IAP Flashcards
What should the DLWG be of a dairy calf at birth-weaning?
0.8kg/day
What should the DLWG be of a dairy calf at weaning - 4m?
0.9kg/day
What should the DLWG be of a dairy calf at 4m-breeding?
0.7kg/day
What should the DLWG be of a dairy calf during its first pregancy?
0.9kg/day
In what order do the following grow: muscle, CNS, fat, bone?
CNS
Bone
Muscle
Fat
In the rumen, what is food broken down into?
VFAs
Methane
CO2
How is the apparent digestibility of a food calculated?
[ (ingested-in faeces)/ ingested] x100
How do we work out ME?
Digestible Energy - Methane and Urinary losses
How do we work out Net Energy?
ME - SDA (thermic energy release)
What are the 4 metabolic functions of Retinol (vitamin A)?
Formation of epithelia
Retinal function
Bone development
Immune function
What are the clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency in poultry?
pale comb/wattle
stunted growth
ruffled plumage
immunosuppression
Which group of bovines are most likely to acquire Vitamin A deficiency?
Intensively reared indoor beef on cereal diet
What type of diet causes Vitamin A deficiency in cats/dogs?
All meat - no liver
What is the main sign of vitamin D deficiency? What else may cause this?
Rickets/Osteomalacia: lack of dietary Ca/P
How does Vitamin E deficiency present in calves and lambs?
Calf: white muscle dz
Lamb: stiff lamb dz
Both are stilted shaky gait.
Deficiency of which vitamin causes progressive nervous system dysfunction?
B1 (CCN in ruminants, polyneuritis in chicks)
A vitamin B1 deficiency is treated with what?
Thiamine injection
Deficiency of which vitamin causes curled toe paralysis in chicks?
B2
For which animal, besides primates, is vitamin C ingestion ESSENTIAL?
Guinea Pigs
How does scurvy present?
Oedema
Emaciation
Diarrhoea
Collagen Failure
What are the 5 functions of Ca in the body?
Skeletal Structure Cell Excitability Muscle Contraction Blood Coagulation Enzyme catalyst
What should the range be for dietary Ca:P ratio in most animals?
1:1 to 2:1
What are the signs of hypocalcaemia in the dairy cow?
flaccid paralysis
recumbency
Rumen stasis
Pupil dilation
When do Milk Fever occur?
1 day pre-calving to 3d PP
How is milk fever treated?
IV Ca +/- SC Ca
How can we prevent milk fever?
Low Ca diet - promote Ca mobilisation in last 3-4w of pregnancy.
High Mg to absorb it.
Which acute condition is caused by hypocalcaemia in the bitch/sow/beef cattle?
Eclampsia - spastic paralysis and convulsions at PEAK lactation
Castrated lambs fed a diet high in Ca concentrates may develop what?
Urolithiasis
Chronic hypocalcaemia may cause what?
Osteomalacia
Which 4 groups are most commonly affected by hypomagnesaemia and what condition do they each present with?
- Calves fed only milk for 2-3m - Veal/beef suckler
- Beef/sheep on straw/fodder crops.
- Lactating cattle/sheep. (grass staggers)
Above: dull, hyperaesthesia, convulsion, death
ALSO Dairy Cattle can be subclinical
What are the risk factors for hypomag?
Rapid grass growth
Reduced grass intake
Grass diarrhoea
Nitrogen/K fertilisers
Which ovine disease is caused by copper deficicency?
Swayback - congenital (stillborn/weak) or delayed onset (poor growth, weak, death)
Which compound decreases copper absorption?
Molybdenum
What are the clinical signs of Cu toxicity?
Jaundice
Anorexia
Hepatic Coma
Death
Which animals are prone to dietary iron-deficiency anaemia? How would it present in this group?
Indoor Piglets from 10d.
Weak, inappetant, inc RR, pale skin, scour, death. Remain chronically unthrifty.
How do you treat Iron deficiency in pigs?
Fe Dextran injection
What is the average DM for grass?
20%
What is the average protein content of grass?
12%
What is the average ME content of grass?
10-12MJ
What is the average fibre content of grass?
30%
What is the average protein content of grass sileage?
14
What is the average protein content of maize sileage?
11