Vesicular Stomatitis: How much do you know? (free quiz)

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

ulcers

brain damage

liver damage

kidney damage

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2. 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

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3. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

fish

horses, cattle and pigs

cats and dogs

humans

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

cats

fish

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

dogs

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

bite

drool

colic

stagger

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6. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

by moving infected animals

commercial feed concentrates

moldy hay

through the air

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

provide clean water

isolate infected animals

control insects

vaccinate for the disease

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

antibiotics

phenylbutazone

pyrethrins

DEET

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

True

False

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

putting ointment on blisters

giving prescribed painkillers

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

cleaning lesions

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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

providing ample exercise

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

lameness

peeling of the hoof wall

death

laminitis

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

disorientation

pain

blood loss

lymph gland swelling

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

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

hot peppers

surgical incisions

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

True

False

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

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

biting midges

the air

black flies

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

sand flies

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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?

Centers for Disease Control

the state veterinarian

county health department

Facebook friends

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18. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

an abscess

a virus

a bacterial infection

a fungus

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

True

False

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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

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

True

False

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