Miscellaneous GI diseases

Question 1

What notifiable disease causes blisters on the feet, snout, lips tongue and mouth? It also causes lameness and is spread by biting flies. A DDx for this disease is FMD

Answer 1

Vesicular stomatitis

Question 2

What zoonotic, non-notifiable disease causes ringed lesions on the muzzle, nose and oral cavity of young cattle (<1) and may lead to difficulty eating? This disease heals spontaneously (not fungal!)

Answer 2

Bovine papular stomatitis

Question 3

What are these the symptoms for: depresion, pyrexia, anorexia, mucopurulent nasal discharge, uveitis/conjunctivitis, enlarged LNs, seizures and death?

Answer 3

Malignant catarrhal fever

Question 4

What is the treatment for Malignant Catarrhal Fever?

Answer 4

Euthanasia

Question 5

What pathogens cause Wooden Tongue and Lumpy jaw?

Answer 5

Wooden tongue - Actinobacillus lignieressi

Lumpy jaw - Actinomyces bovis

Question 6

What is the treatment for Wooden tongue (Actinobacillus)?

Answer 6

Isolate
Penicillin 5-7 days
Surgical debridement/drainage and lavage with iodine
Slaughter?

Question 7

What is the treatment for Lumpy Jaw?

Answer 7

Isolate
Penicillin 5-7 days
Slaughter

Question 8

What pathogen causes Winter Dysentery?

Answer 8

Coronavirus

Question 9

What type of virus is BVD?

Answer 9

Pestivirus

Question 10

What pathogen causes necrotic stomatitis?

Answer 10

Fusobacterium necrophorum

Question 11

Name 3 differentials for a sheep weight weight loss, hypoalbuminaemia and ‘bottle jaw’, and how much of the herd do these conditions tend to affect?

Answer 11

Chronic liver fluke (multiple affected in herd)
Haemonchus contortus (multiple affected in herd)
Johne’s (tends to be more individual)

Question 12

A cow presents dehydrated, with an enlarged rumen and bloat on the R hand side of the abdomen. The cow is producing scant faeces. What is your most likely diagnosis?

Answer 12

Vagal indigestion

10-4 appearance (rumen full, distended R lower abdo)