Fawn Care and Herd Health Flashcards
What is the #1 killer of fawns?
Fusobacterium necrophorum
What should neonates be vaccinated against?
- Clostridium perfringens A, C, and D
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
What are the presentations of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection?
- Lumpy jaw
- Necrobacillosis
What causes Lumpy Jaw, and how does it present?
- Fusobacterium
- purulent nasal discharge
- facial swelling
- increased salivation
- weight loss
What causes necrobacillosis, and how does it present?
- Fusobacterium
- systemic infection
- abscesses in liver, lungs, spleen, stomach, toes, and limbs
How is Fusobacterium necrophorum transmitted?
- eructation
- fecal-oral
- trauma
- wounds
What is caused by C. perfringens type A?
- muscle necrosis
- enteritis
- hemorrhagic bowel
- bloat
What is caused by Trueperella pyogenes?
- abscesses in jaw/face, lungs, and legs
- thick, greenish pus
What is caused by Pasteurella multocida?
- pneumonia
- lung abscesses, joint abscesses
- upper respiratory disease
What is caused by mycoplasma?
pneumonia
How is Enzootic Hemorrhagic disease transmitted?
Cullicoides
What are the clinical signs associated with Enzootic Hemorrhagic disease?
- fever
- mucopurulent nasal discharge
- swollen tongue
- subcutaneous edema
- widespread hemorrhage at necropsy
- lameness
- neurologic disease
- death
How is Enzootic Hemorrhagic disease treated?
- anti-inflammatories
- antibiotics for secondary infections
How is Bluetongue virus transmitted?
Cullicoides
What are the clinical signs of capture myopathy?
- hyperthermia
- tachycardia
- muscle damage
- death
