Transcript Animal Health (Note Taking Guide)

Animal Health
Topic # 3054
Ms. Blakeley
Glen Rose FFA lesson webpage (www.glenroseFFA.org)
What Causes Disease?
________: bacteria, viruses, protozoa
_____________: worms, insects
– Infestations: external parasites
– Infectious: internal disease
Injury: handling, facilities
Inherited _______
__________________: easiest to correct
– toxic materials in plants, nitrogen content
– chemicals for insect control
Disease
• ____________ Disease: spread by contact
• Confinement Systems: disease easily
spread
• Animal Waste: _______ for germs
• Soil Born Disease: live in soil
– hog diseases
– anthrax: bury animals deep
• cover with lime or burn
– feline distemper
– do NOT drag dead animals
Disease
• From water & feed: chemical residues, waste
• From air: germs, chemicals, mosquitoes host
disease
• Diseases divided according to how _______
they progress:
________: rapid progression (cholera,
bloat, mastitis) all generally have a rapid
increase in body temperature
_________: last a long time (cancer),
costly to fight
Some are ____________: mastitis, pink eye
Vital Signs
________: high under left fore flank or
over jawbone
_____________: rate of breathing
______________: most reliable & constant
– taken rectally
– rise of 3 deg F is considered serious
• Symptoms: not eat, isolate self, lack
alertness, mucous discharge, droopy,
lowered head, swelling, bleeding, abnormal
bowel movements, worms in feces, unusual
walk, abnormal behavior
Disease Prevention
• _____________: most important
• Vaccination: build up _____________ to
fight disease
• Some diseases (tetanus) animals can’t be
saved once they show signs
– separate from herd
– humanely kill and dispose of
Parasite Control
• Some parasites may be passed to humans
– trichina, bladder worms
• Worming usually done in _________
• ____________: apply manually or cattle rub
• Tick: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in
humans
• Sanitation: ________ waste, __________
floors & walls, remove dead animals, insect
& rodent control, repair equipment, proper
bedding
• Hog house: ________________ & disinfect
• Pile manure to kill germs (heat)