Farm Revision Flashcards
Cow Temperature
38-39
Cow Heart Rate
45-80 bpm
Cow Resp Rate
15-30
Cow gestation
282 days
Sheep temperature
38.5-39.5
Sheep Heart Rate
60-80bpm
Sheep Resp Rate
16-28
Sheep Gestation
140-150 days
Pig Temperature
39
Pig Heart Rate
70-80 bpm
Pig Resp Rate
10 - 20 bpm (sow)
20 - 40 bpm (piglet)
Pig Gestation
114 days
Chicken Temperature
40-42
Chicken Heart Rate
110 - 175 bpm
Chicken Breaths
20 - 30 bpm
Chicken gestation
21 days
Camelid Temperature
37.5 - 38.9
Camelid Heart Rate
60 - 90 bpm
Camelid Resp Rate
10 - 20 bpm
Camelid Gestation
330 days
What are cows vaccinated against?
BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhoea)
IBR (nfectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis)
Leptospirosis
BRD (Bovine respiratory disease)
Calf scour
Beef = clostridial disease
What are sheep vaccinated against?
Clostridial diseases
Footrot
Toxoplasmosis
EAE (Enzootic abortion of ewes)
Pasteurellosis
What are pigs vaccinated against?
Porcine Parvovirus
Porcine Reproductive & Repiratory Syndrome Viru
E. coli
Clostridia
Erysipelas
Atrophic Rhinitis
Strep. suis
Salmonella Typhimurium
Swine influenza
What are chickens vaccinated against?
Mareks disease
Salmonella Enteritidis
Coccidiosis
Infectious Bursal disease
Infectious Bronchitis (various strains)
Newcastle disease
What are some notifiable diseases in cattle?
Anthrax
BSE
Blue tongue
Brucella Abortis
Enzoonotic Bovine Leukosis
Foot and Mouth
Rabies
Rinderpest
Tuberculosis
What are some notifiable diseases in sheep and goats?
Bluetongue
Brucella melitensis
Contagious epididymitis
Foot and Mouth
Rabies
Scrapie
Sheep pox
Sheep Scap
Goat pox
What are some notifiable diseases in pigs?
African swine fever
Aujeszky’s disease
Classical swine fever
Foot and mouth
Rbaies
Swine vesicular disease
What are some notifiable diseases in poultry?
Avian influenza
Newcastle disease
Paramyxovirus in pigeons
What are some first line antibiotics used in farm medicine and what route are they given?
All given IM
Oxytetracycline (topical + pessary)
Amoxicillin (oral)
Penicillin G (not typically used, bu liscensed in sheep)
Penicillin and streptomycine (1st/2nd line)
What is oxytetracycline typically used to treat?
Infections of the respiratory tract (pneumonia), urinary tract, soft tissues, and skin
Note: Treats a range of diseases including pinkeye, pneumonia, scours, acute metritis, foot rot, diphtheria, and leptospirosis
What is amoxicillin typically used to treat?
Bacterial enteritis due to E. coli, and in cattle for treatment of respiratory tract infections
What is pen and strep typically used for?
Systemic infections as covers gram positive and gram negative bacteria
What is present in this image?
- Strongyle egg
- Nematodirus egg
- Tapeworm egg (monezia)
- Strongyloides
What is present in this image?
- Strongyle egg
- Nematodirus egg
- Tapeworm egg (monezia)
- Strongyloides
What are some examples of strongyles in ruminants?