CAT 1
What disease causes inflammation of the hoof laminae and severe foot pain?
Laminitis (Founder)
What viral disease causes strange behavior and is almost always fatal once symptoms appear?
Rabies
What is the common name for abdominal pain in horses?
Colic
What respiratory disease is also known as Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO)?
Heaves
What disease causes a black, foul-smelling infection of the frog?
Thrush
What mosquito-borne disease affects the nervous system and can cause paralysis?
West Nile Virus
What disease is caused by Clostridium tetani bacteria entering a wound?
Tetanus (Lockjaw)
What disease results from excessive grain intake and can lead to laminitis?
Founder (Laminitis)
What condition causes a foal to be unable to nurse due to lack of oxygen at birth?
Dummy Foal Syndrome
What disease causes nasal discharge, coughing, and fever and is caused by a herpes virus?
Rhinopneumonitis (EHV)
What bacterial disease is spread by mosquitoes and causes diarrhea and fever?
Potomac Horse Fever
What disease is characterized by excessive hair growth, muscle loss, and frequent drinking?
Equine Cushing’s Disease (PPID)
What disease involves bleeding from the nostrils during or after exercise?
Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH)
What disease is caused by Ehrlichia risticii?
Potomac Horse Fever
What fungal hoof disease affects the inner hoof wall?
White Line Disease
What genetic disease affects Quarter Horses and causes fragile, stretchy skin?
HERDA
What disease prevents proper blood clotting and primarily affects colts?
Hemophilia A
What disease results from retained placenta after foaling?
Metritis (infection)
What neurological disease has Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan forms?
Equine Encephalomyelitis
What metabolic disease is also known as Monday Morning Sickness?
Tying-Up (Azoturia / RER / PSSM)
What disease causes self-mutilation, aggression, and neurological signs and is zoonotic?
Rabies
What disease results from ingestion of blister beetles in hay?
Blister Beetle Poisoning
What disease causes inflammation of the laminae leading to coffin bone rotation?
Laminitis
What condition results when a mare and foal have incompatible blood types?
Neonatal Isoerythrolysis
What parasitic disease causes summer sores?
Habronemiasis (Stomach Worms)