Equine Health Management Final Exam (100% Verified Answers)

T/F The risks for infectious diseases in horses is low due to the 100% efficacy of vaccinations correct answers False when cleaning stalls or having visiting personnel, such as farrier, it is best to follow which plan on seeing which horses first? correct answers work on the most at risk groups first then move to other groups ending with sick horses What types of horses should be quarantined from other horses correct answers Horses that travel to large shows, horses returning from a hospital, new horses to the farm what are possible ways to reduce risk of an outbreak correct answers use gloves and protective clothing with sick horses, separate feeding and stall cleaning supplies from sick horses Characteristics of equine metabolic syndrome? correct answers obesity, hyperglycemia, laminitis NOT-tying up What easy method can be used to test sand colic? correct answers allow feces with added water to settle how did the IA outbreak in Ireland originate? correct answers illegal use of horse serum for foal most common cause of intestinal obstruction correct answers feed in the horse's intestines have packed into one section which are signs that a horse may have a bout of colic correct answers restlessness, lack of gut sounds, rolling, increased HR and respiration, looking/kicking at flank an abdomen enteroliths can cause obstructions of correct answers stony mineralization around feed. polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM) causes chronic tying up and can be manages correct answers by fat added and hay based diet in the Quarter horses HERDA correct answers defective in connective tissue causing skin to be stretchy and fragile EPM correct answers Disease caused by parasites damaging the brain and other CNS areas HYPP correct answers diease that causes contractions and possible paralysis from leaky sodium-potassium channels RAO correct answers chronic respiratory disease causing cough and difficulty breathing