FF oral pharyngeal diseases Flashcards
what causes the smelly mouth in stomatitis
digesting necrotic tissue in the mouth, the erosions and ulcerations
what vesicular diseases do cows get? which ones can horses get
FMD- bovine and porcine
vesicular stomatitis- equine and bovine
what type of virus is vesicular stomatitis?
where is it found?
what transmits?
rhabdovirus
southwest US
midges
how do you tell the difference between BVD and malignant catarrhal fever
malignant catarrhal fever causes ocular lesions
how is malignant catarrhal fever transmitted? when?
from carrying sheep during lambing season. ovine herpes virus
blue tongue? what virus? what transmits? where in the us? what causes the bluetongue
orbivirus
culicoides
north and south but not the middle of the US
cyanosis to the tongue from pulmonary edema
signs of a FF animal with a foreign body of the mouth or pharynx
moving head abnormally, difficulty eating, hypersalivation
ddx for a tongue hanging out of the mouth of a bovine
botulism and woody tongue
how do you ddx botulism and woody tongue
woody tongue has a firm tongue may also have nodules around the tongue in the mouth and botulism is a flaccid paralysis
tx for woody tongue
iodide, then repeat one week later.
a mass under the jaw of a bovine. what is your ddx
lumpy jaw, neoplasia, granuloma from a foreign body
what causes lumpy jaw
actinomyces bovis
treatment for lumpy jaw
iodide, flush area, bony remodelling will remain.
why might a cow bloat with traumatic pharyngitis
swellign in the pharynx can put pressure on the vagus nerve. this can mess with its innervation to pharynx and the digestive tract.
what causes wave mouth
missing molar, or old animal and the teeth erupt at differnt times
