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1
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How much of total ruminant population is made up of goats

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16%

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2
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How do their eating habits affect the exposure of goats to GI parasites

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Reject urine/faecal contaminated plants so less exposure

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Susceptibility of goats to GI parasites

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remain susceptible throughout life
because they can’t develop adaptive immunity

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4
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What behaviour do kids show

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Hiding rather than following

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5
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When might we see teat biting in adult dairy goats

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When in season but not mated

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6
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What do most goat diets use as the main ingredient

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Maize silage

+ need access to grass or good quality hay

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7
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What should we feed pygmy goats and pets like
ANd what should we feed dairy goats like

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Pets like sheep
Dairy goats like cattle

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8
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Which type of concentrate diet should we feed goats and why

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Cattle
Due to copper requirement
- More tolerant of copper than sheep; so sheep diets have too little
- Less tolerant that pigs

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9
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Which breed of goat is less tolerant to copper than dairy breeds

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Angora

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10
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What is drug elimination for in goats like compared to sheep

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For things going through the liver = faster; half that of sheep
e.g for anthelmintics

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How do pygmy breeds differ in how they metabolise drugs

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Those that go through hepatic microsomal enzymes e.g sulphonamides, chloramphenicol
are metabolised faster

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12
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What are the only licensed drugs in goats

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Eprinomectin, baytril (enrofloxacin), anaestamine (ketamine)

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13
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Can goats be classified as pets?

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No. ALL are food producing

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14
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What are the mandatory withdrawal times for drugs not specifically licensed in goats

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7 days for milk
28 days for meat

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15
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Why should we try and gives injections subcut or IV in goats

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Small muscle mass means more likely to get nerve damage and lameness

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16
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Which goat is a meat breed

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Boer

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17
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Which scoring system out of lumbar and sternal is better

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Sternal because fat is carried internally rather than subcut so lumbar less accurate

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18
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Which clostridial vaccine should we choose for goats

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4 in 1; for C perfringens B, C and D + Clostridium Tetani

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19
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What additional clostridial pathogens would we vaccinate for if confirmed on farm

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C novyi
C chavoei

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20
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Which clostridial organism causes most disease in goats

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C perfringens type D
= enterotoxaemia

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Which types of clostridial can cause haemorrhagic enteritis in young kids

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C perfringens type B and C

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22
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What are outbreaks of C perfringens D associated with

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Stress
Or sudden introduction of lush carbohydrate rich food

Because have a normal population of clostridia in gut; but these conditions cause overgrowth and production of the toxin

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23
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What presentation with C perfringens D in goats is common vs rare

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Common = enteric form
Rare to get pulpy kidney

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24
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Why are faecal swabs demonstrating C perfringens NOT enough to confirm infection

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Because it is a normal gut commensal

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25
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How do we confirm C perfringens D infection

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Via enterotoxin demonstration in the gut via ELISA

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26
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Should we vaccinate for respiratory diseases at the same time as clostridial

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No

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27
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Vaccination protocol for pasteurellosis

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Do if there is an issue on farm
2 doses 6 weeks apart + annual booster

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28
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Which disease (non clostridial) do most farms vaccinate against and what type

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Johne’s
Killed vaccine
- Not licensed
Vaccinate kids from 2 weeks to 6 months and rear separately

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29
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What factors contribute to initiation of breeding season in female goats

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MAINLY = decreasing day length
Also: temperature, nutrition, presence of a male

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30
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When is puberty in goats

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5 months

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31
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When should we first serve female goats

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From 7 months to 1.5 years

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32
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Oestrus cycle length in goats

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19-21 days (NB: longer in pygmy goats)

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33
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Gestation length in goats

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150 days

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34
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When is ovulation in relation to oestrus

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24-36 hours after start of oestrus

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35
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What breeding behaviour do goats show in temperate vs northerm hemisphere regions

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Temperate = seasonally polyoestrus

