Module 8 Flashcards
Average temperature of sheep
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102.3 degree Fahrenheit or 39.1 degree Celsius
Average temperature of goat
103.8 degree Fahrenheit or 39.9 degree Celsius
Is taken by finding the artery that runs down the inside of the hind leg
Pulse rate
Feeding a continuous level of this will help protect lambs from enterotoxemia
Chlortetracycline
May Cause permanent lameness in the animals
Foot abscess
Usually affects sheep during extreme wet weather
Foot scald
. It affects lamb mainly 1-5 days of age
Lamb dysentery
Extremely contagious and may affect the majority of the animals in the flicks when outbreak occur
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Foot rot
Is an inflammation of the lung. Sometimes occurs as secondary infection
Pneumonia
Disease that affect the CNS of sheep and goat. Is one of a class of Brain disease called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)
Scrapie
Is a zoonotic disease commonly having blisters
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Sore mouth
Major symptom of vibriosis in sheep
Abortions
Are nutritional problem that may affect sheep, goat as well as cattle
Bloat
White muscle disease
Occurs when the rumen becomes filled with dry or indigestible feed
Impaction
Disease cause by lack calcium in the blood
Milk fever
Caused by lack of vitamin A in the diet. Symptoms include inability to see at night
Night blindness
Affect sheep especially those carrying twin or triplets. Metabolic disorder that usually occurs during last 6 weeks of gestation. During this time fetus are growing rapidly and the ability of the ewe to take in an adequate amount of feed is reduced
Pregnancy toxemia
May be used to induce lambing and also increases carbohydrates metabolism
Corticosteroids
Causes losses in the production of wool, mohair, meat and milk
External parasite
Tiny insect that live on animals. Some are blood sucking other are biting and chewing
Lice
Sometimes called a sheep tick. It is wingless fly that is about ¼ inch long and has six legs.
Sheep ked
Larvae that is found on the nasal cavities of sheep and goat. The fly is adult stage of the insect. About ½ inch long and looks like a honey bee
Sheep bot fly
They burrow into the skin causing irritation
Mites
the sheep scab mite is sometimes called?
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Wet mange
Enter the animals body through an open wound and feed in the living flesh in the wound. They breed only in the wounds.
Screw-worms
. Are the most serious health problem of sheep and goat
Internal parasite
Are chemical compound used for deworming animals
Anthelmintic
. Is the most serious of all the internal parasite of sheep and goat
Common stomach worm
Lives in the liver of infested goat and sheep causes bleeding in the liver.
Liver fluke
Caused by small protozoa. These organisms live in the intestines of goat and sheep. They cause the cell wall to ruptured and animals bleed internally
Coccidia
It is due to the presence of large numbers of gastrointestinal nematodes, commonly encountered in cattle in many countries where cattle grazed outdoor
Parasitic gastroenteritis
Caused by the lungworm
Parasitic bronchitis
Caused by trematode parasite
Fascioliasis
Is primarily a disease of young animal normally occuring in calves between three weeks and six months old.
Bovine coccidiosis
Is common in young calves and is characterized by anorexia and diarrhea, often intermittent which may result in poor growth rates.
Cryptosporidiosis
two main pathogenic species, of coccidiosis
which occur in the lower small intestine, caecum and colon, causing severe enteritis and diarrhea, or dysentery with tenesmus in heavy infections
E. zuernii or E. bovis,
the main species of Cryptosporidium which is zoonotic
C. parvum
Can be locally significant, particularly where tick populations are abundant, but are not discussed in detail here.
Blood protozoan parasites, such as Babesia and Theileria spp
Flies feed by either puncturing the skin directly.
Biting flies and midges
scavenging at the surface of skin, wounds or body orifices
non- biting or nuisance flies
Non- biting or nuisance flies
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House flies
Face flies
Stable flies
Head flies
Horn flies
Marked defensive behavior
Fly-worry
Importance as vectors of a range of disease
Biting flies
Are vectors to over 50 arboviruses and have become of increasing importance in Europe as vectors of bluetongue virus and schmallenberg virus
Biting midges
