Vet Disease Quick Cues

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Two vets review key bovine diseases.

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Gabriella Graham

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Vet Disease Quick CuesOnline version Two vets review key bovine diseases. by Gabriella Graham Dr. Smith Today we’ll cover Actinobacillosis vs Actinomycosis: the former hits soft tissue with wooden tongue, while the latter causes lumpy jaw and osteomyelitis. Vet Student So Actinobacillosis shows swollen tongue and ulcers, treated with sodium iodide IV, and Actinomycosis affects bone with dental involvement. Dr. Smith Exactly. Mnemonic helps: 'Bacillus bites the tongue, Mycosis munches the jaw.' Vet Student Nice! Moving to Anthrax: sudden bloody death from soil-spore Bacillus anthracis; forms are peracute and acute. Dr. Smith Prevention in endemic areas is vaccination; remember the cue: 'Anthrax = sudden bloody death, soil spores forever.' Vet Student And Blackleg is Clostridium chauvoei with gas in muscles and rapid death; sour odor noted. Dr. Smith Prevention includes immunization since soil spores persist; mnemonic: 'Blackleg = black, gassy muscles.' Vet Student What about enteric and septic forms of E. coli? Dr. Smith Enteric: diarrhea and dehydration with high calf mortality; Septicemic: failure of passive transfer leading to septicemia, meningitis, arthritis; mnemonic: 'E. coli = scours + sepsis.' Vet Student Great. Any quick cue for shipping fever and pink eye? Dr. Smith Shipping Fever: high fever, cough, cyanosis from Pasteurella plus viruses; cue: 'Shipping stress = sick lungs.' Pink Eye: Moraxella bovis or Chlamydia psittaci with tearing and corneal ulcers; cue: 'Pink eye = painful corneal ulcer.'

Vet Disease Quick CuesOnline version

Two vets review key bovine diseases.

by Gabriella Graham

Dr. Smith

Today we’ll cover Actinobacillosis vs Actinomycosis: the former hits soft tissue with wooden tongue, while the latter causes lumpy jaw and osteomyelitis.

Vet Student

So Actinobacillosis shows swollen tongue and ulcers, treated with sodium iodide IV, and Actinomycosis affects bone with dental involvement.

Dr. Smith

Exactly. Mnemonic helps: 'Bacillus bites the tongue, Mycosis munches the jaw.'

Vet Student

Nice! Moving to Anthrax: sudden bloody death from soil-spore Bacillus anthracis; forms are peracute and acute.

Dr. Smith

Prevention in endemic areas is vaccination; remember the cue: 'Anthrax = sudden bloody death, soil spores forever.'

Vet Student

And Blackleg is Clostridium chauvoei with gas in muscles and rapid death; sour odor noted.

Dr. Smith

Prevention includes immunization since soil spores persist; mnemonic: 'Blackleg = black, gassy muscles.'

Vet Student

What about enteric and septic forms of E. coli?

Dr. Smith

Enteric: diarrhea and dehydration with high calf mortality; Septicemic: failure of passive transfer leading to septicemia, meningitis, arthritis; mnemonic: 'E. coli = scours + sepsis.'

Vet Student

Great. Any quick cue for shipping fever and pink eye?

Dr. Smith

Shipping Fever: high fever, cough, cyanosis from Pasteurella plus viruses; cue: 'Shipping stress = sick lungs.' Pink Eye: Moraxella bovis or Chlamydia psittaci with tearing and corneal ulcers; cue: 'Pink eye = painful corneal ulcer.'

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