Question 1
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Upper airway disease in horses
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is more common than lower airway disease
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affects mainly older horses
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involves mucoid tracheal secretions
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involves enlarged submandibular lymph nodes
Question 2
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What is FALSE regarding lower airway disease in horses?
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it is seen in all age groups.
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Viral infections are more common than bacterial infections
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They involve mucoid tracheal secretions
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Equine influenza can cause both URT and LRT disease
Question 3
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Upper airway disease is [blank_start]less[blank_end] common than lower airway disease and can affect [blank_start]mainly young horses[blank_end].
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less
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more
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mainly young horses
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mainly older horses
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horses of any age
Question 4
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You suspect a horse to be infected with equine influenza. Which diagnostic test would be your first choice?
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nasopharyngeal swab
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thoracocentesis
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bronchoalveolar lavage
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thoracic radiograph
Question 5
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Which of the following is NOT a site of latency for EHV 1&4?
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Bronchial lymph node
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Submandibular lymph node
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Axillary lymph node
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Trigeminal ganglia
Question 6
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Which of the following can cause abortion in broodmares in the last trimester?
Question 7
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Which of the following only infects the LRT?
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Streptococcus equi equi
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EHV 1&4
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Equine Influenza Virus
Question 8
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Mild equine asthma is now known as
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Inflammatory airway disease (IAD)
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Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO)
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Summer pasture associated obstructive pulmonary disease (SPAOPD)
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Heaves
Question 9
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Which of the following is more likely to have inflammatory airway disease (IAD)?
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neonate
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yearling
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young racehorse
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older thoroughbred
Question 10
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What is characteristic of IAD?
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Increased respiratory effort at rest
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Excessive mucus in the airways
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Mainly infects neonates and immunocompromised horses
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It is a life long condition
Question 11
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IAD signs are usually acute.
Question 12
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A 2 year old racehorse is brought into your clinic. It has been having reduced performance for the past month and has been having a productive cough. Endoscopy shows excessive mucus in its airways. On examination, you find the horse's respiratory rate normal and it is not dypsnoic. No other horses in the stable have been affected. This horse likely has
Question 13
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Which of the following is not a focus of therapy with Severe Equine Asthma?
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Neutrophil accumulation
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Mucus production
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Bronchospasm
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Lymphocyte accumulation
Question 14
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This type of cytology (known as "Curshmann's spirals) is characteristic of
Question 15
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Which of the following causes Strangles?
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Streptococcus equi equi
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Equine Infleunza Virus
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Equine Herpes Virus 1&4
Question 16
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Strangles primary infects
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young racehorses
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yearlings/weanlings
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neonates
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older thoroughbreds
Question 17
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A yearling is brought into your clinic. It is pyrexic, lethargic and has a mucoid nasal discharge. It has a harsh, non-productive cough and is dyspnoic. It has enlarged mandibular and parotid lymph nodes. Other young horses at the stable are showing similar clinical signs. This is likely
Question 18
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Purpura hemorrhagica is a complication of
Question 19
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Which of the following is a complication seen only in atypical strangles rather than in its classic presentation?
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guttural pouch empyema
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lymph node abcessation
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pyrexia
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inappetance
Question 20
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Which of the following is used to confirm resolution of strangles in previously infected horses as per HBLB code of practice?
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2 negative guttural pouch washings, taken 7 days apart
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2 negative cultures of nasopharyngeal swabs, taken 7 days apart
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1 negative culture of nasopharyngeal swab
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3 negative cultures of nasopharyngeal swabs, taken 7 days apart
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3 negative guttural pouch washings, taken 7 days apart
Question 21
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What is the reservoir of Rhodococcus equi?
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earthworms
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mice
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dogs
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cats
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snails
Question 22
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At the height of summer, a 2 month old foal comes to your clinic. It is pyrexic, depressed, dyspnoic and tachypnoeic. It has a productive cough and has been having diarrhea. Other foals are showing similar signs. You performed a thoracic radiograph, which is shown above. Unfortunately, the foal ends up passing away. On post-mortem you find widespread abscess formation throughout its lungs. The foal likely has
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Strangles
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Equine Influenza Virus
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Rhodoccus equi
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Severe Equine Asthma
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Parascaris Equorum
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Equine Viral Arteritis
Question 23
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Which of the following is an organism shed in the faeces?
