Uterine prolapse:
Classic case
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-Multiparous, or first calf beef cow
-Uterine horns everted, visible caruncles
+/-Hypotensive, hemorrhagic shock, milk fever
Milk Fever:
Dx
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, -Total blood calcium: < 0.8 mg/dL
-Ionized blood calcium: < 4.5 mg/dL
Mastitis:
Tx
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-Intramammary antibiotic (diff for dry vs lactating), WITHDRAWAL TIMES!
Bovine Lymphosarcoma
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-CNS: [plegia, paresis, head tilt, facial paralysis, dysphagia]
-GI: [free gas bloat, melena, thickened rectum]
-LN's: [lymphadenopathy, exophthalmos, weight loss]
-Heart: [collapse, CHF, jugular pulse, tachycardia, subQ edema]
C-section anesthesia for flank laparotomy:
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Paravertebral nerve block
,Johne's disease:
Classic Case
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1) Stage 1: Young asymptomatic, infected but NOT shedding,
NOT reactive on dx tests
2) Stage 2: Older asymp, infected, shedding, positive culture
& ELISA
3) Stage 3: Thin 3-5 yr old, LOTS of diarrhea, dec milk,
brisket edema, large mesenteric LN's
(NO: loss of proprioception, facial paralysis, Horner's)
-Soft intermandibular swelling
BVD:
Dx
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-PCR of milk
-ELISA antigen: Blood or tissue
-Ear notch: PCR or ELISA
-Mummification of fetus w/ abnormalities
Adding bypass proteins to diet results in:
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, Increase milk output (adds aa's)
(AKA undigestible proteins)
Hoof diseases:
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-Slipper foot: Chronic laminitis, cull
-Corkscrew claw: [lateral HIND claws]: > 4yrs old, tx: trimming, heritable =
cull
-Sandcracks: [lateral FORE claws]: overweight, vertical hoof cracks
-White line disease: [lateral HIND claws]: overweight dairy, tx: remove
damaged tissue
Polioencephalomalacia: (PEM)
Classic Case
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< 2 year old grain fed cow:
-Aimless wandering, recumbent, convulsing, odontoprisis (teeth grinding)
-Star gazing, tetraparesis, hyperesthesia, opisthotonus
-Blind w/ intact PLR
Epizootic bovine abortion (Foothill abortion)
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Classic case
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-Multiparous, or first calf beef cow
-Uterine horns everted, visible caruncles
+/-Hypotensive, hemorrhagic shock, milk fever
Milk Fever:
Dx
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, -Total blood calcium: < 0.8 mg/dL
-Ionized blood calcium: < 4.5 mg/dL
Mastitis:
Tx
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-Intramammary antibiotic (diff for dry vs lactating), WITHDRAWAL TIMES!
Bovine Lymphosarcoma
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-CNS: [plegia, paresis, head tilt, facial paralysis, dysphagia]
-GI: [free gas bloat, melena, thickened rectum]
-LN's: [lymphadenopathy, exophthalmos, weight loss]
-Heart: [collapse, CHF, jugular pulse, tachycardia, subQ edema]
C-section anesthesia for flank laparotomy:
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Paravertebral nerve block
,Johne's disease:
Classic Case
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1) Stage 1: Young asymptomatic, infected but NOT shedding,
NOT reactive on dx tests
2) Stage 2: Older asymp, infected, shedding, positive culture
& ELISA
3) Stage 3: Thin 3-5 yr old, LOTS of diarrhea, dec milk,
brisket edema, large mesenteric LN's
(NO: loss of proprioception, facial paralysis, Horner's)
-Soft intermandibular swelling
BVD:
Dx
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-PCR of milk
-ELISA antigen: Blood or tissue
-Ear notch: PCR or ELISA
-Mummification of fetus w/ abnormalities
Adding bypass proteins to diet results in:
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, Increase milk output (adds aa's)
(AKA undigestible proteins)
Hoof diseases:
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-Slipper foot: Chronic laminitis, cull
-Corkscrew claw: [lateral HIND claws]: > 4yrs old, tx: trimming, heritable =
cull
-Sandcracks: [lateral FORE claws]: overweight, vertical hoof cracks
-White line disease: [lateral HIND claws]: overweight dairy, tx: remove
damaged tissue
Polioencephalomalacia: (PEM)
Classic Case
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< 2 year old grain fed cow:
-Aimless wandering, recumbent, convulsing, odontoprisis (teeth grinding)
-Star gazing, tetraparesis, hyperesthesia, opisthotonus
-Blind w/ intact PLR
Epizootic bovine abortion (Foothill abortion)
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