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MAY  2007  7th  SEMESTER   HOMEWORK 5

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

2.     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.

3.     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.

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

5.     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.

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

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

8.     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.

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

10.    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.

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

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

13.    Further information on abomasal displacement can be found on this website.

14.    Here is another article from the ACVS about abomasal displacement and volvulus.

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

16.    Bovine lactic acidosis is discussed on this website.

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

18.    An article about Coccidiosis can be found here in a fact sheet from California.

19.    For information on Johne's disease go here.   Check the frequently asked                              questions about Johne's disease.

20.    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?

21.    Here is a link to a page of Johne’s disease information sources.

22.    Here is a link to the WSU salmonellosis page.

23.   Winter dysentery is the topic of this short paper.

24.    Here is a review of ostertagiasis in cattle.

25.    For information about calf scours, check this website.

26.    Another website with useful information about a commercial product to aid in the                prevention of calf scours can be found here.

27.    What is the significance of the six diseases that can be transferred via colostrum and             non-pasteurized transition, whole, or waste milk?

28.    Here is an excellent reference on colostrum management.  What are the two most                 important factors in immunoglobulin transfer?

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

30.   Utah State University has a pdf file of a powerpoint presentation that reviews                          bovine metabolic diseases here.

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

32.   University of Florida has a review of ketosis.

33.   One veterinary clinic's approach to treatment of milk fever can be found at this website.

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

35.   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.

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

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

38.    For information on downer cows check this out.

39.     At the University of Wisconsin what devices are used in the supportive care of downer          cows?

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

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

42.     Here is the link to vaca resources, Dr. Donald Sanders from Urbana, Ohio.