Misc 100
Which of the following is a metabolic disorder occurring when an animal has a low blood calcium level?
Milk Fever
The left ventricle and atrium are dilated with decreased contractility. Primarily seen in large breed dogs and occasional medium breed dogs.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Inward rolling of the eyelid?
Entropion
What is a highly fatal neurologic disease that can been seen in horses. Clinical symptoms is stiff, stilted gait, hyperexcitability, seizure and coma. Vaccine available
Tetanus
What is the medical term for difficult birth?
Dystocia
Which disease is zoonotic and also known as "bangs disease" that can also cause late term abortion in cows?
Brucellosis
A uterine disease that occurs during the luteal phase (approx. 1-2 months after estrus) . Vaginal discharge may be present, lethargy and leukocytosis
Pyometra
Treatment for this disease in canines is thyroxine. Clinical symptoms include oily seborrhea, alopecia, thickened skin, weigh gain, and lethargy.
Hypothyroidism
What disease is seen in horses which involves ischemic necrosis and inflammation of the sensitive laminae? May involve 2 front feet or all 4 feet.
Laminitis (founder)
* colic, steroids, endotoxemia, diet change, grain overload
What is another term for Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis?
Hardware Disease
What disease is a result in selenium and/or Vitamin E deficiency seen in young lambs, calves, kids and pigs born to dams receiving deficient diets? ?
White Muscle Disease
What is failure of passive transfer?
Foal dos not receive the immunoglobulins from the mare within the first 18 hours of birth.
*After 18 hours the gut will no absorb the large immunoglobulins
What disease is a result from excessive production of cortisol by the adrenal cortex?
Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's)
What are the 4 main types of viral equine encephalitis? And how is it transmitted?
Eastern, Western, Venezuelan and West Nile
*mosquito
What test is used to diagnose mastitis?
CMT
California Mastitis Test
Baby pigs in confinement require what type of supplement by 3 days of age?
Iron Injection
In horses this condition refers to obstruction of the esophagus?
Choke
Bovine Respiratory Disease Syndrome is also known as what in feedlot cattle?
*Transportation, cold weather, close confinement and stress may cause this disease
Shipping Fever
What type of parasite can migrate through he intestines of horses through the mesenteric arteries that may cause thromboembolic colic where segments of the intestines may be infarcted.
Strongylus vulgaris
What is the common name for a zoonotic disease that can be caused by Bartonella Henselae Infection
Cat Scratch Fever
What zoonotic disease is seen in birds especially in psittacines? Causing depression, anorexia, yellowish or green diarrhea, nasal discharge and respiratory difficulty.
Avian Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis)
What is the name of a zoonotic disease that affects chickens and other birds (paramyxovirus) ? Clinical signs respiratory, nervous system or both within 2 weeks of exposure. (coughing, depression, anorexia, green diarrhea) High mortality
New Castle Disease
What disease may be seen in bovine causing chronic diarrhea by the organism mycobacterium paratuberculosis?
Johne's Disease
*Terminal disease- no effective treatment
*Infected cows to calves through fecal oral route
Rabbit fever
What is the name of this viral disease (zoonotic) caused by orthopoxvirus and what does it primarily affect?
Monkeypox
*monkeys