Final Flashcards
The organism causing overeating disease is an
Anaerobic organism
A 20 lb lamb is born and slow to nurse. In the first 12-24 hours, how many pounds of colostrum are given?
1 lb of colostrum
(5% of body weight)
Hairy sharks results from a Protozoa infection and results in lambs born with hairy coat and a nervous condition
False, viral infection
Which is not a zoonotic disease
Brucellosis
Tetanus
toxoplasmosis
Contagious ecthyma
Tetanus
Glucouria is a pathognomic sign for what disease in lambs
Enterotoxemia
Nutritional muscular dystrophy is a deficiency of
vitamins E and Selenium
When lambing pens are too small, the incidence of trauma increases
True
Respiratory disease is one of the top 2 causes of economic loss in sheep of an age
True
Sharing, clutching, and tagging pregnant ewes will prevent e Coli scours
False, decreases incidence
If lambs are born with inherited entropion, both parents have at least one gene for the condition
True
Name 3 different methods to fix entropion in new born lambs
Create a cut below the eye with no stitch
Inject with mineral oil
Pinch and rubber band
Why is pasterulla hemolytica a common isolate from baby lambs with pneumonia
Naturally occurs in ewes nose, so they contract when too curious and lack ewe nose without having immunity yet
Ending -Emia means
Bloodstream
-enero means
Intestines
Name two management strategies to decrease naval ill in lambs
Dip naval in 0.5-1% iodine after birth
Ensure there is clean environment
What medical condition can cause entropion in adult sheep
Dehydration
Name two findings on necropsy that supports a neonatal lamb dying if starvation
Empty stomach and intestines
No internal fat on kidneys or heart
Another name for tetanus is lockjaw. Explain how his name arose
Due to Clostridium tetanus bacterial toxin causing facial paresis, and it get absorbed by peripheral nerves and into CNS
What typ of procedural process treating lambs results in an increase in tetanus infections?
Banding procedures
What is the most important non-infectious cause of death in baby lambs
Starvation
The producer exclaimed, when this lamb is born and lives, it will be worth $20000. How ca i provide this lamb the best possible colostrum
The ewe should be middle aged so she will have a greater antibody pool from more boosters. Give colostrum via tube so lamb can get passive immunity, and any boosters should be given at least 4 weeks before lamb is born
A QQ ram will get scrapie and is thus not worth very much money
False, he could get if came into contact
Scrapie in sheep has a viral etiology
False,
Lambs diagnosed with ovine, progressive pneumonia will respond to appropriate antibotic therapy
False
Scrapie in sheep is a similar disease to
Kuru in Papua New Guinea in humans
Transmissible mink encephalopathy
Chronic wasting disease of captive mule deer and elk
All of the above
The etiology of caseous lymphadenopathy is a bacteria, so appropriate antibiotic therapy is curative
False, untreatable
Mastitis in sheep is more difficult to treat than mastitis in the cow
True
Which disease is not zoonotic
Lepto
Brucellosis
Salnellosis
Toxoplasmosis
All of the above
Grain overload/ founder results in acidic pH of the rumen
True
Which statement is not true about polioenecphalomalacia
Can cause star gazers
Can be caused by increased consumption of brackenfern plant
Is a disease of the peripheral nervous system
Can cause blindness
Is a disease of the peripheral nervous system, actually CNS
Polioencephalomalacia is a nutrional disease
True, vitamin B deficiency
Name the big 3 disease that cause abortions in ewes
Vibriosis
Toxoplasmosis
Chlamydiosis
Jaundice
Yellowing of mucous membranes that could indicate liver disease
What is the pathognomic sign of enterotoxemia
High urine glucose
What is the significance of scrapie tag?
Allows tracing back to farm/ flock of origin
Lambs were born with deformities that included long and bent legs, curved and twisted spines, flatted rib cages, abnormally long necks, and splayed eggs. This disease is
Spider Lamb Syndrome
The fact that we are seeing spider lambs in other purebred breeds indicates what
That sheep with spider lamb syndrome (as carrier) were cross bred into herds, which produced carriers in the herd. As they are bred more it will lead to lambs getting homozygous Q, which will make them more susceptible to disease if thy come into contact with it.
The technical name for circling disease in sheep is
Listeriosis
Name 3 ways to prevent Salmonellosis
Good sanitation
Isolate sick ewes
Don’t feed on ground