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MAY  2007  7th  SEMESTER   HOMEWORK 2
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HOMEWORK--section 2

1.   Here is the link to the Merck Veterinary Manual Online.

2.   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?

3.   There is a comprehensive cattle lameness website located here.  Go to the                        lameness tab on the left and check out the information.  Also check out the farm             technologies tab and look under cow shoes.  What is a shoof?  Also check here             for information on hairy heel warts.
 
4.   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?

5.   A comprehensive slide show on dairy cattle lameness is located here
      I recommend viewing the slide show.

6.   Check out this website.  From here you can link to a greeting card page and a                 disease page, among other things.  Check out foot rot and blackleg by going to              this link.

7.   Read about blackleg  here.

8.   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?

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

10.  Check out the NACFT website.  Go to the photo gallery.
     
11.  Check out the information on radial nerve paralysis and other types of paresis in           cattle here.  This is a paper about dairy cattle lameness in Florida.

12.  Here is a good website concerning prevention of lameness in cattle.

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

14.  Here is a link to the University of Pennsylvania Field Services page with a link to            lameness.
 
15.   Here is a link to a research paper on lameness.

16.   Check out the University of Florida Beef Cattle Publications website.                                  Approximately how much will an owner lose in terms of medication and                             production loss if a group of feeder calves gets sick at a feedyard?  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?        There are many interesting publications on this website that                   pertain to topics discussed in class.

17.  Check the Merck Manual for a good article on calf diphtheria.

18.   Here is an article about a unique method of vaccination.

19.   Here is some information about Mannheimia and respiratory disease.

20.   Here is some more information about bovine respiratory disease.

21.   Of course, there is some more information at this site about respiratory disease               in cattle.

22.   The Center for Veterinary Medicine can be found here.

23.   Read about a genetically engineered shipping fever vaccine here.

24.   Read about updated information concerning drug use in food animals here.                    Here is information about Draxxin and Excede.

25.   Check out the this website for information about bovine differential                                     diagnosis.

26.    Here is a table of antibiotics commonly used in livestock production.

27.    Tufts University has an online course in veterinary respiratory pathophysiology.            Check out the image gallery.