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what is a common disease caused by c perfringens type c and d
pulpy kidne disease/ overeating disease/ diabetic coma/ type d entertoaemia
TYPE C IS MORE FATAL
IT’S A DISEASE OF LAMBS <2 WEEKS
C. SORDELLI - >3 MONTHS; LOW FIBRE, HIGH CARB DIET WITH WOUNDS/ PARASITES
CS: DEATH IN 1-2 DAYS; FIBRIN IN PERICARDIAL SAC; PULMONARY OEDEMA; MALACIA IN BRAIN
PREVENTION: BACTERIN-TOXOID VACCINE!
WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF ATAXIA?
- SPINAL/ PERIPHERAL/ SENSORY
- CEREBELLAR
- VESTIBULAR
LIST 2 CAUSES OF HYPOCALCAEMIA/ MILK FEVER
- INADEQUATE CALCIUM IN LATE GESTATION DIET
- FAILURE TO MOBILIZE CALCIUM RESERVES
HOW IS HYPOCAL USUALLY DIAGNOSED?
- SLUGGISH PLR
- TACHYCARDIA but soft
- decreased rumen motility
- sometimes bloat
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH IN CATTLE?
- HYPOMAGNEAEMIA
- …………..
HOW DOES HYPOMAG AFFECT PTH?
DECREASES ITS RELEASE
WHAT ARE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE MODIFIED GLASSGOW COMA SCALE?
- LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- MOTOR FUNCTION
- SIZE, POSITION, MOVEMENT OF EYES
WHAT IS THE ORDER IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING CLINICAL SIGNS APPEAR?
- VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS
- DEEP PAIN SENSATION
- LOSS OF PROPRIOCEPTION
- SUPERFICIAL PAIN
- URINARY INCONTINENCE
- SUPERFICIAL PAIN
- LOSS OF PROPRIOCEPTION
- VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS
- URINARY NCONTINENCE
- DEEP PAIN SENSATION
NB: THEY RETURN IN REVERSE FASHION
A 2 WEEK OLD HOLSTEIN BULL UNSTEADY ON ITS LEGS SINCE BIRTH AND APPEARS AWARE OF ITS SURROUNDINGS. PHYSICAL EXAM SHOWED A LOWER HEAD CARRIAGE, INTENTION TREMORS, AND A WIDE BASE STANCE. IT IS ATAXIC WITH HYPERMETRIA OF ALL FOUR LEGS BUT NORMAL STRENGTH.
WHERE IS THE LESION LOCATED?
- LACK OF COORDINATION
- PRESERVATION OF STRENGTH
- NORMAL MENTATION
- PLR WITH NO MENACE RESPONSE
ALL POINT TO CEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA
NB: FLOCULAR - NODULAR NODE IN THE CEREBELLUM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MENACE RESPONSE
CLINICAL SIGNS OF PSEUDORABIES/ MADITCH
- SALIVATION
- PHARYNGEAL/LARYNGEAL DYSFUNCTION
- DYSPNEA
- BLOAT
- PARESIS
- ATAXIA
- ABNORMAL NYSTAGMUS
- DEPRESSION/AGGRESSION
- SEIZURES
- INTENSE PRURITUS: LICKING/RUBBING/SELF MUTILATION
NORMAL BIRTH WEIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- FOREIGN HOLSTEIN
- LOCAL HOLSTEIN
- LOCAL JERSEY
- FOREIGN HOLSTEIN- 35/ >Kg
- LOCAL HOLSTEIN - 26-34 Kg
- LOCAL JERSEY- 18- 24 Kg
TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME %
8% OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT
SHOCK RATE?
80-90 ML/KG/HR
SURGICAL RATE
10 ML/KG/HR
WHAT % OF BLOOD CAN BE SAFELY TAKEN FROM AN ANIMAL?
8-10% OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME
