Équins Flashcards
At what location can palpation and visualization confirm proper nasogastric tube placement in the horse?
A - Right jugular groove
B - Larynx
C - Left side of the neck
D - It is not possible to confirm this way
E - Oropharynx
C - Left side of the neck
A four-year-old Quarter horse is presented with a three-week history of diffuse patchy alopecia on the ventral midline and face, including a “bulls-eye” lesion in the center of the forehead. The lesions are pruritic.
There is a mild conjunctivitis and uveitis OU (both eyes). A punch skin biopsy is minced with saline to prepare for cytology (see image below).
What is the most appropriate treatment?
A - Ivermectin now, repeat in four months
B - Trichlorfon drench, antibiotic ophthalmic ointment TID
C - Topical DMSO, oxybendazole every eight weeks
D - Corticosteriods, benzimidazole-piperazine every 12 weeks
E - Do nothing
A - Ivermectin now, repeat in four months
A 16-year-old retired Thoroughbred mare is presented for spring vaccinations. Her feet look like this (see image below). Which one of the following would be recommended?
A - Measure resting ACTH and insulin
B - Recommend 24/7 pasture turnout with grazing
C - Start on a course of systemic steroid therapy
D - Check serum vitamin E and selenium levels
E - Ask if she’s being fed a diet with excessive wheat bran, leading to an imbalance in the calcium:phosphorus ratio
A - Measure resting ACTH and insulin
A ten-year-old Arabian gelding in California is presented because of an interesting finding in his manure.
The owner mentions that he?s had a couple of mild colic episodes over the past months that resolved with just walking and oral flunixin meglumine administered by the owner.
The manure is shown below:
What diagnostic should be recommended to the owner to determine how to proceed?
A - McMasters fecal flotation on fresh manure
B - Ultrasound per rectum
C - Fecal occult blood test
D - Gastroscopy and duodenal biopsy
E - Abdominal radiographs
E - Abdominal radiographs
What kind of organism causes equine granulocytic anaplasmosis?
A - Anaplasma
B - Spirochete
C - Ehrlichia
D - Chlamydia
E - Protozoa
A - Anaplasma
Which of the following choices correctly identifies the leukocyte in this image of a blood smear from a horse, and the most common types of diseases to which it responds?
A - Basophil; allergy and parasitic infestation
B - Lymphocyte; immune disease and viral infection
C - Neutrophil; wound repair and bacterial infection
D - Macrophage; bacterial and viral infection
E - Monocyte; viral/bacterial infection, and chronic inflammation
A - Basophil; allergy and parasitic infestation
Which one of the following management recommendations is most helpful to reduce the incidence of mare reproductive loss syndrome?
A - Remove the horses from affected pastures
B - Cut down all the black walnut trees on premises
C - Vaccinate mares and stallions against equine coital exanthema
D - Spray paddocks to kill Habronema muscae larvae
E - Progesterone supplementation between four to six months of pregnancy
A - Remove the horses from affected pastures
Foal heat diarrhea is typically associated with which of the following?
A - Warm and humid weather
B - Hemorrhagic enteritis
C - Alterations in diet
D - Neutropenia and fever
E - Decreased suckling
C - Alterations in diet
Retained placenta and metritis can predispose to which one of the following secondary conditions in horses?
A - Colic
B - Cystic endometriosis
C - Contagious equine metritis
D - Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome
E - Laminitis
E - Laminitis
What recommendation should be given to the owner of a mare that has had Caslick’s vulvoplasty surgery?
A - Mare has a decreased risk for perineal laceration
B - Mare has a higher than normal risk for metritis
C - Mare should not be bred by a stallion
D - Higher risk of uterine torsion
E - Mare will need an episiotomy before foaling
E - Mare will need an episiotomy before foaling
What behavior is the mare displaying in the image below?
A - Flehmen
B - Cribbing
C - Lignophagia
D - Windsucking
E - Aggression
A - Flehmen
