Lecture 2

Question 1

Type of elk that is prone to overgrown hooves

Answer 1

roosevelt hooves

Question 2

Elk Hoof Disease signalment

Answer 2

all ages, males, females but no livestock

Question 3

elk hoof disease is associated with what?

Answer 3

treponemes (spirochetes)

Question 4

contagious ovine disease

Answer 4

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MULTIPLE TREPONEME SPECIES

Question 5

hairy heel warts

Answer 5

infectious, contagious dermatitis of the digital skin especially on dairy cattle

Question 6

clinical signs of hairy heel warts

Answer 6

usually on the hind feet
foul odor
very painful, resulting in hind limbs

Question 7

which feet are associated with hairy heel warts?

Answer 7

Hind feet on the plantar aspect (80 percent)

Question 8

lesions of hairy heel wart

Answer 8

raised, oval demarcated with or without filiform; red, brown, grey

Question 9

characteristics of heel warts?

Answer 9

spread very rapidly during the 1st/second lactation usually near freshening

Question 10

why does freshening/pregnant predispose cows to hairy heel wart

Answer 10

there’s a shift between cell mediated immunity to humoral immunity

Question 11

risk factors to heel warts?

Answer 11

muddy, wet conditions, introduction to carrier animals

Question 12

hairy heel warts is caused by what?

Answer 12

obligate anaerobes, treponema is often found

Question 13

Treatment of hairy heel warts?

Answer 13

tetracycline powder (historically - extralabel use!!)
paranteral antibiotics
footbaths
improve hygiene 
reduce stocking rate
disinfect trimming equipment

Question 14

what drug is labeled for systemic use for footrot?

Answer 14

ceftiofur

Question 15

papillomatosis etiology

Answer 15

bovine papiloma virus (6 strains)

Question 16

what two characteristics are associated with papilloma strains?

Answer 16

distribution and appearance

Question 17

signalment of animals most affected by warts?

Answer 17

younger animals

Question 18

mode of transmission for warts?

Answer 18

contact (abrasions, perianal via rectal exams)

Question 19

signifiance of papillomatosis

Answer 19

asthetics, milking, breeding, sale and transfer

Question 20

what nerve innervates the gland?

Answer 20

dorsal nerve of the penis

Question 21

warts are rare in what species?

Answer 21

sheep

Question 22

Treatment of warts

Answer 22

usually none, surgical removal, vaccination (autogenous or commercial)

Question 23

Ringworm - most common species

Answer 23

trichophyton

Question 24

risk factors of ring worm

Answer 24

contact, infected housing, high humidity, young animals, carriers, fomites

Question 25

clinical signs of ringworm

Answer 25

usually on young animals - thick, grey rounded lesions initially moist lesions that eventually dry out resulting in alopecia and dandruff *around the head and neck

Question 26

clinical signs of sheep

Answer 26

lesions on the head in non wooled areas

Question 27

tinea corporis

Answer 27

superficial ringworm function of humans in any area

Question 28

tinea cruris

Answer 28

superficial fungal infection of the inguinal area

Question 29

tenia pedis

Answer 29

superficial fungal infection of the foot

Question 30

diagnosis of ringworm

Answer 30

skin scraping, culture on DTM or using the woods lamp

Question 31

Treatment of ringworm

Answer 31

spontaneous usually; but you can brush off the scabs and use iodine

Question 32

captan

Answer 32

orchard fungicide used to treat ringworm