Category Archives: Horse Health

1. If an animal has a confirmed case of vesicular stomatitis, the facility in which it resides will be quarantined until the last lesion has healed.

True

False

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2. In areas where vesicular stomatitis is a concern, who should you contact for state health entrance and return requirements before you travel with your animal?

Centers for Disease Control

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the state veterinarian

county health department

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3. Animals with vesicular stomatitis in their mouths will do what?

bite

colic

stagger

drool

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4. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

cats and dogs

humans

fish

horses, cattle and pigs

Question 4 of 22

5. Vesicular stomatitis usually causes what around the tongue, lips, mouth, nose, udder, sheath or coronary bands of the animal?

 

eczema

acne

blisters

a rash

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6. Lesions from vesicular stomatitis cause a great deal of what?

blood loss

disorientation

lymph gland swelling

pain

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7. How long is an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis contagious?

21 days

3 months

until it no longer has a fever

until all lesions have healed

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8. Bute or banamine used improperly to ease the pain of an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis can cause what?

liver damage

kidney damage

brain damage

ulcers

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9. People can get vesicular stomatitis from handling infected animals.

True

False

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10. Taking care of an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis includes (check all that apply):

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

providing ample exercise

giving it ample fluids, intravenously or via stomach tube, if needed

cleaning lesions

giving prescribed painkillers

rinsing the infected animal’s mouth with salt water or diluted antiseptics

putting ointment on blisters

Question 10 of 22

11. Animals can get vesicular stomatitis from what? (Check all that apply.)

sand flies

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

biting midges

the air

contact with ruptured blisters

black flies

group water troughs, feed buckets

Question 11 of 22

12. Most of the time, vesicular stomatitis is an uncomfortable disease, but not life-threatening.

True

False

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13. From a human perspective, having vesicular stomatitis would be like having a mouthful of what?

hot peppers

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

surgical incisions

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14. The best way to prevent vesicular stomatitis is to what?

isolate infected animals

control insects

provide clean water

vaccinate for the disease

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15. Vesicular stomatitis of the coronary band can cause what?

peeling of the hoof wall

lameness

laminitis

death

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16. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

by moving infected animals

moldy hay

commercial feed concentrates

through the air

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17. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a bacterial infection

a virus

an abscess

a fungus

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18. What lesser-known animals can get vesicular stomatitis?

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

fish

cats

dogs

Question 18 of 22

19. When controlling insects to prevent vesicular stomatitis, do not use what on horses or cattle?

phenylbutazone

DEET

antibiotics

pyrethrins

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20. There is a specific treatment to stop the vesicular stomatitis virus.

True

False

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21. Horse shows may require what in areas where vesicular stomatitis is a concern?

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

all horses to have proof of deworming

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

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22. When an animal gets vesicular stomatitis, it must be reported to federal and state animal health officials.

True

False

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