Mandibular Mayhem
This common term describes a gram-positive bacterial infection of the mandible in cattle and swine.
What is Lumpy Jaw?
What is the common term for difficulty swallowing?
What is dysphagia?
What does the Latin word alimentary mean?
What is nourishment?
What are the three types of abomasal displacement?
What are left displaced abomasum (LDA), right displaced abomasum (RDA), and right abomasal volvulus (RAV)?
What is the causative agent of Johne's disease?
What is Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP)?
Mandibular fractures in calves are most typically caused by this.
What is trauma?
Describe the appearance of a vesicular lesion.
What is blanched and raised vesicle or blister-like lesions?
This surgical procedure is performed to create a permanent opening in the rumen to relieve chronic bloat.
What is a rumenostomy?
Which side of a cow is pinging more common for an LDA?
What is the left side?
What is the most common method of transmission for Johne's disease?
What is the fecal-oral route?
Name two clinical signs of a mandibular fracture.
What are unstable mandible, drooling, local sweating, or tongue protrusion?
Name three reportable vesicular diseases in food animals.
What are Foot and Mouth disease, Vesicular Stomatitis, Bovine Papular Stomatitis, Swine Vesicular Disease, Vesicular Exanthema of Swine, or Senecavirus A?
This term describes the outflow obstruction at the reticulo-omasal orifice, resulting in a classic "L-shaped" rumen.
What is Type 2 Vagal Indigestion?
What are two clinical signs of blood loss due to an abomasal ulcer?
What are tachycardia, pale mucous membranes, weak pulse, cool extremities, shallow breaths, tachypnea, or melena?
Why is treatment of intestinal salmonellosis or asymptomatic infection controversial?
What is the risk of creating carriers or antibiotic resistance?
This is the primary goal of mandibular fracture repair
What is to re-stabilize the jaw/mandible while providing enough comfort for adequate prehension and mastication during callus formation?
Which reportable vesicular disease had outbreaks in California, Nevada, and Texas in 2023?
What is Vesicular Stomatitis?
What is the normal pH range of rumen fluid in animals on a grain diet?
What is 5.8 - 7?
Describe the appearance of the antrum of the pylorus of the abomasum.
What is a sow’s ear?
What is the survival rate for a bovine with an intussusception treated surgically within 48 hours?
What is the best survival rate?
Besides trauma, this is another potential cause of a mandibular fracture.
What is neoplasia?
This serious zoonotic disease is the most common serotype of the Picornaviridae virus family from the genus Aphthovirus
What is Foot and Mouth Disease?
A mature dairy cow presents with anorexia, decreased milk production, and abdominal distention. On physical exam, a ping is auscultated on the left side, and the cow has a "papple" shaped abdomen. Serum chemistry reveals hypochloremia and metabolic alkalosis. What is the most likely diagnosis, and what are three potential underlying causes for this condition?
What is Type 3 Vagal Indigestion?
Potential causes include abomasal lymphosarcoma obstructing the pylorus, traumatic reticuloperitonitis (TRP), chronic left displaced abomasum (LDA), post-abomasal volvulus, iatrogenic complications from LDA surgery, foreign bodies, abomasal impaction (particularly in Suffolk sheep), or other abomasal dysfunction.
Name 3 main causes of a misdiagnosed displaced abomasum.
What are gas in the spiral colon, peritonitis, gas in the uterus, an abomasal impaction, rumen bloat, or a cecum filled with air?
A farmer reports several mature dairy cows experiencing profuse, watery diarrhea, weight loss, and decreased milk production, with no improvement from palliative treatment. Some affected cows show signs of bottle jaw. Upon examination, you discover a thickening and corrugation of the ileum lining in a deceased cow. Which pathogen is the most likely culprit, and what is the gold standard diagnostic test, despite its lengthy processing time?
What is Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP), which causes Johne's Disease?
What is fecal culture?