Food Animal - Swine

Question 1

what procedures are important to veterinary practitioners in swine?

Answer 1

injections
blood testing
castration
C-section
rectal prolapse

Question 2

where are IM injections given in swine?

Answer 2

right behind ear

Question 3

where is an IV injection given in swine?

Answer 3

ear vein

Question 4

where is blood drawn from a pig?

Answer 4

jugular venipuncture & ear vein

Question 5

Do boars have a sigmoid flexure?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

what can happen with the preputial diverticulum?

Answer 6

boars may ejaculate into diverticulum and fail to breed
become impacted with smegma

Question 7

what is the solution for preputial diverticulum?

Answer 7

removed surgically

Question 8

what are the treatments for rectal prolapse?

Answer 8

rectal purse string suture
rectal amputation

Question 9

what is this used to treat?

Answer 9

rectal prolapse - purse string suture

Question 10

would you collect blood from a pet pig via the jugular vein or ear?

Answer 10

ear

Question 11

what is this?

Answer 11

ulcers and vesicles

Question 12

what is the problem with a blocked pig and passing a catheter?

Answer 12

Sigmoid flexure makes it impossible to pass catheter up past it for blocked animals

Question 13

what is a prominent feature of sows reproductive tract?

Answer 13

long utereus

Question 14

whose uterus is longer goat or pig?

Answer 14

pig

Question 15

what are the two types of turbinate rhinitis? what are the causative agents?

Answer 15

non-progressive : bordetella bronchiseptica
progressive : pasteurella multocida

Question 16

what type of colon do pigs have?

Answer 16

spiral colon

Question 17

what type of anesthetic would you want to do for a rectal amputation?

Answer 17

caudal epidural
lumbosacral epidural
local block with lidocaine

Question 18

when a boar is de-tusked what teeth are removed?

Answer 18

canine teeth

Question 19

If ulcers and vesicles are seen on a pig what is the first thing you do?

Answer 19

notify state vet
many things can cause but foot and mouth can cause this so notify

Question 20

what is turbinate rhinitis?

Answer 20

infection of turbinates, upper airway

Question 21

are pigs monogastric or epigastric?

Answer 21

monogastric

Question 22

where can you do an incision for a C section in a sow?

Answer 22

off midline on top of or dorsal to mammary tissue
or directly on midline

Question 23

how do you castrate a pig?

Answer 23

scrotal or prescrotal
need to close inguinal rings

Question 24

what is a episiotomy?

Answer 24

surgical incision of vulvar to facilitate vaginal delivery when there is a dystocia caused by feto-maternal disproportion

Question 25

where do you incise for a episiotomy?

Answer 25

10 o’clock
2 o’clock

Question 26

what is on the right side for GI anatomy in ruminants?

Answer 26

spiral colon
omasum
abomasum - sit on ventral abdomen

Question 27

what is on the left side for GI anatomy in ruminants?

Answer 27

rumen
reticulum

Question 28

where do you place a rumen trochar?

Answer 28

dorsal portion of left paralumbar fossa

Question 29

what joint is a common entry site for sepsis?

Answer 29

coffin joint

Question 30

what can cause coffin joint sepsis?

Answer 30

foot rot
white line disease

Question 31

what will be seen with septic arthritis of coffin joint?

Answer 31

swelling around coronary band

Question 32

when doing a claw amputation what phalange is transected? what structure is meant to be kept intact?

Answer 32

P1 - proximal phalange
proximal interphalangeal cruciate ligament