Large Animal Disease Past Questions Flashcards
What does clostridium cause?
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How much of the drugs would you use on this horse? The horse weighs 450 kilograms.
xylazine, 1.1 mg/kg, IV -> butorphanol, 0.05 mg/kg. IV -> 2% lidocaine-HCL, 10 ml into each spermatic cord
What is the cause?
anaerobic bacteria (Fusobacterium Necrophorum)
What is this?
Melanoma (found more commonly in areas like under the tail)
What is another name for Equine Infectious Anemia?
Swamp Fever
If horse’s vaccination status is unknown, what is appropriate in treating a penetrating wound?
Administer both tetanus toxoid and tetanus antitoxin
Another name for Strangles?
Distemper caused by Streptococcus equi
What is this?
Strangles (Distemper caused by Streptococcus equi)
What is this?
Venezuelan Encephalomyelitis
(also named sleeping sickness, Eastern/Western, and it is a Arboviruse)
What has the symptoms;
Fever, Depression/Stupor, Impaired vision (& of course affects brain), Incoordination, Circling Head pressing (because it hurts!), Convulsions (due to pressure in the head), Death
Arboviruses
Eastern/Western/Venezuelan Encephalomyelitis (Sleeping Sickness)
West Nile Virus
What is this?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What skin tumor is particular to grey horses?
Melanoma
Idiopathic Laryngeal Hemiplegia (ILH) is also known as…
Roaring
What has the Symptoms:
Exercise intolerance, Inspiratory wheezing
Idiopathic Laryngeal Hemiplegia- Roaring (ILH)
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis is also called
l Tying-up (disease) or Monday Morning Sickness
What is this?
Stringhalt
What is this foal being treated for?
Angular Limb Deformities
