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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?

the state veterinarian

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Centers for Disease Control

county health department

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2. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

through the air

by moving infected animals

commercial feed concentrates

moldy hay

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

True

False

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

liver damage

kidney damage

ulcers

brain damage

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

dogs

cats

fish

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

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

isolate infected animals

control insects

vaccinate for the disease

provide clean water

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

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

biting midges

sand flies

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

the air

black flies

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

DEET

phenylbutazone

pyrethrins

antibiotics

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

True

False

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

bite

drool

stagger

colic

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

disorientation

pain

lymph gland swelling

blood loss

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

 

blisters

a rash

acne

eczema

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

until all lesions have healed

21 days

3 months

until it no longer has a fever

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

all horses to have proof of deworming

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

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17. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a fungus

a bacterial infection

an abscess

a virus

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

hot peppers

painful canker sores

surgical incisions

abscessed wisdom teeth

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

lameness

laminitis

death

peeling of the hoof wall

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

True

False

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21. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

horses, cattle and pigs

humans

fish

cats and dogs

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22. 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

putting ointment on blisters

providing ample exercise

cleaning lesions

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

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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