SEPTEMBER  2014        Homework 3
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15.   There is a good list of bovine topics listed at this website.  Find the cattle lameness      page and look under animal factors.  Which breed of dairy cattle has a hard foot?           What does the color of the foot have to do with lameness?

16.   What is a shoof?  There is a link to information about the Shoof on this page.
 
17.   There is a vaccine for foot rot in cattle.  You can get more information here.  Go to          the disease selector again and this time look under footrot.   What other cattle                disease condition does the foot rot vaccine help prevent?

18.   Read about blackleg  here.

19.   What is the suspected pathogenesis of typical sole ulcers in cattle?  You may find             the answer here.  Is biotin important in hoof health in cattle?

20.   There are some more references on herd lameness in cattle.  One is found here.

21.  Check out the NACFT website.  Go to the photo gallery.
     
22.  Here is a good website concerning prevention of lameness in cattle.

23.  Here is a website with a quiz on lameness in cattle.

24.  Here is a link to the University of Pennsylvania Field Services page with a link to              the dairy page and further to the lameness page.

25.  Which breed of dairy cattle is most likely to have curled-claw syndrome?

  1.   McGill University has a pdf file of a powerpoint presentation that reviews                               bovine metabolic diseases here.

  2.   Purdue University has a review of hepatic lipidosis in cattle.

  3.   University of Florida has a review of monitoring health in dairy cows.

  4.   For information on bovine ketosis and the Ross test (Rothera test) check   this

  5.   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.

  6.    Still more information on ketosis can be found here.

  7.   Here is a link to feeding and managing the transition dairy cow.

  8.    For information on downer cows check this out.

  9.     At university clinics what devices are used in the supportive care of  downer cows?

10.     For more information about downer cows you can check this reference.

11.     Here is an excellent reference on transition cow metabolic problems.

12.    
    Here are two references to dietary cation anion balance or difference for your reference.

        Link#1.            Link#2.
13.Here is another link to a slide show about DCAD.
14.Here is a link to a video.
26.   Here is the link to evaluation of cow comfort.
27.    For more information on Leptospirosis, here is a PDF file.

28.     Here is a link to VLA where you can find information on BSE.

29.    Here is a link to a page at Purdue with a summary on listeriosis in cattle.

30.    Here is some more information on coccidiosis.

31.    Here is a link to the Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State                   University.  Check out the animal disease menu.

32.    For more information on a number of cattle diseases, the Iowa Beef Center has a               number of publications, including on on clostridial diseases.

33.    Here is a link to information about a case of botulism in cattle. 
       
34.    Here are a couple of further references to pink eye;  one from Purdue and one from           Kansas.

35.    Here is a link to the Great Plains center. 

Visit www.pighealth.com

36.  Zoonotic risk for E. coli is discussed here.

37.  Who was the patron saint of pigs? 

38.  Why are pet pigs spayed or neutered?  Check here for information on neutering. 

Check out the AASV website.

39.  What breed of swine is being used for the study of human obesity?  Ossabaw Island

40.  What substance boosts immunity in nursery swine?   Fish oil.

Go to this web site first.   http://www.peteducation.comAnswers here.

41.  When did the first woman to successfully practice veterinary medicine graduate                    with a diploma?

42.  When did penicillin first become available for use in veterinary medicine?

43.  Here is a link to an article about a Ross graduate currently in Kosovo.

44.  Check out the animal ambulance for use in feedlots.

Visit Dr. Temple Grandin's home page

http://www.grandin.com

First go to the behavior page.

Then, go to assessment of stress.

45.  Name three psychological stresses affecting animals.

46.  Do animals habituate to procedures which are aversive?

Then, go back.  Next go to training tips.

Go to dealing with excitable pigs.

48.  What three issues seem to be attributed as being cause of highly excitable pigs?

49.  What is the wheat pressure box equine restraint system?

50.  Pressure is most calming to animals and people that are experiencing what three                        things?

51.  Check out the improvised mobile pig medicator here.

52.  Here are some links about the Kune Kune swine.
53.         Here is a link to more PCVAD information.
54.         Here is a link to milking machine function.


55.   Here is another link to simple checks of a milking system.


56.   Name the components of an ideal milking system.

      Soft narrow bore liner
      Low line pipeline
            Large bowl claw or cluster
      Mechanism for removal
            Vacuum pressure at teat end of about 12 inches of mercury