Category Archives: Horse Health

1. 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

giving prescribed painkillers

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

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

cleaning lesions

providing ample exercise

putting ointment on blisters

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

liver damage

ulcers

brain damage

kidney damage

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

True

False

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

drool

bite

stagger

colic

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

 

eczema

a rash

blisters

acne

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

True

False

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

control insects

vaccinate for the disease

provide clean water

isolate infected animals

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

True

False

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

biting midges

sand flies

contact with ruptured blisters

the air

group water troughs, feed buckets

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

black flies

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10. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

an abscess

a fungus

a bacterial infection

a virus

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

phenylbutazone

antibiotics

pyrethrins

DEET

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13. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

horses, cattle and pigs

humans

fish

cats and dogs

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14. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

commercial feed concentrates

through the air

moldy hay

by moving infected animals

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

until it no longer has a fever

until all lesions have healed

21 days

3 months

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17. 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?

Facebook friends

county health department

the state veterinarian

Centers for Disease Control

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

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

cats

dogs

fish

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

True

False

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

laminitis

peeling of the hoof wall

death

lameness

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

pain

blood loss

disorientation

lymph gland swelling

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

all horses to have proof of deworming

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

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