ANS 2 Food - Cattle Diseases

A dairy cow presents with swollen mammary tissue and a slight fever. The dairy manager shares that in the most recent Somatic Cell Count, this cow’s white blood cells were high, indicating infection. What disease is likely causing the issue?

One of your bulls is showing symptoms that mimic Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Though you must have him tested to confirm, you are pretty sure his condition is not Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and will resolve itself within 2 weeks. What is the bull’s condition, most likely?

One of your calves gets out and is found eating from the feed bin. Which disease should you be concerned about?

A pregnant female in your unvaccinated herd is showing signs of extremely early labor. The veterinarian is preparing a serologic test to confirm their suspicion, and has warned you that the disease they suspect is zoologic. What disease is your veterinarian concerned about?

To prevent the most common and costly cattle disease, your cattle production uses preconditioning practices such as gradual weaning. What disease is your production trying to prevent?

Your veterinarian is encouraging you to vaccine against a disease that has no treatment and is highly fatal, even for healthy calves. What disease are they trying to prevent in your herd?

Part of your castration procedure for bull calves is vaccination. What disease are you most likely preventing with this vaccination?

You are hired as a farm hand for a local dairy operation. One of your jobs is to do daily checks of barns and pastures to look for sharp objects that may damage feet, clean manure out of sand bed and alleyways, and refill foot baths with antimicrobials going into and out of the milking parlor. What disease is the operation trying to prevent with these practices?

Which disease is only transmitted to lactating females, and can be subclinical (no symptoms)?

Which disease is caused by a toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium tetani and enters the body from the soil?