Respiratory

Question 1

What are the 3 R’s of supportive care in ruminants?

Answer 1

Rest (bring them into a dry, ventilated/thermoregulated and bedded environment).

Rumen ( feed a simple bland diet like a quality hay; don’t push concentrate feeds. Transfaunate if necessary and slowly transition back to the concentrates after recovery)

Rehydrate (Oral or IV fluids (usually oral) an can range from water to electrolyte solutions) *if you tube them make sure to clean all you’re instruments!

Question 2

What are 3 risk factors for Enzootic Calf Pneumonia

Answer 2

Passive transfer
Nutrition
Environment

Question 3

What is the pathophys of ABPEE (Acute Bovine Pulmonary Edema and Emphysema)

Answer 3

L tryptophan ingested –> rumen flora convert it to 3 methyl indole –> 3MI absorbed into circulation and goes to the lungs–> metabolized into reactive intermediates cause pneumotoxicity.

The damage includes: edema, hyaline membranes, alveolar cell hyperplasia, interstitial emphysema

Question 4

Whate are 2 other intoxicated conditions that present very similarly to ABPEE?

Answer 4

Moldy Sweet Potato Toxicity (furanoterpenoid toxin produced in response to mold growth)

Perilla Ketone Toxicity from Perilla mint (Pneumotoxin in the leaves and seeds)

Question 5

pathopneumonic sign for subacute lungworm infections in cattle

Answer 5

paroxysmal coughing = violent coughing attacks.