Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

ICC: Farm Animal > FASH15-16: Goat Medicine > Flashcards

FASH15-16: Goat Medicine Flashcards

1
Q

What are goats most often poisoned by?

A

Goats are very susceptible to all kinds of poisoning because they will eat anything

Rhododendrons

Lead

Yew tree clippings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

How do you treat a goat poisoning?

A

Give fluids, activated charcoal, NSAIDs, rumenotomy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What are the causes of diarrhoea in young kids?

A

Dietary

Viral

Bacterail

  • E. coli
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Salmonellosis

Cryptosporidium

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What are the main causes of diarrhoea in older animals?

A

GI parasitism

Coccidiosis

Enterotoxaemia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is the agent of enterotoxaemia in goats?

A

Clostridium perfringens

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

How do you prevent enterotoxaemia in goats?

A

Vacciantion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is the agent of parasitic gastroenteritis?

A

Teladorsagia/trichostrongylus

Haemonchus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

How do you treat parasitic gastroenteritis?

A

Fenbendazole

Ivermectin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Why are goats more susceptible to parastiic gastroenteritis than sheep?

A

Sheep are grazers, goats are browsers

Browsers eat bushes and so never developed resistance to worms like the grazers have

Thus, when forced to graze, they get hit hard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What is the agent that causes fascioliasis?

A

Fasciola hepatica

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is fascioliasis?

A

Liver fluke

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

How is johne’s transmitted?

A

Faeco-oral

Milk/colostrum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

How do you control against Johne’s?

A

Cull infected animals (and family line)

Kidding time hygiene

Vacciante

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What causes abortion in goats?

A

Toxoplasmosis

Chlamydophila abortus

Listeria

Campylobacter

Salmonella

Stress

Prostaglandins

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What are the causes of respiratory disease in goats?

A

Pasteurellosis

  • Mannheimia haemolytica

Viruses

Mycoplasma

  • M. ovipneumoniae
  • M. capricolum
  • M. conjunctivae

Parasites

  • Dictyocaulus filaria
  • Muellerius capillaris
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

How do you treat pasteurellosis?

A

Penicillin or oxytetracyclin and NSAIDs

17
Q

How do you treat parasites?

A

Ivermectin

Fenbedazole

18
Q

What common treatments are toxic to goats?

A

Tilmicosin is toxic

NSAIDs are toxic to goat kids!

19
Q

What is the agent of focal symmetrical encephalomalacia?

A

Clostridium perfringens

20
Q

What is the agent of meningoencephalitis?

A

E. coli secondary to septicaemia

21
Q

What is another name for copper deficiency in goats and sheep?

A

Swayback

22
Q

What nervous disease affect neonatal goats?

A

Focal symmetrical encephalomalacia

Meningoencphalitis

Tetanus

Louping ill

Copper deficiency

Congenital

Hypoglycaemia

Birth trauma

23
Q

What nervous disease affect goat kids up to 7 months?

A

Delayed copper deficiency

Spinal abscesses

CAE

24
Q

What nervous disease affect goats 7 month to adult?

A

Scrapie

Listeriosis

CCN

Tetanus

CAE

Brain abscess

Poisons

25
Q

How long do you withhold milk from gaots being treated for mastitis?

A

7 days

26
Q

What is the agent of caseous lymphadenitis?

A

Corynebacteirum pseudotuberculosis

27
Q

How is CLA transmitted?

A

Organism shed from dishcarging abscesses

Enters via skin wound or intact skin

28
Q

How do you treat CLA?

A

No treatment

29
Q

What are the non-pruritic skin disease of goats?

A

STaphylococcal dermatitis

Demodectic Mange

Ringworm

30
Q

What is the agent of caprine arthritis encephalitis?

A

Lintivirus

31
Q

How is CAE transferred?

A

Mainly via milk/colostrum

Direct contact, venereal, blood

32
Q

What are the clinical signs of CAE?

A

Arthritis

Encephalitis

Pneumonia

Mastitis

33
Q

How do you treat CAE?

A

None - supportive only

34
Q

How do you control against CAE?

A

Cull postives and offspring

Do not feed colostrum to kids

Remove kids at birth pre-suckling

35
Q

What is hydrometra?

A

Fluid accumulation in uterus with presence of persistent CL

Following cycle with no pregnancy or after embryonic death and resorption

36
Q

What is the TPR of goats?

A

Temp: 38.6-40C

RR: Adults - 15-30 kids - 20-40

HR: 65-95 beats/min

ICC: Farm Animal (54 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions