60. 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?
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?61. What is a shoof? There is a link to information about the Shoof on this page.
62. 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?
63. Read about blackleg here.
64. 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?
65. There are some more references on herd lameness in cattle. One is found here.
66. Check out the NACFT website. Go to the photo gallery.
67. Here is a good website concerning prevention of lameness in cattle.
68. Here is a website with a quiz on lameness in cattle.
69. 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.
70. Which breed of dairy cattle is most likely to have curled-claw syndrome?
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2. Check out the University of Florida Beef Cattle Publications website. How does one define a "healthy" animal or herd of animals? What is the estimated blood loss per animal per day from an economic threshhold level of horn fly infestation? Horn flies pierce the skin of cattle to suck blood and may take up to 20 meals per day. The irritation and blood loss cause cattle to lose 0.3 to 0.5 lbs per day and for dairy animals cause lower milk production. There are many interesting publications on this website that pertain to topics discussed in class.
3. Check the Merck Manual for a good article on calf diphtheria.
4. Here is an article about a unique method of vaccination.
5. Here is some information about Mannheimia and respiratory disease.
6. Here is some more information about bovine respiratory disease.
7. Of course, there is some more information at this site about respiratory disease in cattle.
8. Read about a genetically engineered shipping fever vaccine here.
1. Here is another link to information about respiratory diseases.
9.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?10. How can you stop an anaplasmosis outbreak?
11. 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.12. Here is a bit of information about the only anaplasmosis vaccine available in the USA.
13. 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.
15. Can you list guidelines for the control of bovine leukosis?
16. Check out the Bovine Leukosis Virus Module at this website.
You can find out about risk factors for BLV
17. Check out the this website for information about the Chekit test for BLV.
18. Check out the this website for information about other ruminant test kits.
19. 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.
20. Which heart valve is usually affected with valvular vegetative endocarditis in cattle?
21. 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.
22. Here is a short description of brisket disease in cattle
24. Here is a link to calfology.
29. Further information on abomasal displacement can be found on this website.
30. Here is another article from the ACVS about abomasal displacement and volvulus.
31. Bovine lactic acidosis is discussed on this website.
32. Here is a PDF file about Managing Clostridial Disease in Cattle.
33. For information on nutritionally related dairy cattle diseases check this one.
34. An article about Coccidiosis can be found here in a fact sheet from California.
35. For information on Johne's disease go here. Check the frequently asked questions about Johne's disease.
36. 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
37. Here is a link to a page of Johne’s disease information sources.
38. Here is a link to the WSU salmonellosis page.
39. Winter dysentery is the topic of this short paper.
40. Here is a review of ostertagiasis in cattle.
41. For information about calf scours, check this website.
42. Another website with useful information about a commercial product to aid in the prevention of calf scours can be found here.
43. What is the significance of the six diseases that can be transferred via colostrum and non-pasteurized transition, whole, or waste milk?
44. Here is an excellent reference on colostrum management. What are the two most important factors in immunoglobulin transfer?
45. Here is a link to information about bovine lymphosarcoma from Oklahoma State.
What are the major clinical findings of this disease?
25. 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.
26. Check out the this website for information about the traumatic reticuloperitonitis.
27. 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.
28. The Colorado State University Diagnostic Laboratory publishes Lablines. Recently there were several articles about BVDV and testing to discover persistently infected animals. Check out Spring 2005 and Spring 2006.
46. McGill University has a pdf file of a powerpoint presentation that reviews bovine metabolic diseases here.
47. Purdue University has a review of hepatic lipidosis in cattle.
48. University of Florida has a review of monitoring health in dairy cows.
49. For information on bovine ketosis and the Ross test (Rothera test) check this.
50. 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.
51. Still more information on ketosis can be found here.
52. Here is a link to feeding and managing the transition dairy cow.
53. For information on downer cows check this out.
54. At university clinics what devices are used in the supportive care of downer cows?
55. For more information about downer cows you can check this reference.
56. Here is an excellent reference on transition cow metabolic problems.
57.
Here are two references to dietary cation anion balance or difference for your reference.
71. Here is the link to evaluation of cow comfort.
