Lecture 5 - Respiratory Disease

Question 1

Main respiratory diseases

Answer 1

• EHV 1 + 4 (Equine Herpes Virus / Rhinopneumonitis)
• Influenza
• Strangles

Question 2

How to prevent respiratory disease?

Answer 2

• Contact (during traveling)
• Vaccinate
• Air quality
• Hygiene

Question 3

Air quality problems

Answer 3

Ammonia (urine > clean stalls)
Carbon dioxide (exhausts)
Humidity (moisture in air > more germs)
Dust (hay and bedding > soak hay, other bedding, more fresh air)

Question 4

-itis

Answer 4

Always inflammation

Question 5

1st line of defence

Answer 5

Smell , cough

Question 6

2nd line of defence

Answer 6

Natural killer cells, inflammation, fever