Animal Disease Unit Test
Name_________________________
Multiple Choice: Each Question is worth 2 points.
1. A bruise is a type of ______________________ defect.
a. Nutritional
b. Pathogenic
c. Morphological
d. Physiological
2. ______________________ prevents the animal from functioning properly.
a. Disease
b. Disorder
c. Accident
d. Vaccinations
3. ______________________ have one cell and are the simplest forms of animal life.
a. Protozoa
b. Fungi
c. Bacteria
d. Antibiotics
4. Antibiotics have been successful controlling ______________________.
a. Viruses
b. Bacteria
c. Fungi
d. Spores
5. Overeating disease affects which species?
a. Cattle
b. Swine
c. Chickens
d. Sheep
6. Foot rot is caused by ______________________ on the hoof.
a. Bacteria
b. Virus
c. Protozoa
d. Fungus
7. Mastitis affects the ______________________?
a. Feet
b. Head
c. Udder
d. Eyes
8. Organisms that are capable of causing disease are ______________________.
a. Carcinogens
b. Pathogens
c. Serums
d. Surgeons
9. Coccidiosis primarily affects ______________________.
a. Dogs
b. Cats
c. Chickens
d. Goats
10. Anemia is a loss of ______________________ in the blood.
a. Iron
b. Calcium
c. Phosphorous
d. Magnesium
11. ______________________ is the main way to prevent disease.
a. Sanitation
b. Good management practices
c. Balanced diet
d. All of the above
12. A ______________________ disease is very contagious.
a. Infectious
b. Non Infectious
c. Immune
d. Rickets
13. ___________________ effects the baby animal through the imbecile cord.
a. IBR
b. Lepto
c. Navel Ill
d. Anemia
14. Which disease does not have a cure.
a. Rabies
b. Polio
c. Water belly
d. Pinkeye
15. If I found out that a animal has Rickets I would give that animal __________.
a. A Vaccine
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin B
d. Antibiotics
16. When a animal founders it__________.
a. Lacks exercise
b. Has been over fed.
c. Has swelling throughout the joints.
d. All of the above.
17. A disease in sheep the is genetic and does not have a cure is__________.
a. Rickets
b. Osteomalcie
c. Spider
d. Rabies
18. You should keep a new animal away from your herd for__________
a. Two weeks
b. Three weeks
c. Never
d. One year
19. Equine Encephalomyelitis is__________.
a. Spread by birds
b. Not curable
c. Causes the animal to grind teeth
d. All of the above.
20. When a cow bloats, it needs to be__________.
a. left alone
b. tubed
c. given a vaccine
d. dewormed
True and False: Properly identify if each statement is true or false with a capitol T
or F. Each questions is worth 2 points.
__________1. Newborn pigs need to be given an iron supplement at 3 or 4 days of age.
__________2. Rabies is caused by bacteria.
__________3. Warts are a virus.
__________4. Pinkeye is a bacterium.
__________5. Ringworm is caused by a bacteria.
__________6. Roundworms are a fungus.
__________7. You can prevent worms by giving a wormer medication.
__________8. A horn fly makes warbles on the skin of its host.
__________9. Warts are not contagious.
__________10. A vaccine is a low dose of a virus.
__________11. Ticks just suck blood, and do not spread diseases.
__________12. Lice are yellow in color.
__________13. Parasites do not require a host.
__________14. Bloat causes respiratory distress.
__________15. A horse with colic should be left alone.
__________16. Osteomalacie and Rickets both deal with a lack of vitamin D.
__________17. Waterbelly is caused by a blockage in the intestinal track.
__________18. Rhinitis and IBR causes bloody discharge in the nose.
__________19. There is no treatment for Black Disease.
__________20. Hemorrhagic Septicemia will cause swine to become ill.
Essay: Each essay is worth 10 points.
1. Describe how you would prevent Spider and Scrapies from infecting your
sheep herd.
2. A cattle producer is just brought in a trailer of feed calves into his feedlot. Two
are staying away from the rest of the group and not eating. One is coughing. He
decides to call the vet. What is the problem and how would you treat the animals.