LARGE ANIMAL PRACTICAL
True or False? A rooster is required for hens to lay eggs.
False
Prevent trauma to limbs, coronary band, bulbs of the heel
Shipping
Electric Dehorner
to remove horn buds by killing the cells that produce horns or to cauterize blood vessels after the horn has been removed by other methods
Dr. Maslack instructs you to give phenylbutazone to a horse for pain relief. The horse weighs 750 pounds. The dosage is 2 tablets per 500 pounds. How many tablets will you give?
3
Which restraint can be used to move a cow side to side or forward or back
Tail twist
True or False? A filly is a female horse up to 4 years of age.
True
Through the mouth
To act as a bit for horse
Hoof pick
equipment used to remove rocks and debris from horse hooves
When doing a physical exam on a cow, the landmarks for auscultation of the lung fields are:
from the 6th costochondral junction to the 11th intercostal space on both sides
You use the tail artery/vein to get a count of 6 beats in 15 seconds, what is the cow's pulse?
24bpm
The typical gestation length of the goat is:
5 months
What is the dose and amount of Ampicillin needed for a cow weighing 1200 lbs? (The bottle label reads: AMPICILLIN: Concentration: 200mg/ml; Dose: 10ml/kg)
5454mg and 27ml
Equine TPR
99.0-101.5F, 28-44 bpm, 6-12 rpm
Roberts Dehorner
Use on calves 2 months or younger. Place the cutting edge of the instrument around the base of horn button, including one eighth of the skin around the horn.
Keystone Dehorner
Used to dehorn cattle whose horns are too large for the Barnes dehorner. Mount a short handle to the top of it for added leverage and safety for anyone assisting. This dehorner is sometimes referred to as a guillotine dehorner.
Castrated male goat or sheep,
Wether
What do we call a castrated male goat?
Wether
Emasculatome
bloodless castration device that crushes the spermatic cord without breaking the skin
Newberry Knife
castrates calves of any size
Adult female goat,
doe/nanny
Emasculator
instrument used in closed castrations to crush and sever the spermatic cord
Halter
A neckline that fastens around the back of the neck.
What is the normal TPR of the horse?
99-101.5 F, 28-44, 6-12
Adult female sheep,
Ewe
The act of parturition bovine:
Freshening
Cold branding
SHORT
For suturing or tying to pieces of rope together
Square Knot
Prevent or reduce edema,
Standing or stable bandage
Which of the following is FALSE regarding leading a horse:
Turn the horse toward you
Mouth Speculum
holds mouth open
Dental float
to smooth teeth that have rough edges or are overgrown
How many ruminal contractions should you hear in one minute?
1-2
The normal temperature range for a cow is?
100-102.5F
Porcine TPR
101.0 - 103.5 F, 60-90 bpm, 10-24 rpm
Caprine TPR
101.0-104.0 F, 70 - 90 bpm, 12-30 rpm
Mature Male
Bull
What is floating?
Filing the sharp points off horse teeth
Create hobbles
Toms Fool Knot
From watching the LAC Equine Safety video you now know that the safest place to stand (yet maintain control) when restraining a horse is:
Zone B (poll to the withers)
Drenching Gun
administering medications and wormers
True or False? A castrated male bovine is called a bull.
False
True or False? A standing or stable wrap should reach the coronary band.
False
True or False? The "hand" is unit of measurement of equine height and 1 hand is equal to about 6 inches (1/2 foot).
False
True or False? When doing chores at the LATF you should dump the waste from the goat pens in the gutter marked with pink tape.
False
True or False? When leading a cow into a chute, you should go in first.
False
True or False? When using the chicken hook to catch a chicken, you hook them around the neck
False
True or False? When you halter a horse, the buckles are on the right side.
False
Chain over the nose
For horse to pay attention and/or slow down
Immature female cow:
Heifer
All of the following are examples of a manual twitch in the horse, EXCEPT: -Hands (Natural twitches are the shoulder/skin) twitch, the ear twitch, and the lip twitch)
Humane twitch
Over the upper gums
Keep horse still for short procedure
Under the chin
Keep horse's head up
Act of parturition in goats
Kidding
Hot branding=LONG
Method of identification in which heat is used to scar the skin with a specific mark
Frick Speculum
Piece of equipment used to assist in placing a gastric tube in ruminants.
Safely tie a haltered animal to a sturdy object
Quick Release Knot
Barnes Dehorner
Remove small horns from calves, goats, and sheep
What are three things you should asses prior to touching the animal?
Respirations, BAR, QAR, QDR, BCS
Humane twitch
Restraint device with a hinged metal device that is placed over the upper lip of the horse and clipped to the halter.
A common way to restrain a sheep is by:
Rumping them
All of the following are examples of equine leg bandages, EXCEPT:
Sleeping bandage
Bovine TPR
T: 100-102.5 P: 40-80 R: 10-30
What is the normal TPR for a sheep?
T: 101-104F, P: 70-90 bpm, R: 12-25 rpm
You are supervising a new technician assess the abdomen of a cow. She listen's to the heart, lungs, and rumen on the left side, then goes to the right side and again, listens to the heart, lungs and abdomen. She looks at you and tells you everything sounds normal. What part of the auscultation exam did she forget?
The ping test
Calf Weaners
To keep weaned calves and adults from nursing.
Marking Paint
To mark an animal temporarily
All of the following are blind spots of the horse:
Directly behind their hindquarters Directly in front of the tip of their nose Directly above the head and between the ears Directly between the eyes in the forehead
True or False. One reason you may need to cast a cow is to assist in a calving issue, for example a "twisted uterus."
True
True or False? A gelding is a castrated male horse.
True
True or False? Tail jack and nose leads are both forms of restraint in the cow.
True
True or False? The cattle chute is a safe device for many different procedures, such as: pregnancy checks, hoof trimming, and injections.
True
True or False? The cloaca is an all-purpose vent on a hen where eggs, urine and feces are excreted.
True
True or False? The ideal body condition score (BCS) for the equine is 5-6.5 out of 9.
True
True or False? The most recent and popular belief regarding how a nose twitch works is that activates an acupressure point, causing a release of natural endorphins in the brain.
True
True or False? The tear drop on the goat halter should be positioned on the left side of the animal and facing down.
True
True or False? When casting a cow with the squeeze method we use the bowline knot.
True
True or False? When restraining a goat we put our arm under their neck and get them backed into a corner.
True
Us the least amount of restraint necessary to do the job safely, and do not apply it any longer than necessary
True
When turning a horse, it is important to turn the horse away from you
True
Support fetlock and protect tendons and ligaments
Exercise or polo wrap
A drenching gun is ideal for delivering a gallon of electrolytes to a cow:
FALSE
What is the most common site to take the pulse of a horse?
Facial artery
A tail twist involves bringing the tail dorsally over the back of the animal:
False
Nose or bull rings can be used to tie as a primary restraint:
False
Elastrator
A device used in bloodless castration and in the docking of tails of livestock, accomplished by applying a strong rubber band.
Hog snare
A pole with a loop of cable at the end that can be tightened over a pig's snout
When working around a horse's hind end, it is safest to be
As close as possible to the side of the hindquarter
Tied around an animal's leg to help keep it out of the way
Clove Hitch
All of the following are reasons to wrap a horse's tail, EXCEPT:
Constipation
Mature female that has given birth
Cow
Sheep and goats have no maxillary incisors. What is this area called?
Dental Pad
Act of parturition in sheep,
lambing
Ear tattoo
permanently tattoos the inside ear of an animal (often required for registered animals)
Balling Gun
tool used to administer pills, boluses, or magnets to livestock
