disease caused by burkholderia mallei

A

glanders

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28
Q

causes ventral swelling in late term pregnant mares

A

ruptured prepubic tendon

29
Q

aural plaques are caused by

A

papillomavirus

30
Q

treatment for papillomavirus

A

topical imiquimod (aldara)

31
Q

most common cause of uveitis in a hore

A

onchocerca cervicalis

32
Q

predisposing factor for right dorsal colitis

A

NSAIDs

33
Q

stiff choppy gait that gets better while riding, muscle fasciculations and is genetic

A

polysaccharide storage myopathy

34
Q

factors of DIC

A

thrombocytopenia, prolonged PT and aPTT, elevated d-dimers, low antithrombin III

35
Q

nerve block for laminitis

A

abaxial sesamoid block

36
Q

strangulating intestinal obstruction

A

mesenteric rent

37
Q

virus found in upper respiratory tract

A

adenovirus

38
Q

fescue toxicosis causes

A

prolonged gestation and decreaed milk production

39
Q

recessive trait seen in overo and causes colic

A

ileocolonic agangliosis

40
Q

treatment of choice for rhodococcus equi

A

erythromycin and rifampin

41
Q

equine pinworm

A

oxyuris equi

42
Q

inability to sweat

A

anhidrosis

43
Q

fractures usually occur at which carpal bones

A

radial and 3rd carpal bones

44
Q

diamond shape hypersensitivity lesion

A

onchocerca

45
Q

most common way equine herpesvirus 1 is spread

A

inhalation

46
Q

sodium bicarb formula

A

.4 x BW x base deficit

47
Q

treatment for warfarin toxcity

A

1-2 liters of plasma or vitamin K1

48
Q

club foot

A

deep digital flexor contracture

49
Q

ionophore causes

A

myocardial toxicity

50
Q

osteoarthritis of the phalanges

A

ringbone

51
Q

treatment for ringbone

A

surgical arthrodesis

52
Q

test to diagnose corynebacterium pseudotuberculsosi

A

synergistic hemolysis inhibition test

53
Q

test to evaluate failure of passive transfer

A

zinc sulfate

54
Q

test used to diagnose dermatophytes

A

KOH test

55
Q

carpal fractues occur most frquently at

A

3rd and radial carpal bones

56
Q

treatment for ochoberca cervicalis

A

ivermectin

57
Q

treatment for ascarids

A

piperazine

58
Q

rabies vaccine law

A

not required but recommended

59
Q

tyzzer’s disease

A

clostridium piliforme

60
Q

deep S wave, normal QRS

A

atrial fibrillation

61
Q

red maple leaves

A

causes icterus, hemolysis and low oxygen in blood

62
Q

oak

A

causes diarrhea and abdominal pain

63
Q

black walnut

A

cause laminitis

64
Q

yellow star thistle

A

causes nigropallidal encephalomalacia

65
Q

diagnosis for glanders

A

mallein test

66
Q

ineffective treatment for culicoides hypersensitivity

A

antihistamines

67
Q

trichostrongylus axei

A

stomach worm and causes chronic gastritis

68
Q

how long after parturition is placenta considered retained

A

3-6 hours