Diseases

Question 1

what are clinical signs of wooden tongue?

Answer 1

abscess formation on the maxillary or mandibular jaw

Question 2

occurs when bacteria gains access to the body through the oral cavity

Answer 2

Wooden Tongue

Question 3

what is the treatment for wooden tongue?

Answer 3

antibiotics

Question 4

what are the 3 common causative agents of Brucellosis?

Answer 4

brucella abortus, melitensis, and b. suis

Question 5

bulls that test positive for trichomonas are typically infected?

Answer 5

true

Question 6

what disease is zoonotic and called undulant fever in humans?

Answer 6

brucellosis

Question 7

what does bovine herpes virus one cause?

Answer 7

abortion and genital tract infections

Question 8

what is the causative agent for anthrax?

Answer 8

bacterium Bacillus antracis.

Question 9

an animal that has ataxia, bleeding from the orifices and dark blood that fails to clot should be suspected of having what?

Answer 9

anthrax

Question 10

animals suspected of having Anthrax should not have what performed at time of death? and why

Answer 10

necropsy because as the bacterium gets exposed to oxygen, spores form.

Question 11

what is caused by vitamin E or seleium deficiency?

Answer 11

white muscle disease

Question 12

mastitis in cattle is almost always what kind of mastitis?

Answer 12

septic mastitis

Question 13

what are the most common caustative agents for mastitis?

Answer 13

Streptococcus agalactiae and staphylococcus aureus

Question 14

animals that test positive for tuberculosis are typically chronic

Answer 14

true

Question 15

sulfur toxicity, thiamine deficiency, and feeding dietary acidifiers to cattle can all lead to a metabolic condition causing neurologic signs called what?

Answer 15

polioencephalomalacia

Question 16

what isn’t a true disease but a clinical sign characterized by gas distention in the rumen?

Answer 16

Bloat or ruminal tympany

Question 17

what can BVD (bovine viral diarrhea) lead to?

Answer 17

oral erosions and intestinal ulcerations.

Question 18

displacement of the abomasum can occur to both the left and right side in cattle, the left side being more common.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

what is the causative agent for BSE?

Answer 19

prion transmitted through the ingestion of infected meat and bone meat

Question 20

what is described as soft, weak bones that lack density?

Answer 20

rickets

Question 21

what is rickets caused by?

Answer 21

lack of diet, sunlight, and/or vitamin D

Question 22

which disease is described as causing spontaneous, late-term abortions, epididymitis, orchitis, endometritis and retained placenta?

Answer 22

brucellosis

Question 23

what type of disease is vibrosis?

Answer 23

bacterial disease

Question 24

what is another name for traumatic reticuloperiotitis?

Answer 24

hardware disease

Question 25

Actinbacillosis got the common name wooden tongue due to bacteria gaining access to the oral cavita causing what?

Answer 25

tumorous abscess of the tongue

Question 26

a condition seen in cattle that are kept in moist, wet conditions. It is contagious and painful condition that generally causes lameness in cattle leading to economic losses for farmers

Answer 26

foot rot

Question 27

what is the causative agent for Johne's diseae?

Answer 27

mycobacterium acium subspecies paratuberculosis

Question 28

when can you acquire Johne's disease?

Answer 28

30 days of age

Question 29

when does fatty liver disease occur?

Answer 29

before or after parturition and typically in obese animals

Question 30

Metritis can be a common problem after calving because of what?

Answer 30

high chance of retained placenta and dystocia

Question 31

Clostridium chauvoei is the causative agent for

Answer 31

blackleg

Question 32

where is ringworm commonly found

Answer 32

head and neck

Question 33

what are the most common prolapses seen in cattle?

Answer 33

vaginal, uterine, and gestation

Question 34

how do you diagnose mad cow disease?

Answer 34

the brain of the infected animal must be examined.

Question 35

what is milk fever associated with?

Answer 35

circulating calcium in circulating blood

Question 36

which disease discussed leads to abortion storms, stillbirths, loss of milk production, septicemia and hemoglobinuria in cattle? it is zoonotic

Answer 36

leptospirosis

Question 37

the bacterial disease the cattle generally get from contaminated silage

Answer 37

listerosis

Question 38

what is a freemartin?

Answer 38

when a female bovine is born as a twin with a male and has normal genitals on the exterior, but internally is very abnormal

Question 39

Bovine Spongiform ecephalophathy

Answer 39

mad cow disease

Question 40

paratuberculosis

Answer 40

johnes disease

Question 41

bovine keratoconjuctivitis

Answer 41

pink eye

Question 42

dermatophytosis

Answer 42

ringworm

Question 43

hypocalcemia

Answer 43

milk fever

Question 44

calf enteritis

Answer 44

scours

Question 45

hypomagnesemia tetany

Answer 45

grass tetany

Question 46

brucellosis

Answer 46

bang disease

Question 47

actinmyocosis

Answer 47

lumpy jaw