Common Animal Diseases
What is the average respiration rate for swine?
8 to 13
Foot rot is caused by which of the following?
Anaerobic bacteria
Which disease is caused by a spore forming bacterium?
Blackleg
Which of the following is a disease which can only be transmitted through insects?
Bluetongue
Which of the following is one of the most common diseases in cattle and affects the respiratory tract?
Bovine Respiratory Disease
Which of the following diseases is transmitted by blood feeding flies and contact with fomites?
Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Which of the following diseases is also known as "bangs disease"?
Brucellosis
Which of the following digestive tract diseases mainly affects horses?
Colic
Which of the following is the general term used for abdominal pain?
Colic
Which of the following diseases has symptoms which include infertility and failure to produce sperm?
Cryptorchidism
Which of the following is a type of sunburn?
Facial eczema
Which of the following is a common symptom among viral diseases?
Fever
Which of the following diseases causes blisters in the mouth and excessive salivation?
Foot and Mouth Disease
Zinc sulfate or copper sulfate footbaths are used to treat which of the following diseases?
Foot rot
Which of the following pathogens lives in soil, air, water and plants?
Fungi
Which of the following is a serious and often fatal metabolic disorder caused by low levels of magnesium in the blood?
Grass Tetany
Which of the following is a muscle disease found in Quarter Horses?
HYPP
Which of the following is also known as wire worm?
Haemonchus contortus
Which of the following diseases is also known as gastritis?
Hardware Disease
Which of the following diseases is also known as hairlessness?
Hypotrichosis
Which of the following systems defends the body against infectious organisms and other invaders?
Immune System
Which of the following is an incurable wasting disease of cattle?
Johne's Disease
Nutrient deficiencies are NOT caused by a lack of which of the following?
Liquids
Which of the following parasites causes scabs, lesions and hair loss?
Mange
Which of the following is a metabolic disorder occurring when an animal has a low blood calcium level?
Milk Fever
Which of the following is also known as hypoglycemia?
Milk Fever
Which of the following diseases occurs when two toes are joined together to create only one toe?
Mulefoot
Which of the following is the study of fungi?
Mycology
Which of the following parasites is the principal worm parasite of beef and dairy cattle and attacks the lining of the abomasum?
Ostertagious
Which of the following diseases damages the cornea and conjunctiva?
Pinkeye
Which of the following diseases has two different virus strains?
Porcine Circovirus
Which of the following diseases affects the fetus of a pregnant sow and often times causes fetus mummification?
Porcine parvovirus
Which of the following diseases cause muscle and tail tremors, reddened skin and increased body temperature in pigs?
Porcine stress syndrome
Which of the following systems pumps and delivers blood to organs throughout the body?
Respiratory
Which of the following is also known as club lamb fungus?
Ringworm
Which of the following causes vesicles to appear on lips, gums and tongue, causing redness or swelling?
Sore Mouth
A cocci bacterium is shaped like which of the following?
Spherical
Which of the following pathogens can NOT reproduce without a host and consists of DNA and RNA?
Viruses
Which of the following CANNOT cause disease?
Vitamins
Which of the following diseases is a result of a selenium and/or vitamin E deficiency?
White Muscle Disease
