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Equine Infectious Disease Flashcards

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Viral disease of horses and other equidae. This disease can be caused by several strains but most commonly Type 1 and Type 4

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Equine Herpesvirus Infection (Equine viral rhinopneumonitis, Equine abortion virus)

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EHV Type 1 causes

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Respiratory disease, abortions, and/or neurologic disease

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EHV Type 4 causes

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Respiratory disease especially in weanlings but can rarely cause abortions also

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Etiology of Equine Herpesvirus Infection

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Type 1: EHV-1
Type 2: EHV-4

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Neurologic form of EHV type 1 is called

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Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy

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Respiratory form of EHV type 1 and type 4 is called

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Rhinopneumonitis

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Both EHV-1 and EHV-4 spread via

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Aerosolized secretions from infected coughing horses

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EHV-1 also transmitted by

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Contact with aborted fetuses, fetal fluids, and placentae associated with abortions

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Which type of EHV is reportable?

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EHV-1

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Symptoms of EHV

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-Fever, serous nasal discharge, malaise, pharyngitis, cough, inappetence, secondary bacterial infections

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Treatment for EHV

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None, supportive care

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Vaccination of EHV may:

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Reduce the severity and duration of disease but will not totally prevent the disease

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How should mares be vaccinated for prevention of abortion

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During 5th, 6th, and 9th months of gestation using inactive EHV-1 vaccine

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A highly contagious viral disease that spreads rapidly among naive horses

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Equine Influenza

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Etiology of Equine influenza

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Viral: H3N8 orthomyxovirus, equine influenza A type 2

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Clinical signs of Equine Influenza

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High fever, serous nasal discharge, submandibular lymphadenopathy, dry/harsh cough, depression, anorexia, weakness

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Sample needed for virus isolation and antigen detection of Equine influenza

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Nasopharyngeal swabs

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All horses should be vaccinated against equine influenza unless

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They live in a closed and isolated facility

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Etiology of Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)

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Viral: enveloped single-stranded RNA virus

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Is EVA zoonotic and reportable?

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Zoonotic-No
Reportable- YES

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Transmission of EAV

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Respiratory, venereal, and congenital routes or by indirect means

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Reservoir for EVA

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Carrier stallions

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Clinical signs for EVA

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Fever,swelling of; legs, scrotum, sheath, mammary glands, above/around eyes. Anorexia, depression, conjunctivitis, nasal discharge, abortion in pregnant mares, pneumonia and death in young foals

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The only definite means of diagnosing EVA is by

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laboratory testing

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Equine strangles etiology

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Streptococcus equi (gram-positive, Bhemolytic cocci)

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An infectious, contagious disease of Equidae characterized by abscessation of the lymphoid tissue of the upper respiratory tract

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Equine Strangles

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Is equine strangles zoonotic and reportable?

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Zoonotic- No
Reportable- YES

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Transmission of Equine strangles

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Fomites and direct contact with infectious exudates. Vectors: flies

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Within 24-48 hrs of initial fever spike, horse will exhibit signs of typical strangles including

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Mucoid to mucopurulent nasal discharge, depression, submandibular lymphadenopathy

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Diagnosis of Equine strangles is confirmed by

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Bacterial culture of exudate from abscesses or nasal swab samples

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Which vaccine provides the most protection from Equine Strangles

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intranasal vaccine containing live attenuated strain of S. equi

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Equine strangles vaccine should be given every _ months after initial 2 dose series

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How does Tetanus enter the body

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Through wounds, particularly puncture wounds if the wound is dirty

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Tetanus is caused by the bacterium:

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Clostridium tetani

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Classical signs of Tetanus

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progressively worsening muscular stiffness and spasms

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Tetanus toxoid vaccine

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purified, inactivated toxin

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Tetanus antitoxin vaccine

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produced by hyper immunization of donor horses with tetanus toxoid

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How is vaccination recommended for Tetanus in all horses and ponies

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On an annual basis

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A horse disease caused by retrovirus and transmitted by bloodsucking insects

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Equine infectious anemia (EIA)

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Although most infected horses show no symptoms, of EIA

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There is no cure and they remain contagious for life

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Transmission of EIA

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Blood transmission by horseflies, deer flies, or mosquitos, or by in-utero passage from mare to foal

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Diagnosis of EIA

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Coggins (AGID) and C-ELISA tests

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Only protection of EIA is

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Prevention! There is no tx, vaccine, or cure

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EIA positive horses must be

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lifelong quarantined

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Potomac Horse Fever etiology

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Neorickettsia risticii

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Potomac horse fever is

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seasonal, vaccination should be timed to precede anticipated peak during summer or fall

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Leptospirosis clinical signs

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Recurrent uveitis, late term abortion, acute renal failure

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Rotaviral Diarrhea is a major infectious cause of

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Foal diarrhea

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Western, Eastern, Venezuelan Encephalitis (WEE,EEE,VEE) is characterized by signs of

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CNS dysfunction and moderate to high mortality

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Etiology of (WEE,EEE,VEE)

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Arbovirus; Genus: Flavivirus (enveloped RNA virus)

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The principal means of transmission and amplification of EEE is

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Mosquito-avian-mosquito cycle

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West Nile virus (WNV) etiology

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Arboviruses

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Transmission of WNV

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Enzootic transmission cycle between wild birds and mosquitos

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Prevention of WNV

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Mosquito control

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Is Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis zoonotic and reportable?

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YES and YES

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Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) etiology

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protozoan, Sarcocystis neurona

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Definitive host for S neurona in the US is the

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Transmission of EPM

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horses ingest S neurona sporocysts in contaminated feed or water

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