VMP 420 – EQUINE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Common Cause of a BCS of 1-3? - Answers - - Cancer
Who gets ascarids? - Answers - - foals
- get immunity as they age (over 2 years)
Best type of parasite control program? - Answers - - Strategic program with FECs and
seasonally timed deworming
You work for a drug company that has developed an expensive, but novel extended
release broad spectrum anthelmintic combined with fly control. It quickly kills all
parasites, even encysted forms! It comes in a bolus that you give by mouth once every
6 months, and it lodges itself in the stomach (right next to the bots) and slowly releases
the drug over the 6 month time period. Consider your marketing strategy for this
product. Select the answer that identifies 1) your top concern for successfully selling this
product, and 2) which parasite should not be treated with this product.
A
1) It's expensive 2) cyathostomes
B
1) increased parasite resistance 2) tapeworms
C
1) increased parasite resistance 2) ascarids
D
1) erratic absorption 2) ascarids - Answers - C
1) increased parasite resistance 2) ascarids
- why increased parasite resistance? like a daily dewormer with lots of exposure, could
be even worse since it will peak then slowly drop off
- ascarids since the quick kill will lead to an ascarids impaction due to a movement to
small intestine
Which of the following are risk factors for colic? - Answers - - coastal bermuda hay
(ileum impactions)
- AMOUNT of concentrates
- POOR forage
What are two of the best indicators of colic severity? - Answers - - heart rate
- pain/duration of pain
, A strangulating lipoma is... - Answers - - A tumor on a stalk that strangulates a piece of
small intestine
- always surgical
You recently started managing a barn of 20 horses, all owned by one person. The past
manager was pretty good with medical stuff, and gave all vaccines herself. She also
didn't see the point in having a veterinarian out for illnesses, etc. In the first week, you
find one of the best geldings down, rolling and thrashing around in the stall. The
veterinarian comes out and diagnoses a surgical lesion, suspecting strangulating
lipoma.
1) Is this a preventable type of colic?
2) What would be an expected heart rate for this horse during the vet's exam? -
Answers - 1) not directly a preventable (weight could factor and prevent) for this NO
2) 80 - high heart rate
- normal is 28-44
Which of the following are viral diseases that affect horses? - Answers - - equine
influenza
- equine herpes
You have just accepted a job managing a barn of show horses. Which of the following
groups of horses should be placed in the quarantine facility that you had the farm build?
- all young show horses
- broodmares that are close to foaling
- new horses
- horses back from a show
- any horse with fever and incoordination - Answers - - new horses (quarantine)
- horses back from a show (quarantine)
- any horse with fever & incoordination (isolation)
Identify diseases for which all horses should be vaccinated - Answers - - equine
influenza
(flu is in most combo vaccine, but
not given out of frequency, would give 3/4 times a
year) young at-risk traveling off-farm
- encephalitis
- tetanus
- strangles: risk vs benefit
What causes an 8-9 BCS? - Answers - - high concentrate diet, little exercise
- rich pasture
Ascarids (Roundworms) - Answers - - foals
- kill with weak antiparasitic drugs that work over a long period of time
ANSWERS
Common Cause of a BCS of 1-3? - Answers - - Cancer
Who gets ascarids? - Answers - - foals
- get immunity as they age (over 2 years)
Best type of parasite control program? - Answers - - Strategic program with FECs and
seasonally timed deworming
You work for a drug company that has developed an expensive, but novel extended
release broad spectrum anthelmintic combined with fly control. It quickly kills all
parasites, even encysted forms! It comes in a bolus that you give by mouth once every
6 months, and it lodges itself in the stomach (right next to the bots) and slowly releases
the drug over the 6 month time period. Consider your marketing strategy for this
product. Select the answer that identifies 1) your top concern for successfully selling this
product, and 2) which parasite should not be treated with this product.
A
1) It's expensive 2) cyathostomes
B
1) increased parasite resistance 2) tapeworms
C
1) increased parasite resistance 2) ascarids
D
1) erratic absorption 2) ascarids - Answers - C
1) increased parasite resistance 2) ascarids
- why increased parasite resistance? like a daily dewormer with lots of exposure, could
be even worse since it will peak then slowly drop off
- ascarids since the quick kill will lead to an ascarids impaction due to a movement to
small intestine
Which of the following are risk factors for colic? - Answers - - coastal bermuda hay
(ileum impactions)
- AMOUNT of concentrates
- POOR forage
What are two of the best indicators of colic severity? - Answers - - heart rate
- pain/duration of pain
, A strangulating lipoma is... - Answers - - A tumor on a stalk that strangulates a piece of
small intestine
- always surgical
You recently started managing a barn of 20 horses, all owned by one person. The past
manager was pretty good with medical stuff, and gave all vaccines herself. She also
didn't see the point in having a veterinarian out for illnesses, etc. In the first week, you
find one of the best geldings down, rolling and thrashing around in the stall. The
veterinarian comes out and diagnoses a surgical lesion, suspecting strangulating
lipoma.
1) Is this a preventable type of colic?
2) What would be an expected heart rate for this horse during the vet's exam? -
Answers - 1) not directly a preventable (weight could factor and prevent) for this NO
2) 80 - high heart rate
- normal is 28-44
Which of the following are viral diseases that affect horses? - Answers - - equine
influenza
- equine herpes
You have just accepted a job managing a barn of show horses. Which of the following
groups of horses should be placed in the quarantine facility that you had the farm build?
- all young show horses
- broodmares that are close to foaling
- new horses
- horses back from a show
- any horse with fever and incoordination - Answers - - new horses (quarantine)
- horses back from a show (quarantine)
- any horse with fever & incoordination (isolation)
Identify diseases for which all horses should be vaccinated - Answers - - equine
influenza
(flu is in most combo vaccine, but
not given out of frequency, would give 3/4 times a
year) young at-risk traveling off-farm
- encephalitis
- tetanus
- strangles: risk vs benefit
What causes an 8-9 BCS? - Answers - - high concentrate diet, little exercise
- rich pasture
Ascarids (Roundworms) - Answers - - foals
- kill with weak antiparasitic drugs that work over a long period of time
