Ruminant Medicine Intro Flashcards
Animals that chew cud, Mammal with 4 chambered stomachs
Ruminant
6 factors affecting diagnosis and treatment (therapy)
clinician, environment, animal, disease agent, diagnostic and treatment tools
attitude of clinician (hint: CCAIOD R)
Curious, clinical eye, approachable, inquisitive, observant, doubtful/questioning, restraint skills
what are the diagnostic principles? (hint: BATAC)
Be systematic
Adopt a suitable routine
Trust nothing and no one
Apply critical assessment (attitude and techniques)
Consider always
+/- problem
Define problem
Best sol’n
what are the characteristic needed to define an animal? (hint: STAB-SLAP)
Species
Type (fiber, draft, milk)
Age
Breed
Sex
Stage of Lactation and Pregnancy
when the head is above the animal’s wither’s, = in pain T/F
F - below dapat
environment (hint: HHOOF)
Husbandry procedure
Housing
Other management procedures
Owner
Feeding
sheep’s normal temp ranges from 38-39.3 T/F
F - 38-39.9 dapat. Sa cattle to
Match the normal HR to each animal
1. Goat 2. Sheep 3. Cattle
A. 40-80 B. 70-80 C. 70 – 90
3A, 2B, 1C
Match the normal RR to each animal
1. Goat 2. Sheep 3. Cattle
A12–20 B.26-50 C16-34
1A, 3B, 2C
Disorders is when there is an Interruption of normal body function exhibited by a sign or symptom which can be linked to an
etiologic agent T/F
F - disease dapat
complete the 3 parts under the diagnostic tools (hint: SAC)
Specific cause
Abnormality (structure and fxn)
Clinical sign (manifestation)
what are the 5 diagnostic methods?
syndrome or pattern recognition
Hypothetico-deductive reasoning
Arborization or algorithm
Key abnormality
Data base (Weed or Problem Oriented)
Under the 5 diagnostic methods, it Does not require memorization of a list of Dx and Dx tests
Arborization or algorithm
Under the 5 diagnostic methods, it Requires good knowledge of normal to ID abnormal
key abnormality