N hemisphere: totally anoestrus between march and august; then breed august to march

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36
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Which breeds have especially long seasons

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Anglo hubian
Pygmy
Boer

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37
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Signs of oestrus

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Bleathing, tail wagging, drop in milk yield (BUT get an increase just before oestrus), vaginal mucus, vulval reddening and oedema

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38
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When do we see prostaglandin effects in relation to administration

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After 36 hours

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39
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Uses of prostaglandins

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Abortion at any stage; CL dependent throughout pregnancy

Induction of parturition

Timing or synchronising oestrus by causing luteolysis

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40
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How can progestagens be used to bring on breeding season

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Put in sponge; on day 9 inject prostaglandin; on day 11 remove sponge and inject serum gonadotrophin

Expect oestrus the next day or day after

41
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Best time for AI in relation to progesterone sponge removal

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36-40 hours after

42
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What change do we need to make to progestagen control of breeding season if out of the breeding season (vs in transitory phase)

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Need more serum gonadotrophin before sponge removal

43
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What is the main way to bring on breeding season when out of season

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Using artificial lighting regimes
- Give 20 hours artificial light for 60 days from Jan 1st and expect oestrus 7-10 weeks ater

44
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What stops immature bucks being able to be used for mating

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Penis adhesions dissolve at puberty

45
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Is progesterone assay a useful way of detecting pregnancy

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No - can’t distinguish from false pregnancy

46
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When is best to do an ultrasound scan for pregnancy

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From 45 days; can detect hydrometra at this point (false pregnancy)

47
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When can oes sulfate assay be used to diagnose pregnancy

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50 days

48
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When can TA US be used to diagnose pregnancy

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28 days

49
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What are the two causes of false pregnancy

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Persistent CL after oestrus; commonly when with male but not mated

Persistent CL after embryonic death

50
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How long do false pregnancies of diferent causes last

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If persistent CL with no pregnancy; less time than normal gestation

If persistent Cl after embryonic death lasts full gestation course or longer

51
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Treating hydrometra

A

Give prostaglandins to lyse CL
can give oxytocin a few days after to stimulate uterine involution

52
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Out of corticosteroids and prostanglandins which gives better fetal survival if treating pregnancy toxaemia

A

Corticosteroids

53
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What are the main factors in causing periparturient toxaemia

A

Overfat does
Multiple fetuses
(not so much due to underfeeding)

54
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WHat are maiden milkers and how do we treat it

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Where older females not mated recently come into milk
- Reduce feed intake if well fed
- Prolactin inhibitors NOT useful

55
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Is freemartinism common

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No
= much rarer than in cattle; most females born to male twins are normal

56
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How does polled intersex inheritance work

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Dominant pol gene is linked to recessive intersex gene
–> When breeding two polled goats some offspring will be homozygous for intersex genes

57
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What is witch’s milk

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Where newborn kids show mammary development and milk production in response to maternal hormones
- Does not need treatment

58
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What is different about chlamydia abortions in goats compared to sheep

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Can occur at any stage of pregnancy in goats

59
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What is different about toxoplasma infection in goats vs sheep

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Don’t get strong immunity so can stay dormant and then reactivate and shed
- So don’t necessarily keep does that aborted due to this

60
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Main nematode species affecting goats

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Teladorsagia
Trichostrongylus
Haemonchus

61
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What do we need to be aware about when doing post treatment faecal egg counts

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  • Takes 3 days to pass out any eggs in system
  • With avermectins can shock worms into not making eggs for a short period; so should tail until 2 weeks after treatment to check
62
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How to do selective treatment for helminths

A

FAMACHA anaemia score for Haemonchus
BCS, FEC, clinical signs

63
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Dosing with drenches dose rates compared to sheep

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White (BZs) and clear (macrocyclic lactones) = DOUBLE dose

Yellow (levamisole), orange (nitriles) = 1.5 dose

64
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How often should small herds have feet trimmed
What about commercial

