Goats/Sheep Flashcards
What causes grass tetany
Mg deficiency (lower skeletal reserves than Ca)
Agent in blue tongue
Culicoides sonorensis
CS blue tongue- sheep
Fever, Vasculitis induced edema, pulmonary edema/respi issues/ mucopurulent nasal d/c, blue, ulcerated tongue, hoof sloughing, muscle necrosis (lameness, heart failure), teratogenic (abortion, still birth, dummy lamb)
CS blue tongue cow-
cataracts, hydranencephaly, arthrogryposis, trouble conceiving
Pathognomonic lesion- blue tongue
Subendocardial hemorrhave age base of pulmonary a., pulmonary congestion, SQ edema
Blue tongue vax considerations:
NOT in pregnant ewes, very few servovars covered
Etio- Big Head in sheep
Form of malignant edema- clostridium novyi type A