23.    Further information on Plum Island Animal Disease Center can be found on this                 website..

24.    Check out the this website for information about the traumatic reticuloperitonitis.

25.    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.

26.    Here is the link to the Penn State dairy nutrition website and the videos about                      nutrition.

27.    For information on nutritionally related dairy cattle diseases check this one.

28.    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.

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.    For information about simple indigestion, here is a link from Tuskegee.

32.    Bovine lactic acidosis is discussed on this website.

33.    Here is a PDF file about Managing Clostridial Disease in Cattle.

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?                   What test gives the best positive predictive value?

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.    The Colorado State University Diagnostic Laboratory publishes Lablines.                             Recently there were several articles about BVDV and testing to discover                               persistently infected animals.

This page was last updated: March 6, 2007

HOMEWORK

1.   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?

 

  2.   How can you stop an anaplasmosis outbreak?

3.   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.

4.   Here is a bit of information about the only anaplasmosis vaccine available in the USA.

5.   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.

6.   Here is a link to some basic information on anthrax.

7.    Can you list guidelines for the control of bovine leukosis?

  8.   Check out the Bovine Leukosis Virus Module at this website.

        You can find out about risk factors for BLV.

9.   Check out the this website for information about the Tip test for BLV.

10.   Check out the this website for information about the Herd-Chek test for BLV.

11.    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.

12.     Which heart valve is usually affected with valvular vegetative endocarditis in cattle?

13.     Read some more about copper and iron at the college-level course materials from the          salt institute.

14.     In the field, most cases of atrial fibrillation seem to be secondary to what disease in              cattle?

15.    Here is a short description of brisket disease in cattle

16.    You may be interested in checking out information available on the Tuskegee                   University website.  All of the links are not working currently, but here are two you           can access.  The non-infectious disease link is working.

17.    Here is some information about umbilical masses in calves from the ACVS.

18.    Here is a link to animal health and production.  Click on Manual from the list on              the left.  Then click on Bovine which will bring up a list of diseases.  Here you will             find information on actinobacillosis and some other diseases we have discussed in             class.

19.    Here is a list of reportable diseases from Pennsylvania.  This may vary from one                state to another, but it gives you an idea of some of the conditions of concern.

20.    Here is some information about foot and mouth disease.

21.    Here is the link to the OIE disease cards. Go to this page, click on animal disease               data, then go to the cards.  Here you will find info on the foreign animal diseases we          discussed in class.

22.    Here is a link to a picture of bovine papular stomatitis.