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Large Animal Neurology
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- 1A Holstein Friesian dairy cow presents with depression, weight loss, difficulty eating, and strange behaviour. On examination she is circling and has a head tilt to the left. Which pathogen are we worried about?Listeria monocytogenes
- 2How do we treat listeriosis?Penicillin
- 3What are typical signs of BSE?Apprhension
Aggression
Hyperaestheisa
Ataxia
Compulsive licking
Bruxism - 4A newborn calf presents with ataxia, and not standing to suckle. On exam she has an abnormal skull shape. Which disease is likely?BVDV
- 5How would you treat cerebral-cortical necrosis?Vitamin B1 treatment and furosemide if cerebral oedmea
- 6What signs present with CCN?cerebral oedema and pressure necrosis cause depression, aimlessness, blindness, ataxia, tremors, collapse, and convulsions
- 7What bacteria usually causes meningitis?E. coli
- 8A 4yo ewe presents with wool loss, scratching, decreased weight, and excitable. On exam she nibbles when scratched. What is the likely dx?Scrapies
- 9What parasite causes gid?Taenia multiceps
- 10How does taenia multiceps affect sheep?Causes cysts in the CNS causing weightloss, circling, and palpably soft skull
- 11How is louping ill spread?By ticks on rough grazing
- 12What is another name for Coenuriasis?Gid / Taenia Multiceps infection of sheep
- 13What key sign does tetanus cause in the horse?SPASTIC PARALYSIS
- 14How would you treat tetanus in the horse?Penicillin, tetanus antitoxin, ACP / benzodiazepines to control spasm, minimise stimulation
- 15What key sign does Botulism cause in the horse?FLACCID PARALYSIS
- 16How do horses with tetanus eventually die?Dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia
- 17How do horses with botulism eventually die?respiratory failure
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- Undergraduate Veterinary Medicine FlashCards sobre Large Animal Neurology, criado por E M em 18-05-2022.
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