Category Archives: Horse Health

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

True

False

Question 1 of 22

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

liver damage

brain damage

kidney damage

ulcers

Question 2 of 22

3. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

through the air

moldy hay

by moving infected animals

commercial feed concentrates

Question 3 of 22

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

 

a rash

blisters

eczema

acne

Question 4 of 22

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

21 days

until all lesions have healed

until it no longer has a fever

3 months

Question 5 of 22

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

giving prescribed painkillers

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

providing ample exercise

putting ointment on blisters

cleaning lesions

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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

Question 6 of 22

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

control insects

provide clean water

isolate infected animals

vaccinate for the disease

Question 7 of 22

8. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a fungus

a virus

a bacterial infection

an abscess

Question 8 of 22

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

stagger

colic

bite

drool

Question 9 of 22

10. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

humans

fish

cats and dogs

horses, cattle and pigs

Question 10 of 22

11. 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

the state veterinarian

Centers for Disease Control

county health department

Question 11 of 22

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

True

False

Question 12 of 22

13. 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

Question 13 of 22

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

pyrethrins

antibiotics

phenylbutazone

DEET

Question 14 of 22

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

True

False

Question 15 of 22

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

True

False

Question 16 of 22

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

abscessed wisdom teeth

hot peppers

painful canker sores

surgical incisions

Question 17 of 22

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

the air

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

biting midges

black flies

sand flies

contact with ruptured blisters

group water troughs, feed buckets

Question 18 of 22

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

cats

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

dogs

fish

Question 19 of 22

20. 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

Question 20 of 22

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

death

lameness

peeling of the hoof wall

laminitis

Question 21 of 22

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

pain

disorientation

blood loss

lymph gland swelling

Question 22 of 22