Miscellaneous Non-Infectious Diseases

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Miscellaneous Non-Infectious Diseases

• 4-H Veterinary Science
• Extension Veterinary Medicine
• Texas AgriLife Extension Service
• College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
  Sciences
• Texas AM System
• http//aevm.tamu.edu

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Objectives

• Describe diseases of the endocrine system
• Describe stress disorders
• Discuss heat exhaustion and heat exertion
• Discuss types of burns, cuts, fractures and
  sprains

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Review

• Non-infectious diseases
• Nutritional diseases
• Reproductive problems
• Chemical poisoning
• Toxicity of insecticides
• Poisonous plants
• Miscellaneous non-infectious diseases

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Physical Disorders

• Stress
• Hyperthermia
• Heat exhaustion
• Burns
• Hypothermia
• Trauma

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• Stress
• Environment
• Affects all animals
• Unable to adapt
• Affects
• Behavior
• Vices
• Health
• Productivity
• Growth
• Disease resistance

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• Heat exhaustion
• Affects
• Hard working animals
• Intense heat
• Normal body temperature
• Symptoms
• Weakness
• Muscle tremors
• Collapse
• Electrolyte imbalance

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• Prevention
• Keep cool
• Fans
• Open facilities

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• Burns
• Exposure
• Sun
• Non-pigmented skin
• Photosensitization
• Corrosive chemicals
• Hot liquids
• Objects
• Flames
• Friction
• Electricity
• Mild to Severe

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• Hypothermia
• Exposure
• Prolonged cold weather
• Body temperature lt 90F
• Grave lt 50F
• Affects all
• Newborns
• Pigs and lambs
• Frostbite
• Affects extremities
• Damages skin
• Burns

Hypothermia Prevention
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• Trauma
• Causes
• Open wounds
• Puncture wounds
• Fractures
• Sprains
• Complications
• Initially
• Hemorrhage
• Later
• Infections

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• Medical attention
• Soft tissue wounds
• Radiographs
• Lameness evaluation
• Due to sprains
• Symptoms
• Hot and swollen areas

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Endocrine System

• Disorders
• Excess hormones
• Deficient hormones
• Hormonal imbalance

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• Symptoms
• Alopecia
• Hair loss
• Seizuers
• Excess urination
• Polyuria
• Rapid weight loss
• Fractures

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• Causes
• Hyperfunctions
• Hypofunctions
• Diagnosis
• Blood tests
• Diagnostic imaging
• Exploratory surgery

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Cardiovascular Disorders

• Circulatory shock
• Inadequate circulatory output (reduced blood
  volume)
• Internal bleeding
• Burns
• Intestinal obstruction
• Prolonged urination
• Persistent vomiting and diarrhea

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• Bacterial infections may be a factor
• Symptoms
• Weak rapid pulse
• Soft heart sounds
• Pale, cold dry mucous membranes
• Cold skin
• Collapse
• Coma

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Digestive and Urinary Disorders

• Problems
• Dogs
• Anal sac impactions
• Horses
• Lampas of the mouth
• Colic
• Laminitis
• Cattle
• Bloat
• Hardware
• Displaced abomasum

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• All animals
• GI tract obstructions
• Choke
• Hair ball
• Foreign body
• Impaction
• Constipation
• Kidney failure
• Urinary calculi

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• Anal sac impaction

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• Hardware disease

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• Bloat

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• Displaced abomasum

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• Colic

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• Laminitis

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• Hair ball

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• Urinary calculi

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Neoplasms

• Cancer
• Benign
• Malignant
• Development
• Anywhere
• Diagnosis
• Observation
• Diagnostic imaging
• Biopsy
• Exploratory surgery