Exam 2 Flashcards
Bovine Listeria: Location
ubiquitous, concentrated in rotting hay/improperly stored silage
Bovine Listeria: Signs
abortion in last trimester, listeria signs in dam
Bovine Listeria: Dx
culture - fetal tissue, placenta
Bovine Listeria: Lesions
autolysed fetus w/ necrotic foci in liver
pinpoint yellow, necrotic foci on tips of cotlendonary villi, w/ placentitis
Bovine Lepto: Types
host adapted, non-host adapted
What type of lepto causes abortion storms in bovine?
non-host adapted
Bovine Lepto: Signs
hepato/renal dz, hemolytic anemia, abortion, photosensitization
if any
Bovine Lepto: Dx
FAU - fetal kidney, materanl urine, PCR
Brucella: Signs
abortion (after 5mo), weak calves, placentits
Bovine Brucella: Dx
signs, iso - fetal lung/abomasum, uterus, placenta
T/F: Bovine Brucella is reportable.
True
Bovine Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma: Signs
granular vulvovaginitis, salpingitis
What media is used to grow bovine campylobacter?
Clark’s media (get sample with prepuce comb)
Bovine Tritrichomonas foetus: Dx
reverse stair pregnancy histogram, delayed return to estrus, iso - (get sample with prepuce comb)
IBR: Etiology
herpesvirus 1
IBR: Dx
IHC, FA
What is the greatest concern with BVDV?
Persistently Infected calves
BVDV: Signs
unthrifty, intermittent diarrhea, chronic respiratory dz
if any
BVDV: Dx
virus neutralization (-) 14d apart, virus (+) for 14d
Bovine Bluetongue: Etiology
orbivirus
Bovine Bluetongue: Transmission
culicoides
What plants are teratogenic?
locoweed, poison hemlock, lupines, tree tobaco
What plants cause abortions?
locoweed, nitrates, ponderosa pine, broomweed
What plants cause infertility?
locoweed, fescue