Food Animal - Swine Flashcards
what procedures are important to veterinary practitioners in swine?
injections
blood testing
castration
C-section
rectal prolapse
where are IM injections given in swine?
right behind ear
where is an IV injection given in swine?
ear vein
where is blood drawn from a pig?
jugular venipuncture & ear vein
Do boars have a sigmoid flexure?
yes
what can happen with the preputial diverticulum?
boars may ejaculate into diverticulum and fail to breed
become impacted with smegma
what is the solution for preputial diverticulum?
removed surgically
what are the treatments for rectal prolapse?
rectal purse string suture
rectal amputation
what is this used to treat?
rectal prolapse - purse string suture
would you collect blood from a pet pig via the jugular vein or ear?
ear
what is this?
ulcers and vesicles
what is the problem with a blocked pig and passing a catheter?
Sigmoid flexure makes it impossible to pass catheter up past it for blocked animals
what is a prominent feature of sows reproductive tract?
long utereus
whose uterus is longer goat or pig?
pig
what are the two types of turbinate rhinitis? what are the causative agents?
non-progressive : bordetella bronchiseptica
progressive : pasteurella multocida
what type of colon do pigs have?
spiral colon
what type of anesthetic would you want to do for a rectal amputation?
caudal epidural
lumbosacral epidural
local block with lidocaine
when a boar is de-tusked what teeth are removed?
canine teeth
If ulcers and vesicles are seen on a pig what is the first thing you do?
notify state vet
many things can cause but foot and mouth can cause this so notify
what is turbinate rhinitis?
infection of turbinates, upper airway
are pigs monogastric or epigastric?
monogastric
where can you do an incision for a C section in a sow?
off midline on top of or dorsal to mammary tissue
or directly on midline
how do you castrate a pig?
scrotal or prescrotal
need to close inguinal rings
what is a episiotomy?
surgical incision of vulvar to facilitate vaginal delivery when there is a dystocia caused by feto-maternal disproportion
where do you incise for a episiotomy?
10 o’clock
2 o’clock
what is on the right side for GI anatomy in ruminants?
spiral colon
omasum
abomasum - sit on ventral abdomen
what is on the left side for GI anatomy in ruminants?
rumen
reticulum
where do you place a rumen trochar?
dorsal portion of left paralumbar fossa
what joint is a common entry site for sepsis?
coffin joint
what can cause coffin joint sepsis?
foot rot
white line disease
what will be seen with septic arthritis of coffin joint?
swelling around coronary band
when doing a claw amputation what phalange is transected? what structure is meant to be kept intact?
P1 - proximal phalange
proximal interphalangeal cruciate ligament
