Thin Beef Cow Flashcards

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What are the parameters of beef cow BCS for idiots?

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(Fat in the tail head six or greater, no fat in the tail head, five or less!; make sure you make a song out of it and you won’t forget)

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If you’re looking at a herd of beef cattle and notice the majority are 3 or 4 BCS, where must the issue lie?

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(Nutrition)

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Where do you see prominent fat in beef cows with a BCS of 8 or greater?

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(The brisket)

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Is it easier or harder to have a fall calving cow at a good BCS during calving?

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(Easier, lots of good grass mid to late gestation in fall calving cows; it is hard for them to gain weight during the breeding season which can decrease fertility)

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Is it easier or harder to have a spring calving cow gaining weight during breeding season?

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(Easier, lots of good grass around breeding time for spring calving cows; it is hard for them to have a good BCS at calving which can increase their time to cycling post calving)

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What are the two pathophysiologic causes of bottle jaw?

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(Hypoproteinemia (Johne’s) and right sided heart failure)

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How can you tell the difference between an abscess or lumpy jaw causing a unilateral swelling of a cow’s jaw?

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(Abscess will be freely movable, cannot move lumpy jaw lesions because they are associated with the bone)

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How can you tell the difference between lumpy jaw and bottle jaw?

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(Bottle jaw will be in the center of the mandible, lumpy jaw will usually be unilateral)

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What are the main clinical signs seen in early infections with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in cows?

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(Diarrhea, and weight loss with a normal diet)

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Fecal culture for Johne’s disease has been replaced with what test which is more expensive but much faster for testing individual animals?

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(Fecal PCR)

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What are the two fundamental principles to controlling Mycobacterium paratuberculosis on a farm?

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(Prevent newborns/young calves from ingesting feces and getting rid of sick cattle asap to reduce total farm environmental contamination)

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What are the three clinical signs of traumatic reticulopericarditis?

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(Bottle jaw, murmur, and distended jugular veins)

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After M. paratuberculosis is ingested, the bacteria are taken up by cells in what organ where they multiply and cause thickening and chronic inflammation?

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(The ileum)

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Why does hypoproteinemia result from an infection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis?

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(The ileum cannot absorb amino acids d/t inflammation and there is also a loss of protein into the intestinal tract at the ileum)

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