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