VMP 420 - BEEF EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
We started feeding an antibiotic to try to prevent this disease. - Answers - BRDC
The 500 lbs calf is starting to walk stiff and his eyes look funny 10 days after a California
bander was used to castrate. - Answers - Tetanus
The calf acted a little sore in one hind leg yesterday and today it is dead. That same leg
is very swollen and it feels like bubble wrap underneath the skin. - Answers - Blackleg
The cows went out on alfalfa pasture this morning and now several of them have
swollen bellies and gasping for breath. - Answers - Frothy Bloat
- alfalfa is one of the high protein forages that can cause frothy bloat
I developed some round red skin lesions on my arms a week after I started halter
breaking my show steer. Then I noticed that calf had some patches of hair loss. -
Answers - Ringworm (Dermatophytosis) (zoonotic)
I bought a new bull and my cows seemed to have irregular heat cycles and too many
repeat breedings which really messed up my calving season. - Answers - Venereal
Disease -Vibriosis or Trichomoniasis (both cause irregular heat cycles and repeat
breeding along with other similar symptoms)
I think I have that "deer disease" because I had a lot of cows not pregnant this fall. -
Answers - Lyme disease? Ticks? Lepto? BVD?
Stress + IBR+ Mannheimia hemolytica. - Answers - BRDC
I believe those wild dogs walking in my feed troughs every day have something to do
with my cattle "slipping" calves (aborting) - Answers - Neospora
Moraxella bovis cost me a lot of money this year. - Answers - IBK - Pinkeye
- calves gain ~19.6lbs less
- loss = 36-40lbs at weaning
- blind calf will weigh 60lbs less
- often will be heavily discounted by buyers
A PI calf is spreading this disease(virus) to the rest of my cattle. - Answers - BVD
(Bovine Viral Diarrhea)
- will shed from body secretions throughout their life
- PI animals are considered the primary reservoir for BVD in both cow herd and feedlot
situations.
ANSWERS
We started feeding an antibiotic to try to prevent this disease. - Answers - BRDC
The 500 lbs calf is starting to walk stiff and his eyes look funny 10 days after a California
bander was used to castrate. - Answers - Tetanus
The calf acted a little sore in one hind leg yesterday and today it is dead. That same leg
is very swollen and it feels like bubble wrap underneath the skin. - Answers - Blackleg
The cows went out on alfalfa pasture this morning and now several of them have
swollen bellies and gasping for breath. - Answers - Frothy Bloat
- alfalfa is one of the high protein forages that can cause frothy bloat
I developed some round red skin lesions on my arms a week after I started halter
breaking my show steer. Then I noticed that calf had some patches of hair loss. -
Answers - Ringworm (Dermatophytosis) (zoonotic)
I bought a new bull and my cows seemed to have irregular heat cycles and too many
repeat breedings which really messed up my calving season. - Answers - Venereal
Disease -Vibriosis or Trichomoniasis (both cause irregular heat cycles and repeat
breeding along with other similar symptoms)
I think I have that "deer disease" because I had a lot of cows not pregnant this fall. -
Answers - Lyme disease? Ticks? Lepto? BVD?
Stress + IBR+ Mannheimia hemolytica. - Answers - BRDC
I believe those wild dogs walking in my feed troughs every day have something to do
with my cattle "slipping" calves (aborting) - Answers - Neospora
Moraxella bovis cost me a lot of money this year. - Answers - IBK - Pinkeye
- calves gain ~19.6lbs less
- loss = 36-40lbs at weaning
- blind calf will weigh 60lbs less
- often will be heavily discounted by buyers
A PI calf is spreading this disease(virus) to the rest of my cattle. - Answers - BVD
(Bovine Viral Diarrhea)
- will shed from body secretions throughout their life
- PI animals are considered the primary reservoir for BVD in both cow herd and feedlot
situations.
