JANUARY 2016 REFERENCES 3
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How is it possible to have both Anaplasma marginale and cattle ticks on a property without having animal losses or clinical disease? What is this situation called?
How is it possible to have both Anaplasma marginale and cattle ticks on a property without having animal losses or clinical disease? What is this situation called? 4. How can you stop an anaplasmosis outbreak?
5. In what ways do economic losses from anaplasmosis affect cattle production? Is the effectiveness of oxytetracycline therapy reduced when more than 15% of an animal's red blood cells are parasitized? Go here for answers.
the effectiveness of oxytetracycline therapy reduced when more than 15% of an animal's red blood cells are parasitized? Go here for answers. 6. Here is a bit of information about the only anaplasmosis vaccine available in the USA.
7. How does one control babesiosis in endemic regions? What is this process known as? Is babesiosis zoonotic? Check the Merck Veterinary Manual online for an answer.
9. Can you list guidelines for the control of bovine leukosis?
10. Check out the Bovine Leukosis Virus Module at this website.
You can find out about risk factors for BLV
11. Check out the this website for information about the Chekit test for BLV.
12. Check out the this website for information about other ruminant test kits.
13. Check out the CSU Auscultation Library. Go to the bovine section and check out
the heart sounds. There is also a link to an abomasal sound on this website.
14. Which heart valve is usually affected with valvular vegetative endocarditis in cattle?
15. In the field, most cases of atrial fibrillation seem to be secondary to
what disease in cattle? "Hypocalcemia or milk fever" is the best answer.
16. Here is a short description of brisket disease in cattle
2. Here is a link to calfology.
24. Further information on abomasal displacement can be found on this website.
25. Here is another article from the ACVS about abomasal displacement and volvulus.
26. Bovine lactic acidosis is discussed on this paper.
27. Here is a PDF file about Managing Clostridial Disease in Cattle.
28. For information on nutritionally related dairy cattle diseases check this one.
29. An article about Coccidiosis can be found here in a fact sheet from Corid.
30. For information on Johne's disease go here. Check the frequently asked questions about Johne's disease.
31. Check this website for more Johne's disease information. What are the most rapid and least costly tests for an individual cow showing clinical signs of the disease? AGID is a rapid test in cattle showing clinical signs. What test gives the best positive predictive value? Fecal Culture
32. Here is a link to a page of Johne’s disease information sources.
33. Here is a link to the WSU salmonellosis page.
34. Winter dysentery is the topic of this short paper.
35. Here is a review of ostertagiasis in cattle.
36. For information about calf scours, check this website.
37. Another website with useful information about a commercial product to aid in the prevention of calf scours can be found here.
38. What is the significance of the six diseases that can be transferred via colostrum and non-pasteurized transition, whole, or waste milk?
39. Here is an excellent reference on colostrum management. What are the two most important factors in immunoglobulin transfer?
20. For a good discussion about bloat in cattle try this link. There is a lot of information in this document; but if you have questions, this is a good reference.
21. Check out the this link for information about the traumatic reticuloperitonitis.
22. Here is the link to an interesting article about vagus indigestion and if you are clever you can back up to a story about a goat.
23. Recently there were several articles about BVDV and testing to discover persistently infected animals. Here is a link to one of those articles.
40. McGill University has a pdf file of a powerpoint presentation that reviews bovine metabolic diseases here.
41. Purdue University has a review of hepatic lipidosis in cattle.
42. University of Florida has a review of monitoring health in dairy cows.
43. For information on bovine ketosis and the Ross test (Rothera test) check this.
44. What does a cow's chomosomes have to do with ketosis? Ohio State has information about the risk of ketosis with several dairy cow diseases.
45. Still more information on ketosis can be found here.
46. Here is a link to feeding and managing the transition dairy cow.
47. For information on downer cows check this out.
48. At university clinics what devices are used in the supportive care of downer cows?
49. For more information about downer cows you can check this reference.
50. Here is an excellent reference on transition cow metabolic problems.
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Here are two references to dietary cation anion balance or difference for your reference.
