ANEQ 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tetanus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Encephalitis
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Infectious disease control depends primarily on good management! No vaccination program in the world can make up for poor management. To prevent or limit the degree of disease. Tetanus or lock -jaw: fatal disease caused by a bacteria found in soil. Infection by contaminating wounds: wounds/scratches iodine/surgical spirit, clinical signs: stiff legged gait, tense facial expressions, inability to eat properly and breathing difficulties. This often progresses to being unable to stand and death: most susceptible species, newborn foals should be protected against tetanus by an injection of tetanus antitoxin soon after birth. Rabies: sporadic horses highly susceptible, clinical signs: ataxia, paresis -paralysis of limbs, lameness, colic, dysphagia-difficulty swallowing, self mutilation, death within 4-7 days, diagnosis: postmortem, prevention: vaccination start 3 months age and vaccinate yearly. Virus encephalitis (wne) august 1999 causative agent of encephalitis in birds, horses, humans nyc, suffolk county: clinical signs: ataxia rear limbs mainly, muscle tremors nose and lips, transitory hypersensitivity.
