Category Archives: Horse Health

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

True

False

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

provide clean water

isolate infected animals

vaccinate for the disease

control insects

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

surgical incisions

hot peppers

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

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

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

all horses to have proof of deworming

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

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

kidney damage

ulcers

brain damage

liver damage

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7. 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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8. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

humans

horses, cattle and pigs

fish

cats and dogs

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9. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

by moving infected animals

through the air

commercial feed concentrates

moldy hay

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

True

False

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

sand flies

the air

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

biting midges

black flies

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

stagger

bite

drool

colic

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

blood loss

pain

lymph gland swelling

disorientation

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

 

acne

a rash

blisters

eczema

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

True

False

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

laminitis

death

peeling of the hoof wall

lameness

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

pyrethrins

DEET

phenylbutazone

antibiotics

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

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

providing ample exercise

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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

cleaning lesions

giving prescribed painkillers

putting ointment on blisters

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19. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

an abscess

a fungus

a bacterial infection

a virus

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20. 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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21. People can get vesicular stomatitis from handling infected animals.

True

False

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

fish

cats

dogs

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

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