Lecture 4 Flashcards
Lice are commonly collected in what areas (3 answers)
withers, brisket (breast), shoulders
severe clinical sign of anaplasmosis
icterus
Fever (41.7°C),
Hemoglobinuria,
Death (48hrs after onset Cs)
babesiosis
mange common in sheep
chorioptes sp.
mange with no satisfactory treatment
demodex sp.
Conjunctivitis, blepharitis, photophobia, keratitis, opacity, ulceration, perforation, permanent fibrosis
eye worm (thelazia sp.)
Photophobia, blepharospasm, excessive lacrimation, blindness
Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC)
-Perinatal mortality
-Orchitis (inflammation of testicle/s)
-Causes autolysis of fetuses
Brucellosis
diagnostic test used to detect brucella
Brucella milk ring test (blue ring as + result)
treatment of choice for brucella
Tx not practical; slaughter instead
-Edematous placenta
-Necrosis of cotyledon
Campylobacteriosis
-Loss of weight (“thin ewe syndrome”)
-Poor wool production
-Abscesses of LN (recurring abscess)
-Laminated or onion ring lesion
Caseous lymphadenitis
-Loss of weight (“thin ewe syndrome”)
-Poor wool production
-Abscesses of LN (recurring abscess)
-Laminated or onion ring lesion
Caseous lymphadenitis
treatment of choice for Caseous lymphadenitis
Tx not practical; slaughter instead
treatment for retroviral mastitis
no treatment
