ANS2L- 5.02- Diseases & Parasites

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Diseases & Parasites

of Livestock & Poultry

Multiple Select

The recommended treatment for cattle with brucellosis is:

• Treating with antibiotics in the water.

• Disposing of the sick animals.

• Spraying with insecticides.

• Vaccinating in the ear.

Multiple Choice

The recommended treatment for cattle that have shipping fever is:

• antibiotics and sulfa drugs

• disposing of the sick animals

• no treatment

• spraying with insecticides

Poll

Which disease in young cattle is most common in times of stress and is complex with many symptoms such as closed eyes, discharge from the nose, fever, coughing and diarrhea?

• Brucellosis

• Foot Rot

• Pinkeye

• Shipping Fever

Multiple Select

The recommended treatment of swine dysentery or bloody scours in pigs is:

• dispose of the sick pigs

• using drugs in the drinking water

• using drugs in feed

• vaccinating in the muscles

Poll

What swine disease is eradicated in the United States but not in other parts of the world?

• Swine Cholera

• Leptospirosis

• SMEDI

• PRRS

Multiple Select

Which poultry disease is caused by viruses and have the symptoms of sneezing, gasping, breathing difficulty, paralysis and tremors?

• Coccidiosis

• Erysipelas

• Mycotoxicosis

• Newcastle disease

Multiple Choice

Which poultry disease has symptoms of yellow cankers in the mouth and eyes and scabs around the head.

• Avian Pox

• Blackhead

• Aspergillosis

• Newcastle Disease

Multiple Choice

A bacterial disease that typically infects livestock animals through a wound is:

• Brucellosis

• Sore Mouth

• Tetanus

• Transmissible gastroenteritis

Poll

Other than prevention, which method of parasite control do you think is most effective?

• Chemical Method

• Mechanical Method

• Biological Method

• Cultural/Environmental Method

Open Ended

Name 3 benefits of rotational grazing:

Poll

The main internal parasite of birds are:

• Flies

• Lice

• Ticks

• Worms

Multiple Select

Other than death from the most sever cases, the most costly effect of internal parasites in cattle is:

• Cost of medicine

• Increased equipment costs

• Increases labor costs

• Weight loss or reduced gains

Open Ended

Why do poultry seldom have serious problems with worms?

Multiple Select

The external parasite that causes the greatest financial losses in the beef industry by lowering rate of gain and damaging meat and hides is the larva of the heel fly which is called:

• cattle grub

• horsefly

• louse

• screwworm

Multiple Select

The most effective way to control livestock and poultry external and internal parasites is:

• antibiotics

• insect sprays

• prevention

• worm medication