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?

brain damage

liver damage

ulcers

kidney damage

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

bite

colic

stagger

drool

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

the air

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

black flies

biting midges

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

sand flies

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

provide clean water

isolate infected animals

vaccinate for the disease

control insects

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

DEET

phenylbutazone

pyrethrins

antibiotics

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7. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

an abscess

a fungus

a virus

a bacterial infection

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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. People can get vesicular stomatitis from handling infected animals.

True

False

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

True

False

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

blood loss

pain

lymph gland swelling

disorientation

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

death

lameness

laminitis

peeling of the hoof wall

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13. 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

county health department

the state veterinarian

Centers for Disease Control

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14. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

humans

fish

cats and dogs

horses, cattle and pigs

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

until all lesions have healed

3 months

until it no longer has a fever

21 days

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

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

giving prescribed painkillers

cleaning lesions

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

providing ample exercise

putting ointment on blisters

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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17. 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

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18. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

commercial feed concentrates

through the air

moldy hay

by moving infected animals

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19. 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 horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

all horses to have proof of deworming

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

True

False

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

 

eczema

blisters

a rash

acne

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