Bacteria Transmission
What bacterial disease causes swelling of the lymph nodes under the jaw?
Strangles
What disease is a horse most likely to get from a bite from a raccoon, skunk, or bat?
Rabies
How does a horse become infected with West Nile Virus?
through the bite of a mosquito
Abdominal pain in a horse
Colic
Parasitic wasps can be used to control what pest?
flies
Name the contagious disease caused by infection with Streptococcus equi?
Strangles
What is the main way horses become infected with Lyme disease?
through the bite of a tick
What is the technical name for sleeping sickness?
Equine Encephalomyelitis
What part of the horse is affected by navicular disease?
Hoof
What is the primary means by which horse parasites are spread?
Manure
Which bacterium causes tetanus or lockjaw?
Clostridium tetani
The Coggin’s test detects what disease?
Equine Infectious Anemia
Which viral disease is able to "hide" from the immune system and re-emerge later?
Equine Herpesvirus (Rhinopneumonitis)
What is the term for an infection that is transmissible from animals to humans?
Zoonosis
Mange is a contagious skin disease caused by what type of parasite?
Mites
Which bacterial disease is called “shaker foal syndrome” when it affects foals?
Botulism
Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
Which viral disease often leads to a secondary bacterial infection leading to pneumonia?
Equine Influenza
Name the condition indicated by the folllowing stance...Front feet extended forward and hind feet drawn under the body for support.
laminitis
What is a common name for strongyles?
Blood worms
What bacterial disease is associated with ponds and specifically snails?
Potomac Horse Fever
Birds and rodents are reservoirs of this virus and it is transmitted to horses by insect bite.
Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis
How is equine influenza transmitted from one horse to another?
Through aerosol droplets when the horse exhales or coughs
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (or COPD) is also known as what?
Heaves
What parasite of the horse causes severe irritation around the tail area?
Pinworms