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Ideally monthly
In commercial herds more like every 6 months

65
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Sign of acute laminitis in goats

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Follows toxic condition
- Sudden onset of painful (front) feet, recumbency, walking on knees

66
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Subclinical laminitis

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See haemorrhage of wall, heel, sole at routine trimming as fine red discolouration `

67
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Signs of chronic laminitis in goats

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Chronically lame
Feet have very hard horn and deep feet (platform soles)
esp front feet; esp anglo-nubians and pygmy
So front feet hooves up to double the length of back feet

68
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Signs of Johne’s in goats

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DO NOT GET DIARRHOEA
Weight loss, lethargy, rough coat, anaemia, milk drop

Usually young adult goats ~2/3 years

69
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Causative agent of caseous lymphadenitis

A

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

70
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5 clinical forms of CAE

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Arthritis
Weight loss
Hard udder
Encephalitis
Pneumonia

71
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Which is the most infectious bodily fluid for CAE

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Milk

72
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How does CAE infection work

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Infection via pooled milk/direct contact with body fluids [NO ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION]
–> Virus replicated in monocytes esp as they mature to macrophages
Stay infected for life

73
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Bovicola lice =

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biting

74
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Linognathus lice (L stenopsis)

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sucking

75
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Forage mites =

A

Cheytiella

76
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Which harvest mite affects goats

A

Trombicula autumnalis

77
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Which mites are itchy and which aren’t

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Itchy = sarcoptes, psoroptes, trombicula, Cheytiella

Non-itchy = chorioptic, demodex

78
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How does demodex mange manifest in goats

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AS hard nodules with yellow caseous material
On head, ears, body

79
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What is the causative agent of pustular dermatitis

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Staph aureus

80
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What animal pour on ectoparasite controls to use in goats

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Cow formulations
Fleece more like cattle since less lanolin that sheep

81
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What sucking mite affects goats

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Linognathus stenopsis
- Cross infects sheep and goats

82
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Which biting mites affect goats

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Bovicola caprae, limbate and crassiceps

83
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What does white/brown scabby lesions on back of pasterns suggest

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Chorioptic mange

84
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What may be called goat pox but isnt

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Pustular dermatitis (staphylococcal dermatitis)

85
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Where do we see pustular dermatitis lesions

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On udder, teats, groin, ventrum
Not painful
Doesnt affect milk BUT can predispose to mastitis or seed infection into milk

86
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In which animals do we most commonly see pustular dermatitis

A

First time kidders after parturition

87
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When do we most commonly see chorioptic mange

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Housed goats over winter

88
Q

Which bacteria cause pasteurella

A

M haemolytica (mainly A1, A2, A6)
P multocida

89
Q

Which strains cause mycoplasmosis

A

M ovipneumoniae
M arginine

90
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Which strains cause tuberculosis

A

Mainly M bovis
Also susceptible to M tuberculosis and M avium subsp avium

91
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What organisms cause infectiour scour from birth to 3 weeks

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E coli
Crypto
Salmonella

92
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Which organisms cause infectious scour from 4 to 12 weeks

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Coccidia
GI parasites

93
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What is the key in determining coccidiosis risk

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Hygiene and management since all kids get infected in first few weeks

94
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Most common cause of mastitis

A

Haemolytic coagulase +ve staphs

95
Q

HOw is the milk secretion in goats different to cows

A

It is apocrine secretion not merocrine

96
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What different type of machine do we need for somatic cell counts. ingoats and why

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DNA specific counting methods
- Because milk is apocrine secretion and otherwise the pinched off bits of cytoplasm would be detected as white blood cells

97
Q

Up to what age can we castrate using rubber ring or burdizzo

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1 week

98
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At what age do we need a vet and anaesthetic for castration

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2 months

99
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What can happen if putting disbudding iron on horns for too long

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Cortical necrosis

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