Flashcards in Infectious neurogical disease of the upper brain in cattle Deck (46)
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What are the clinical signs of rabies in cattle?
1. salivation
2. bellowing
3. aggressiveness
4. paresis/paralysis
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What is the progression of rabies in cattle?
rapid final progression 2-3 days from onset of signs. TRIGGER TO THINK OF RABIES! getting worse by hour
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What are the most common vectors of rabies in canada?
1. skunk
2. racoon
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What is the incubation period of rabies?
2 weeks to months
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How long is the clinical course of rabies?
5 days
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What is the major vector of rabies in central america
vampire bat
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What should you do if you suspect rabies
no longer a reportable disease to CFIA
Provincial responsibility
Contact public health
Isolate and observe animal
After death or euthanasia: Get brain and give to CFIA--if likelihood of human exposure (if not then to PDS)
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What is aujeszky's disease?
swine herpes virus 1 that is shed in nasal secretions of the pig. if it gets innoculated into a wound on the bovine, get a very nasty disease with extreme pruritis, fever and death
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What is pseudorabies?
aujeszky's disease
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If you have pigs and cattle on the same farm and a weird cow, think of what
aujeszky's dz
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When do you see meningitis in neonatal cavles?
with failure of passive transfer
depressed
recumbent
opsithotonus
septicemic usually
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What is one of the most useful diagnostic tests for calves that seem to have meningitis?
plasma:
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How is meningitis treated?
high dose antimicrobials (bactericidal, high Vd)
steroids--increased inflam with bacteria death
blood transfusion
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What animals gets pituitary abscesses?
adult cattle
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Why do cattle get pituitary abscesses?
bacteria can easily localized in the region of the pituitary (portal system that has low pressure--bacteria can settle out)
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What are the signs of pituitary abscess?
1. open mouth
2. protruding tongue
3. blind-pressure on optic chiasm
4. decreased milk production--hormones gone
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What can you do for pituitary
not much
prolonged antibiotics but prognosis poor!!
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What are the signs of listeria?
head tilt
circling
unilateral facial paralysisi
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What causes listeria?
listeria monocytogenes
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Where is listeria mostly found?
low quality silage
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How does listeria get to the brain??
virus enters gingiva
ascends to brain stem through CN-V
microabscess formation CN VII and VIII
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What is the treatment for listeria?
prolonged antibiotics (penicillin, oxytetracylcien)
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How does histophilus somni cause neurological disease?
damage to vascular endothelium results in thrombosis of brain tissue
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What are the clinical signs of histophilus somni
sleepy calf
sudden death
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How is histophilus somni neuro dz treated?
early antibiotic
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Does the vaccine work for histophilus somni neuro dz?
unproven. neuro form is no longer common
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What is nervous coccidiosis?
a bizarre form of neurological disease associated with coccidiosis
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Why have we seen some tetanus outbreaks?
tetanus has been taken out of many vaccines
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What do you need to have botulism??
basically meat in fermented feed
or ducks dying of botulism in a pond and cattle dying
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