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Streptococcus equi equi
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Rhodoccous equi
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Equine Influenza Virus
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Question 24
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The vast majority of bronchial disease have what type of lung pattern?
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Vascular
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Interstitial
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Alveolar
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Mixed
Question 25
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What type of lung pattern can be seen in this radiograph?
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normal bronchial
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interstitial
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alveolar
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hypervascular
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hypovascular
Question 26
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What type of lung pattern can be seen in this radiograph?
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interstitial
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alveolar
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normal bronchial
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hypervascular
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hypovascular
Question 27
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What type of lung pattern can be seen in this radiograph?
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alveolar
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normal bronchial
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interstitial
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hypervascular
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hypovascular
Question 28
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Which type of lung pattern has the greatest significance clinically?
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alveolar
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interstitial
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bronchial
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vascular
Question 29
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Which of the following has been reported to cause both hepatitis and respiratory disease?
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CAV-2
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CAV-1
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Bordetella
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CPIV
Question 30
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Bordetella damages the
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upper respiratory tract by attaching to cilia
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lower respiratory tract by attacking alveolar macrophages
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lower respiratory tract by attaching to cilia
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bronchioles by causing bronchoconstriction
Question 31
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Which of the following is a novel CIRD pathogen?
Question 32
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Which of the following is FALSE regarding intranasal vaccines?
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They stimulate IgA production mainly on the mucosal surface
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They act more rapidly compared to parenteral vaccines
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They contain inactivated strains of viruses.
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Immunity from intranasal vaccines are short-lived.
Question 33
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What genus does canine distemper virus belong to?
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Morbillivirus
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Influenzavirus
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Pestivirus
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Arterivirus
Question 34
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Canine Distemper Virus infects
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macrophages
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neutrophils
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cilia
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eosinophils
Question 35
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Which of the following can use fomites to spread?
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Streptococcus equi
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Canine Distemper Virus
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Bordatella
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Influenza
Question 36
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Which of the following does NOT cause hemorrhagic bronchopneumonia?
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Influenza
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Streptococci equi
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Canine Distemper Virus
Question 37
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Which is following is most important when conducting an individual examination for a calf suspected to have enzootic pneumonia?
Question 38
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Paired serology for viruses involves
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Taking one un-clotted blood sample
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Taking two clotted blood samples at least 7 days apart
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Taking two clotted blood samples at least 14 days apart
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Taking two unclotted blood samples at least 7 days apart
Question 39
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Which of the following would be indicative of BRD?
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Large, bullae in the lungs
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Hemorrahgic lungs
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Lungs with widespread granulomatous lesions in the lungs
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Interstitial bronchopneumonia
Question 40
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Which is not a clinical sign of infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis?
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Conjunctivitis
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Encephalitis
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Abortion
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Latent Infection
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Epistaxis
Question 41
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Where does BHV-1 virus reside in latency?
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Trigeminal ganglion
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Submandibular lymph node
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Submandibular ganglion
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Axillary lymph node
Question 42
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Whic hwould be better for giving rapid protection during a IBR outbreak?
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Live, attenuated vaccine
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Intranasal vaccine
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Intramuscular vaccine
Question 43
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Using DIVA, an animal that has been infected will test as
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positive for both the conventional vaccine test and a marker vaccine test
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negative for both the conventional vaccine test and the marker vaccine test
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positive for conventional vaccine test and negative for marker vaccine test
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negative for conventional vaccine test but positive for marker vaccine test
Question 44
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Foul smelling, necrotic lesions in a calf's mouth, tongue and larynx is indicative of
Question 45
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Which is FALSE regarding fog fever?
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It infects neonatal calves
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Can cause infection of up to 50% of a group
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Prognosis is guarded
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Caused by L-tryptophan in grass reacting to indole acetic acid and being converted to 3-Methyl Indole
Question 46
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Which of the following is NOT a clinical sign of fog fever?
Question 47
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Which bovine disease can cause this lung pathology?
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Bovine farmers lung
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Fog fever
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IBR
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Calf diphtheria
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Shipping fever
Question 48
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Which bovine disease can cause this trachea pathology?
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IBR
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Shipping fever
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Fog Fever
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Calf diphtheria
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Bovine Farmer Lung