equine

Question 1

gestation length of horses

Answer 1

330-360 days

Question 2

what is the most common non pathogenic heart arrhythmia in horses? does it need treatment?

Answer 2

2nd degree AV block
no treatment needed

Question 3

what is the most common pathologic arrhythmia in horses? what should it be treated with?

Answer 3

atrial fibrillation, none or quinidine

Question 4

shock organs of the horse

Answer 4

lungs and colon

Question 5

give a very brief description of laminitis

Answer 5

it usually occurs in the front feet and rads show the coffin bone rotated towards the ground with decreased sole depth

tx with icing, deeply bedded soles, trimming,etc.

Question 6

what is a risk factor for navicular syndrome?

Answer 6

small feet

Question 7

rads of navicular syndrome would show what?

Answer 7

enlarged nutrient foramen, increased medulla density, severe cases will have medulla + cortex indistinguishable, osteophytes

Question 8

high ringbone

Answer 8

pastern OA

Question 9

low ringbone

Answer 9

coffin OA

Question 10

bone spavin

Answer 10

hock OA

Question 11

bog spavin

Answer 11

tibiotarsal joint effusion

Question 12

is it worse for a horse to get a laceration to an extensor or a flexor

Answer 12

flexors

Question 13

most common flexural deformity of foals

Answer 13

carpus and fetlock

Question 14

FPT IgG <

Answer 14

800 mg/dl

Question 15

most common location for ascarid impactions in horses

Answer 15

ileocecal junction of younger horses

Question 16

whos prone to colonic impaction?

Answer 16

mini horses or older horses with poor dental care and decreased water intake

Question 17

you are rectally a horse with colic and feel tight bands, what do yo suspect?

Answer 17

colonic displacement

Question 18

a horse is having mild colic signs and on AUS you can’t see the L kidney, what do you suspect ?

Answer 18

nephrosplenic entrapment

Question 19

what type of colic are broodmares prone to?

Answer 19

large intestine volvulus and torsion just before or 4 months postpartum

Question 20

what diet can predispose to enterolith formation?

Answer 20

alfalfa hay and/or sandy soil

Question 21

on exam of a horses hindlimb you can extend the hock and flex the stifle at the same time.. what has happened?

Answer 21

peroneus tertius rupture

Question 22

Gasterophilus

Answer 22

bot fly larvae aka the stomach worm. Typically does not cause clinical signs

Question 23

Causes of oxidative denaturation of hemoglobin in horses (heinz body anemia)

Answer 23

phenothiazines, methylene blue, acetylphenyl hydriazine, low molybdenum diet, rye grass diet, brassica family, onions, wilted red maple leaves