Diseases
This cardiac disease commonly results from ingestion of a foreign body.
What is traumatic reticulopericarditis (TRP).
The normal heart rate of cattle.
What is 60-80bpm.
On physical examination, cattle with a congenital cardiac defect must be examined for what.
What are the presence of other congenital abnormalities.
The most common congenital cardiac disease in cattle
What is ventricular septal disease (VSD)
The correct number and "name" of all heart sounds that can be heard in cattle (listed in a logical order).
What is S4, S1, S2, and S3.
The diagnostic performed prior to antimicrobial administration for treatment of bacterial endocarditis.
What is a blood culture.
Valvular endocarditis in cattle is most commonly found where in the heart?
What is the tricuspid valve
This clinical signs is one of the most common signs of heart disease in cattle and can be observed with or without heart failure.
What is tachycardia.
When giving REPETITIVE doses of diuretics to cattle, what bloodwork parameter should be monitored?
What is serum electrolytes
The cardiac disease that can be associated with Histophilus somnus
What is myocarditis
Four clinical signs of heart failure.
What are jugular distension, peripheral edema, jugular pulses, and ascites.
(Other acceptable answers: tachycardia, abnormal heart sounds/heart murmur, cough without respiratory distress, and syncope.)
The name of the ECG system used in large animals, including cattle, AND the position of each electrode.
Base-apex lead system.
The right arm electrode is attached to the neck in the left jugular furrow, left arm electrode is placed over the apex of the heart just behind the left elbow, and right hind leg electrode is attached at wither.
The MOST COMMON heart disease in cattle.
What is pericarditis
Respiratory signs seen in cattle with cardiac disease are mainly the consequence of what?
What is a lung infection (rather than left ventricular anomalies).
Three cardiac diseases in which cTNI (cardiac troponin) is elevated in cattle.
Any of the following answers are accepted:
Ionophore toxicosis, traumatic reticulopericarditis, myocarditis, thoracic abscesses, thoracic masses.