ANSC 4406 - Swine Exam 4

Diseases/Parasites

T/F: Enterotoxemia (Overeating disease) has three different types

True

Causes of Type D: Clostridium Perfringens

Convulsions, coma, death

Irregular feeding

Fed high concentrate/high caloric diet

Prevention/Treatment of Type D: Clostridium Perfringens

Prevent with 2 shot vaccination

Large dose of antibiotics can treat early stages

Give shot under skin

Causes/Symptoms of Type C: Hemmorrhagic Enterotoxemia

Severe intestinal problems

Bloated and stops eating

Bloody scours

Treatment/Prevention of Type C: Hemmorrhagic Enterotoxemia

Vaccinate EWES to pass immunity to lambs

30 days

Booster makes immune system stronger

Causes/Symptom in Type B: Lamb Dysentery

Yellow runny scours

Treatment/Prevention of Type B: Lamb Dysentery

Ewes to transmit immunity

Causes/Symptom of Tetanus

Muscle contractions

Dies of heart attack and suffocation

Treatment/Prevention of Tetanus

Vaccinate to prevent

Toxoid Vaccination

For Tetanus

T/F: Toxoid is the long term vaccination

True

F: Antitoxin is the short-term prevention for tetanus

True

What is CDT?

2-shot vaccine for type C&D overeating and tetanus

Causes for Sore mouth

Orally transmitted

Symptoms for Soremouth

scabs and sours and eyes, mouth, udders,

Treatment for soremouth

Vaccinate ear

Polyarthritis enters through

nose

Cause of polyarthritis

chlamydia

symptoms of polyarthritis

stiffness, soreness, inflammation in joints

treatment for polyarthritis

Oxytetracycline

prevention for polyarthritis

Exercise soothes muscles

salmonellosis

can affect ewes but mostly in lambs

symptoms of salmonellosis

green watery diarrhea that cause dehydration

prevention for salmonellosis

keeping fed and hydrated

Coccidiosis

Contagious and seen in confinement

Symptoms of Coccidiosis

scours and rectal prolapse from weakened muscles

Prevention for coccidiosis

Decox

Treatment for coccidiosis

Treating with corid

Drench and water with anti-protozoa

Shipping fever

Respiratory problems

Causes shipping fever

stress, dust, weather, changes

symptoms for shipping fever

cough, runny nose, elevated temp, froth

prevention for shipping fever

better conditions and less stress

T/F: Urinary calculi show only in male

True

Symptoms of urinary calculi

Moisture and urine around penis

Treatment for urinary calculi

2:1 calcium phosphorus ratio (IN SHEEP) and 2.5:1 for goats

Drench with ammonium chloride and massage stone through

Urinary caculi caught early

White muscle disease

baby lamb or adult

Symptom for white muscle disease

loss of muscle funx and deterioration of skeletal

treatment for white muscle disease

Bo-Se selenium injection

Blue tongue

Carried by gnat

Symptom for blue tongue

swollen head and dies from no breathing

Treatment for swollen head

anti-flammatory and keep out sun

T/F: You can vaccinate Blue tongue ewes

FALSE: Causes birth defects and abortions

Rectal Prolapse

Mostly in sheep and associated with coughing

Causes of rectal prolapse

Coughing pushes out rectum

Treatment for rectal prolapse

Treat with iodine, amputate, but not 100% treatable

Prevention for rectal prolapse

avoid coughing

cause of Epididymitis

Brucella ovis and transmitted sexually

symptom of epididymitis

swollen testicles and inflammation of epididymis

treatment for epididymits

not treatable must cull

Sheath roth

non contagious

causes of sheath rot

excretion of high-protein diet

symptoms of sheath rot

scaling and scabs around penis

treatment for sheath rot

antibiotic ointmentulcer

ulcerative dermatosis

contagious virus

symptom for ulcerative dermatosis

ulcer on lip,leg, genitals

treatment for ulcerative dermatosis

let is run its course

Ketosis

twin/triplet pregnancy disease

symptoms of ketosis

weak, blind, comatose and death

cause of ketosis

inadequate nutrition in gestation

treatment/prevention for ketosis

treat with glucose and feed more calories

Milk fever

late gestation and early lactation

Milk fever causes

low blood level of calcium

Milk fever symptoms

lethargy

milk fever treatment

calcium dextrose and calcium glucanate

milk fever prevention

supplement with high levels of calcium

grass tetany

lactating ewes

grass tetany symptoms

excitable and rapid breathing

causes of grass tetany

potassium in wheat, and ewe unable to absorb any magnesium

treatment for grass tetany

more magnesium, treat with magnesium sulfate, inject or drench

Listeriosis

silage not stores properly

Listeriosis symptom

swelling of brain and acts blind, abortion

listeriosis prevention

prevent silage spoilage

vibriosis

Campylobacter, repro disease

vibriosis symptoms

no common symptoms but will abort dead lambs 1 mo before birth

vibriosis prevention

2 shot injection prior to breeding season

vibriosis treatment

vaccinate and treat with oxytetracycline

Enzootic abortion (EAE)

late gestation and young ewes get immunity

Enzootic abortion causes

protozoa

enzootic abortion treatment

losses not enough to justify vaccination cost

Mantitis

2 types- grangeous and non-grangeous

Non-Grangeous Mastitis symptoms

hard swollen udder, clotted milk, bloody w/ pus

Grangeous Mastitis symptoms

Dying tissue, udder becomes hard and falls off,

Non-grangeous mastitis treatment

treat w antibiotics

gangreous mastitis treatment

cull

Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP)

Lungers disease, old ewes 100% mortality

OPP cause/symptoms

reduction in respiratory, little capacity to breathe

OPP treatment

Cannot cure and must eliminate

Johne’s

paratuberculosis, starts early, shows later

Johne’s symptom

diarrhea, weight loss, death

Foot Rot

Seen in wet conditions, contagious

Foot Rot symptoms

lesions and sores on feet

Foot Rot treatment

Several treatments needed, trim and soak feet, treat every 3 days

Vaginal prolapse

End of gestation

Vaginal prolapse treatment

Bearing retainer (80-90%), Put back and suture, cull

Bloat

Alfalfa grazing, mostly in cows

Bloat symptoms

Air/Foam accumulates, animal suffocates and dies

Bloat treatment

Stomach tube, 6-8oz mineral oils, Bloat gaurd

T/F: Puncture the LEFT side of the animal to release gas

True

Spider-Lamb disease

Recessive genetic disease, homozygous recessive