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| True or false: mastitis can cost 120-300 dollars per case? |
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| Which of the following components of milk would not normally be elevated with mastitis? |
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| True or false: the cell count in mastitis can rise over 250 000, and WBCs may rise as high as 85%? |
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| Name two nutrients you might give to fuel a cow's immune system? |
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| Approximately how many seconds should a single-use cloth be used to dry/stimulate each teat after pre-dip? |
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| What does IMI stand for? (develops into clinical mastitis) |
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| true or false: subclinical mastitis is undetectable |
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| Which of the following is not a major environmental cause of mastitis? |
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| Which of the following is a minor cause of mastitis? |
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| Name the 5 uncommon causes of mastitis? |
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| What are the three parts of clinical presentation for severe mastitis? |
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| True or false: knowing only the etiologic agent of a case of mastitis, you as a practitioner would be able to accurately predict severity? |
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| Approximately what fraction of cows have at least 1 case of mastitis per lactation according to an Ontario study? (_ out of _) |
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| If you are a cow that does not enjoy having bacteria all up in your teats, what is your least favourite season? |
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| True or false: you would expect more clinical mastitis cases early on in lactation than late? |
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| What is the normal method of detection for subclinical mastitis? |
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| In the california mastitis test, a gel is formed via the reaction between DNA in _____ and a detergent |
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| Which of the following is a pathogen specific control of mastitis? (as opposed to general) |
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| Within what amount of time must one submit a chilled milk sample for bacterial culture? Absolute minimum culture time? |
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| The farmer has chosen a treatment protocol from the options presented to prevent transmission and relapses. He has selected _____ cure rather than _____ cure |
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| Which of the following cow factors does NOT carry a worse prognosis with higher/more? |
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| True or false: antimicrobial susceptibility testing is strongly associated with clinical, but not necessarily bacteriologic cure? |
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| With what form of mastitis is spontaneous cure most common? (As well as cure due to AMD therapy?) Least common? |
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| For macrolides, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, beta lactams and lincosamides, the ___ ______ of AMD matters far less than the ____ above ___ |
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| With which group of bacteria woudl you expect the most bacteria to be int he cow, with a small amount in milk? |
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| With which specific microbe would you expect a small amount int he milk and a LOT in the tissue of the udder? |
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| True or false: the herd level outcome is similar whether you opt for blanket treatment or delay IMM therapy for a 24h on farm culture? |
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| Which of the following would NOT be used as dry cow treatment? |
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| True or false: most moderate-severe cases of mastitis are treated by veterinarians? |
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| Extended therapy tends to be more effective than on-label treatment. How long does this IMM therapy last? |
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| Within what period of time after dry-off will a keratin plug form in the streak canal? |
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| What proportion of teats fail to close? (_ out of _) |
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| Clinical mastitis has peak incidence in ____ ______ but the highest new incidence is during the _____ ___ _____ |
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| Dry cow therapy is most effective in curing infections with S. _____ and least effective on S. ____ |
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| Of the three major agents of contagious mastitis, which is not gram positive? |
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| I am extremely contagious, fear IMM penicillin, associated with lack of dry cow therapy/poor milking hygeine, and cause high prevalence of subclinical mastitis. Who am I? |
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| Which of the following is nto a risk factor for mastitis in heifers? |
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| I tend to make chronic infections with periodic clinical flare-ups. I ain't scurred of antibiotics, and dry cow therapy only works 1/2 the time. Who am I? |
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| I lack a cell wall, fear few antimicroials, grow slowly, shift between quarters on a cow and make 'fried egg' colonies. |
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| Which two environmental mastitis agents are gram negative? (in order, _ and _) |
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| True or false: sand bedding tends to promote environmental mastitis? |
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| True or false: environmental streps tend to cause clinical mastitis, unlike the contagious strep agalactia? |
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| With which agent would you associate a short and potentially deadly coliform mastitis? Which one makes you think chronic infection and sawdust bedding? |
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| True or false: with coliform mastitis you may see a jump from a normal cow to severe mastitis in 12 hours? |
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| True or false: vaccines for coliform mastitis tend to focus on prevention of endotoxemia? |
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| True or false: vaccination against coliform mastitis is generally ineffective? |
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| True or false: vaccination for coliform mastitis provides long duration of immunity? |
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| If you have a severe mastitis should you assume it is coliform? |
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| Which of the following would NOT be a strong consideration for treating severe clinical cases of mastitis? |
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| Diuretics and steroids are often combined to treat ____ ____, especially common after a first calving? |
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