Category Archives: Horse Health

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

 

eczema

blisters

a rash

acne

Question 1 of 22

2. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a virus

a fungus

an abscess

a bacterial infection

Question 2 of 22

3. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

commercial feed concentrates

by moving infected animals

through the air

moldy hay

Question 3 of 22

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

stagger

drool

bite

colic

Question 4 of 22

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

True

False

Question 5 of 22

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

pyrethrins

DEET

antibiotics

phenylbutazone

Question 6 of 22

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

True

False

Question 7 of 22

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

True

False

Question 8 of 22

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

True

False

Question 9 of 22

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

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

fish

cats

dogs

Question 10 of 22

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

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

surgical incisions

hot peppers

Question 11 of 22

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

brain damage

kidney damage

ulcers

liver damage

Question 12 of 22

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

vaccinate for the disease

control insects

isolate infected animals

provide clean water

Question 13 of 22

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

disorientation

lymph gland swelling

pain

blood loss

Question 14 of 22

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

providing ample exercise

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

putting ointment on blisters

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

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

cleaning lesions

giving prescribed painkillers

Question 15 of 22

16. 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?

county health department

Facebook friends

Centers for Disease Control

the state veterinarian

Question 16 of 22

17. 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 17 of 22

18. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

cats and dogs

fish

horses, cattle and pigs

humans

Question 18 of 22

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

laminitis

lameness

death

peeling of the hoof wall

Question 19 of 22

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

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

biting midges

the air

black flies

sand flies

Question 20 of 22

21. 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 deworming

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

Question 21 of 22

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

until all lesions have healed

3 months

21 days

until it no longer has a fever

Question 22 of 22