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Large Animal Nursing Flashcards

1
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What venipuncture used for bovines?

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  1. Jugular vein for sampling and administering fluids
  2. Tail vein for sampling and injecting small volumes
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What venipuncture used for small ruminants?

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Jugular vein is almost always used

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What venipuncture used for porcine?

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  1. External jugular (right side)
  2. Cranial vena cava (right side)
  3. Caudal auricular (ear) for small volumes
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What venipuncture is used for south american camelids?

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Jugular (right) is almost always used

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5
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What animals should you avoid intramuscular injections in?

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Meat producing animals

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6
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Where should you give IM injections in bovines?

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Triangle on the neck

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7
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Where should you give IM injections in small ruminants?

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Lateral cervical muscles

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Where should you give IM injections in porcine?

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Dorsolateral neck muscles

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9
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Where should you give IM injections in South American camelids?

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Semimembranosus and Semitendinosus

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What is milk fever?

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Hypocalcemic parturient paresis

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What are the clinical signs of milk fever?

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Muscle tremors, weakness, and staggering gait. Can be fatal if untreated.

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What is ketosis?

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acetonemia in cattle and pregnancy toxemia in ewes, does, and camelids

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How does ketosis present in cattle?

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Wasting form. Cow goes off grain and milk production decreases

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How does ketosis present in ewes and does?

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Head pressing, delirium, bruxism, and staggering

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What is white muscle disease?

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Vitamin e and selenium deficiency seen in young animals

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What is hepatic lipidosis?

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Periparturient disease in cattle that causes depression, decreased milk production, anorexia, and death

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17
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What is urinary calculi?

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Water belly: swollen abdomen depression, and anorexia

18
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What is left displaced abdomen?

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  1. Common in large high producing dairy cattle after calving
  2. Decreased appetite and reduced milk production
  3. Diagnosed by ping on the left flank
19
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What is right displaced abdomen?

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displaced abomasum complicated by torsion this is life threatening

20
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What is vagal indigestion?

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Caused by multiple things but results in anorexia, decreased movement and ingesta, and distension

21
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What can cause peritonitis in sheep?

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Sarcospoiridia

22
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What is ruminal tympany?

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Bloat

23
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What is rumen acidosis?

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Grain overload causing lactic acid in the rumen

24
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What is traumatic reticuloperiotnitis?

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Hardware disease occurs when a foreign object is ingested

25
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What causes Johnes disease?

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mycobacterium paratuberculosis

26
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What causes diarrhea in bovine and small ruminants?

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  1. Mycobacterium
  2. E. coli
  3. Salmonella
  4. Clostridium
  5. Coronavirus
  6. Rotavirus
  7. Cyptosporidium
27
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What is swine dysentery?

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GI disease Caused by Treponema

28
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What is Transmissible Gastroenteritis?

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Coronavirus in swine

29
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What is porcine epidemic diarrhea?

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Acute watery diarrhea with high morbidity

30
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What is mastitis?

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Inflammation of the mammary glands

31
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What are the clinical signs of mastitis?

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Characterized by heat, pain, and welling of the gland with marked changes in the milk

32
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What is vibriosis?

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STD spread by bull caused by camplyobacter

33
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What causes Q fever?

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Coxiella burnetti

34
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What is haemophilus Somnus?

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opportunistic pathogen affecting calves

35
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What is blue tongue?

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Commonly found in sheep. Transmitted by Culicoides

36
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What is bovine spongiform encephalopathy?

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Mad cow disease in cattle
Scrapie in sheep
Chronic wasting disease in deer

37
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What is foot rot?

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Bacteroides acting synergistically with Fuosbacterium causing varying degrees of lameness

38
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What is orf?

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Contagious ecythmya or sore mouth causing lesions around lips, nose and gums

39
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What is diamond skin disease?

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae acute infection in pigs

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