Travel
Immunizations
Symptoms
Causes
Treatments
100
How long should a new horse be quarantined?
2 weeks
100
Should horses in Wisconsin be vaccinated for Rabies?
Yes! Every 3/4 years, with boosters every year.
100
You horse is laying down and getting up, restless, biting or pawing at his stomach, and/or rolling. What is wrong and should you call the vet?
Colic. Yes.
100
Name the disease transmitted in the saliva of an infected animal.
Rabies
100
If you discover that your horse has heaves, what can you do to treat it?
There is no cure. You can avoid stabling, dampen hay, use a hay substitute.
200
What should you always keep with you when traveling with a horse?
A negative coggins test
200
In Wisconsin, do most people vaccinate for Eastern, Western, or Venezuelan Encephalomyletis?
Eastern and Western
200
Symptoms include: return of food through nostrils, inability to swallow, arching neck. What is it?
Choking.
200
Name one disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
What is EIA, Equine Encephalomyletis, Influenza
200
While you're waiting for the vet to come when your horse is colicing, what can you do for your horse?
Walk them, don't give your horse food or medication without vet's consent.
300
Name one way to prevent the spread of diseases when traveling with your horse.
Don't share water buckets, avoid contact with strange horses, clean stalls thoroughly.
300
Is coggins a vaccination?
No
300
Symptoms include: Fever (103-105), swollen lymph nodes, white mucus that turns thick and yellow, abscess. Hint: streptococcus equi
Strangles
300
What disease is carried and transmitted by blood sucking ticks?
Potomac Horse Fever
300
How can you treat chronic founder?
Corrective shoeing
400
What do you need before traveling out of state with your horse?
Health certificate
400
What is an immunization that both humans and horses can receive?
Tetanus or Rabies
400
Symptoms include: hot, painful feet with a strong digital pulse, hind legs drawn up under horse, reluctance to move.
Laminitis.
400
What disease originates in birds and is carried by mosquitoes?
Encephalomyletis
400
What is the treatment/cure for rabies?
Trick question. Rabies is always fatal and there is no cure.
500
What is the most common disease states prohibit positive horses from traveling with?
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA or Swamp Fever)
500
Name at least one inoculation a brood mare should receive a booster for before breeding.
Influenza, Rhinopneumonitis, Strangles
500
Round, painless crusts on the horses skin that flake off and leave round, hairless patches.
Ringworm.
500
What is caused by an electrolyte imbalance at a cellular level.
Azoturia, more commonly known as tying up.
500
Can an antibiotic be used while treating EVR (equine viral rhinopneumonitis)?
Antibiotics are not effective against viruses, so no. However, they may be used in case of secondary bacterial infection.
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