Fescue toxicity
---- causes abortion and agalactia
Aspiration Pneumonia
---- is the most common cause of dysphagia in horses
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Upper airway endoscopy, dental exam
An appropriate next step for a horse with facial swelling, unilateral mucopurulent nasal
discharge, and epiphora is a —— and a —-
Pergolide (PPID)
A 14 year old horse comes in with PU/PD, abnormal fat deposition, hyper trichiasis, recurrent
laminitis and lethargy. The best treatment for this horse's condition is ——
Insulin Dysregulation
—— is often a concurrent condition seen in horses with PPID
,12-24 hours
All foals should have their blood IgG checked at —- to check for failure of passive transfer
Negative
Gram —- organisms are most often the culprits for sepsis in foals
Quinidine Sulfate
---- is given to horses with a sustained a-fib every 2 hours until their arrhythmia corrects itself
Ionophore
A horse recently caught eating chicken feed starts showing signs of weakness, elevated muscle
enzymes, tachycardia, and myoglobinuria. This is ---- toxicity which leads to an influx of calcium
into cells and necrosis skeletal/cardiac muscle
Vitamin E
---- and supportive care can be used to treat for ionophore toxicitity
Foals
Hypothyroidism in horses is usually seen in ----
Ponies
PPID is often seen in ---- or horses>7 years of age
Potassium penicillin, metronidazole
---- or ---- can be used as antimicrobial therapy for colitis
Bermuda
,---- grass hay can predispose horses to cecal impactions
Mechanical, fluid ( indicating motility dysfunction)
Horses with --- obstructions to their cecum will show signs of mild colic for several days to a
week, whereas horses with ---- cecal impactions may have acute and increased signs of
pain/endotoxemia
Oxyuris equi (equine pinworms)
----- is a parasite that resides in the terminal colon of the horse and deposits eggs on the
perianal area, it can be found with a scotch tape test
Pythiosis
A horse that enjoys standing in shallow water presents to you one fine summer day with a large
granulomatus lesion on its leg, it has white coral structures in it and draining tracts. You
determine this is ---
Allergic
Recurrant airway obstruction is primarily an ---- disease and environmental control is key
Bog Spavin
---- is the chronic synovitis of the tarsocrural joint
Uroperitoneum
---- is a common disease in foals that occurs as a result from trauma from uterine contractions
during parturition
Hyperammonemia
In horses primary ------ is seen alongside enteric disease due to the overgrowth of urease
producing bacteria within the intestine
, Equine metabolic syndrome
---- is a condition that is caused by dysregulation of insulin leading to obesity and subsequent
laminitis
Dictyocaulus Arnfieldi
A donkey named Arnold lives with another horse in a field. The horse starts showing signs .of
wheezing, what lungworm does it have?
Laryngeal hemiplegia
Roaring with exercise intolerance in horses can be caused by ----
Exercise restriction, splinting
Flexural deformities in foals are treated with ----- in cases of mild contracture and ---- with
oxytetracycline in more severe contracture
Dermatophytosis (ringworm)
Many horses in a herd with non-pruritic, nonpainful facial lesions should make you think of ---
Premature placental separation (red bag)
A mare who is in labor shows the beginnings of a bright red velvety intact chorioallantois
peaking between her vulvar lips, this is an EMERGENCY as it indicates ----
Periosteal stripping
----- involves cutting into the periosteum (bone lining) and releasing the tension at the level of
the growth plate, therefore accelerating growth on the shorter side. it is used for angular limb
deformaties in foals
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