Symptoms

Question 1

1. dependent of amount of toxin injested
2. general muscle weakness
3. tongue and tail, problems swallowing or drooling
4. tremors can occur with progression
5. paralysis followed by respiratory depression followed by death

Answer 1

Botulism

Question 2

1. fever
2. depression
3. anorexia
4. weakness
5. abnormal mental state
6. tremors (muscle fasciculations)
7. recumbency

Answer 2

Encephalitis

Question 3

1. transient fever
2. depression
3. anorexia
4. colic
5. diarrhea
6. edema
7. laminitis

Answer 3

Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

Potomac Horse Fever

Question 4

1. depend on location within spinal cord and inflammation caused
2. tripping, stumbling
3. muscle atrophy
4. seizures
5. swaying sideways, falling down
6. recumbency

*blood test or cerebrospinal fluid test

Answer 4

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)

Question 5

1. Fever
2. increased respiratory rate, nasal discharge
3. depression
4. anorexia
5. abortion storms

Answer 5

Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)

Question 6

1. nasal discharge
2. coughing
3. lethargy
4. poor appetite
5. fever

Answer 6

Influenza

Question 7

1. swelling of salivary glands and facial muscles
2. refusal to eat and drink
3. can be mistaken for choke
4. uncontrollably aggressive
5. hypersensitive to external stimuli

Answer 7

Rabies - Furious form

Question 8

1. swelling of salivary glands and facial muscles
2. refusal to eat and drink
3. can be mistaken for choke
4. weak, tired
5. glazed and staring eyes
6. lack of movement and awareness
7. horses cannot raise their head and swallow, results in excessive salivation

Answer 8

Rabies - Dumb form

Question 9

1. fever
2. cough
3. nasal discharge
4. myeloencephalitis in 2-3 days
5. muscle fasiculations and reduced tail tone
6. urine leaking
7. ataxia
8. recumbency

Answer 9

Rhinopneumonitis - EHV1

Question 10

1. sudden abortion

2. may be no signs of respiratory disease

Answer 10

Rhinopneumonitis - EHV4

Question 11

1. develops in 7-21 days of exposure
2. high fever
3. swollen underneath throat latch and behind the edge of the jaw
4. infection becomes an abscess, causes the nodes to swell
5. large, hot, painful and visible
6. will rupture open and drain infectious pus either externally or internally
7. nasal discharge changes from clear to odorless whitish yellow or yellow green pus when abscess rupture begins
8. pus is projected through coughing and general draining

Answer 11

Strangles

Question 12

1. severity correlates to amount of toxins binding to nerves
2. tense horse, cannot bend its joints
3. saw horse stance
4. overreact to stimuli - third eyelid will flash across the cornea in response

Answer 12

Tetanus