Prev prod (Risco) Flashcards
1
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Preventive medicine def
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- Aim is to prevent disease and promote health, to lower number of sick animals
2
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Production medicine def
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- planned animal health through the application of preventive medicine and strategic animal husbandry practices
- imp animal health
- maximize economic return to producer
- dynamic in nature
3
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What’s involved in prod med
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- Implement health programs
- vaccination
- nutrition
- repro
- calf rearing
- milk quality
- management sick animals
- personnel training and eval
- performance analysis
- problem solving
- animal comfort and welfare
4
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obj of prod med
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- reduce waste
- dz as a result of errors
- failure to attain optimum production
- principal thrusts
- change behavoir of farmers, reform managment
- consider cost-benefit relationship at all levels
5
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Specialties of food animal prod med
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- DVM
- therio
- med and sx
- inf dz and path
- other
- nutrition
- eipdemiology/stats
- economics
- human resource management
6
Q
Clinical vs analystical acumen
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- monitoring strategies
- record analysis and problem solving
- ind vs group (herd)
- cow vs human (management)
- Tools
- comp software
- stats
- epidemiology
7
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Determinant
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- factor which when altered, produces a change in frequency or characteristic of dz
- overcrowding
- weather
- nutrition
- parity
8
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Clinical dz
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- state of dysfunction of the body detectable by one or more of a person’s senses
9
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sub-clinical dz
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- functional or anatomical abnormality detectable only with diagnostic aids, lab tests or indirect measures
- SCC
- California mastitis test
- ketone bodies in urine
10
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Stress
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- state of inability to adapt to stressor
- leads to physical, behavioral and physiological changes
11
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Syndrome
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- set of signs or series of events occurring together often points to single dz as cause
- downer cow syndrome
- multiple causes
- downer cow syndrome
12
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Symptom
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- evidence dz perceived by a patient
13
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sign
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- objective physical finding of clinician
14
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Production record analysis
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- monitoring and eval of the overall productivity of herd
- health outcomes
- level productivity
- opportunities to improve cow comfort and animal well-being
- feeding management
15
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Purpose of monitoring dairy performance through records analysis
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- to detect change within production system
16
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routine, systematic collection and eval of info (data) from farm
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- Production
- milk, fat, protein
- Reproduction
- pregnancy rate, abortions
- Health
- mastitis, ketosis, LDAs, Metritis
17
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Target goal
TQ
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- attainable goals in production system
- Health parameters
- LDA, milk fever, RFM, dystocia
- Quality milk parameters
- SCC, clinical mastitis
- Health parameters
18
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Action goal
TQ
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- figure (level) where intervention must be taken by management
- red flags
19
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DX tests
Clinical Decision making
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- Blood ELISA
- Johnes dz
- Total Protein in blood
- failure passive transfer (<5.0) in calves
- Rothera test
- subclinical ketosis (nitroprussic acid to detect acetoacetate)
20
Q
SEnsitivity (SE)
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true positives
21
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Specificity (SP)
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true negatives
22
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Group syndrome
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- collection of diseases with a common characteristic
- major sign
- starting point in diagnostic process
- ex: low calf crop in beef cattle
23
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Group syndrome flow chart
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- Primary syndrome, collection of diseases =>
- Lack of cyclicity, lowered conception, abortion, death at birth, death of calf =>
- lowered calf crop (THIS IS THE GROUP SYNDROME)
24
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Food animal prod med
role veterinarian
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- efficient production of livestock and their products through preventive medicine programs and animal comfort
25
Q
Food animal prod med
Role of producer
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- sale of a wholesome product and competition for consumer dollars
- while following good management practices consistent with sustainable agriculture
26
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Consumer issues
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- wholesome and economical product
- animal welfare
- environmental impact
- organic vs conventional
27
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C footprint for beef
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- C footpring per billion kg beef in 2007 reduced by 16.3% compared to equivalent systems in 1977
28
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GHG emissions in dairy
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- In 2007 US produced 59% more milk using 64% fewer cows than in 1944
- 41% decrease in GHG emissions