Chapter 8: Health and Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. bacterial, causes abortion or stillbirth, signs of fever, jaundice and kidney disease
  2. 5. protozoa multiply in body and invade spinal cord and brain
  3. 7. viral, slight signs often missed, fever, watery eyes, nasal discharge, off feed , diarrhea
  4. 9. protozoal, from tropical horse tick, high fever, swollen legs
  5. 13. bacterial, carrier horse unknowingly sheds bacteria, lasts 4-5 days, most common cause of diarrhea in horses
  6. 18. fungal, respiratory illness spread by fungal spores in damp hay
  7. 20. viral, first sign excessive salivation, small blisters
  8. 22. viral, high fever, highly contagious, lasts 3 days
  9. 24. fungal, mild respiratory illness, abscesses form on skin
  10. 25. commonly from ticks, bacterial, causes joint disease, fever, etc.
  11. 26. abdominal pain in horses, switching tail, looking around belly, kicking
  12. 27. causes gastrointestinal upsets, infections without clinical signs, protozoal
  13. 28. protozoal, lethargy, first seen near Potomac River
  14. 29. bacterial infection of the foot
  15. 31. viral, eastern, western and venezuelan strands
  16. 32. bacterial, severe short term respiratory infection, high fever (106 degrees)
Down
  1. 1. lameness, throbbing digital pulse, hot to the touch
  2. 3. viral, acute, subacte, and chronic
  3. 4. bacterial, high fever, belly swelling, fatal highly contagious
  4. 6. caused by metabolic imbalance from disturbed hormone production
  5. 8. swollen legs- above hind, protozoal, staggering gait, mostly in california
  6. 10. viral, affects foals up to 6 months of age, rapid onset of apathetic attitude, fever and diarrhea
  7. 11. viral, fever, aimless walking, 90% of horses show no signs of illness
  8. 12. fungal, mild respiratory illness, can infect skin rarely
  9. 14. inflamation of navicular bone and damage to surrounding tissue
  10. 15. "seedy toe", affects white line on the rim of hoof
  11. 16. signs are cough (dry)and not productive, shortness of breath, starts in response to inhalation of contaminants
  12. 17. fungal, chronic cough, pneumonia, not infectious
  13. 19. first sign is significant nasal discharge, viral, common in foals, yearlings, and weanlings
  14. 21. often caused by biting where slaliva enters wound, found in many animals including dogs, horses, racoons, and people
  15. 23. bacterial, wound induced infection, first sign is stiffness in head and neck
  16. 30. bacterial, nonspecific symptoms, rare in U.S. due to eradication from cattle