Category Archives: Horse Health

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

painful canker sores

abscessed wisdom teeth

hot peppers

surgical incisions

Question 1 of 22

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

pyrethrins

DEET

antibiotics

phenylbutazone

Question 2 of 22

3. 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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4. 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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5. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a bacterial infection

an abscess

a fungus

a virus

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

contact with ruptured blisters

the air

black flies

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

biting midges

sand flies

group water troughs, feed buckets

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

laminitis

death

lameness

peeling of the hoof wall

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

True

False

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9. 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

county health department

the state veterinarian

Facebook friends

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

fish

cats

dogs

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

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

giving prescribed painkillers

cleaning lesions

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

putting ointment on blisters

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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

providing ample exercise

Question 11 of 22

12. 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

Question 12 of 22

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

True

False

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14. 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

Question 14 of 22

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

bite

stagger

drool

colic

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16. 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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17. People can get vesicular stomatitis from handling infected animals.

True

False

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

kidney damage

liver damage

brain damage

ulcers

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19. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

humans

horses, cattle and pigs

cats and dogs

fish

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20. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

commercial feed concentrates

through the air

moldy hay

by moving infected animals

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

pain

lymph gland swelling

disorientation

blood loss

Question 21 of 22

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

True

False

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