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30 Cards in this Set
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Bovine reproduction?
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- gestation length 9 months - start breeding heifers at 13.5 months - 21 days estrus cycle - in heat for 12 to 18 hours - often see bloody vaginal discharge 1-2 days post heat |
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Sheep reproduction?
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- cycle length 16.5 days - in heat 24-30 hours - gestation length 144-151 days - start breeding ewe lambs at 7 months |
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Care of neonate (newborn)?
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- Keep it warm and dry - 4-6 litres of colostrum within 4 to 6 hours of birth |
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List of neonatal problems?
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- Meconium impaction - failure of passive transfer - diarrhea - neonatal isoerythrolysis |
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Meconium impaction?
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- foals strain to defecate - enema- 500 ml of warm water with ivory soap mixed in. syringe it into rectum, can repeat until stool passes |
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Failure of passive transfer (FPT)?
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- Colostrum (first milk) contains numerous antibodies which function as foals immune system for 2-3 weeks
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Diarrhea?
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- develops for 24 hours at 5-7 days of age
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White muscle disease?
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- poor suckle reflex - lack of vitamin e - affects calves, foals, lambs and kids up to a few months of age |
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Naval lll (joint lll)?
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- calves become infected through umbilical cord - infection penetrates into blood stream |
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Calf diarrhea?
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- 1-5 days - bacterial (e-coli or salmonella) - 1-3 weeks - viral (rotavirus o coronavirus) - 3 weeks plus - cryptosporidia or coccidiosis |
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Calf diarrhea treatments?
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-mild- monitor, possibly antibiotics and oral electrolytes -moderate- oral electrolytes -severe- subcutaneous or I.v |
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Traumatic reticuloperitonitis?
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-signs: anorexia, slow/weak rumen motility -decrease in milk production -treatment: magnet, antibiotics |
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Johnes disease?
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