Health Flashcards
Define Anemia
Deficiency of hemoglobin or number of red blood cells
What is the only time iron defincienies occur?
If there is a loss of blood
What term is used for the lack of hemoglobin in the blood?
Anemia
Define the Caslicks’s operation in mares.
Where the upper part of the vulva is stitched to reduce infection in mares
What is a Caslick’s operation used for?
The surgical suturing of the upper vulva to prevent wind sucking into the vagina
What is considered the most dangerous and costly equine internal disease?
Colic
What is the most common cause of colic?
Parasites
Colic may occur as a result of a lack of what motility?
Gastrointestinal motility
What vice may cause horse to develop gaseous colic?
Cribbing
How many blister beetles may a horse consume before it becomes at risk of colic?
2-5 beetles
What are the symptoms of blister beetle contamination?
1) Colic 2) Fever 3) Increased pulse 4) Increased constipation 5) Sweating 6) Soft feces
Define an incarceration as it pertains to colic.
When a loop of intestine becomes entrapped within a normal or abnormal structure within the abdominal cavity
Name at least three ways to prevent colic.
1) Proper deworming management 2) Floating of teeth to allow proper chewing of food 3) Change food slowly 4) Keep food off the ground 5) Keeping your horse in shape
Name the different types of colic.
Spasmodic, impaction, incarceration, displacement, excessive fermentation
What does COPD stant for?
Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease
What is COPD?
Commonly known as heaves, an inflammation of the bronchioles in the lungs
Heaves affects what area of a horse?
Lungs
What are the symptoms of a horse with heaves?
Chronic cough, increased expiratory effort, pronounced lifting of the abdomen when the horse exhales
What are the useful practices that can be used to help reduce the effects of COPD?
1) Soak hay in water before feeding 2) Keep horse on quality pasture land 3) Use feeds and bedding low in dust and mold
What three things comprise the most effective treatment of heaves?
Rest, elimination of dust, and provision of fresh air
True or False? EasternEquine Encephalitis, or EEE, occurs in humans.
False
What are the mortality rates of Eastern and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis?
70-90%
What is EAV?
Equine Artiritis Virus
Name the clinical signs of equine encephalomyelitis following a one to three week incubation period?
1) High fever 2) Absence of feed intake 3) Stiffness 4) Uncoordination 5) Reeling gait 6) Compulsive walking 7) Circling 8) Drowsiness 9) Partial to complete loss of vision 10) Grinding of teeth 11) Inability to swallow 12) Hyperesthesia 13) Aggresion 14) Excitability 15) Frenzy after sensory stimulation