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

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

 

acne

eczema

blisters

a rash

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

kidney damage

ulcers

brain damage

liver damage

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

vaccinate for the disease

isolate infected animals

provide clean water

control insects

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

hot peppers

surgical incisions

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

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

pyrethrins

antibiotics

phenylbutazone

DEET

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

bite

colic

stagger

drool

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

True

False

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

cats

fish

dogs

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

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

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

all horses to have proof of deworming

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

True

False

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14. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

an abscess

a fungus

a virus

a bacterial infection

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15. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

through the air

by moving infected animals

moldy hay

commercial feed concentrates

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

21 days

3 months

until all lesions have healed

until it no longer has a fever

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

lymph gland swelling

disorientation

pain

blood loss

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

True

False

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

contact with ruptured blisters

biting midges

black flies

the air

sand flies

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

group water troughs, feed buckets

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

cleaning lesions

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

putting ointment on blisters

giving prescribed painkillers

providing ample exercise

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

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

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22. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

cats and dogs

horses, cattle and pigs

fish

humans

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